Finally got to drive the new 2019 X1! Had my E39 in for service at our local BMW dealership and received the 28i as a complementary loaner vehicle. The customer service at BMW of Bridgeport is very, very good.
Link: https://youtu.be/0_o83KetEYY
The 28i xDrive is currently $399/mo as of the BMW USA website.
However, the 2018 28i xDrive is only $319/mo which seems like a pretty good monthly for what you get.
Of course, there are many variables that go into evaluating a lease deal such as the rates, residual, depreciation, total cost, and so on. But at a glance, the 2018 model seems to be a good rate right now for those in the X1 market.
We have a neighbor who just moved from an E84 which she loved, to an F48, and she doesn't like the new car quite as much, although I haven't gotten the details, but if I do I'll try to remember to comment back here.
Worth noting the F48 2.8Xdriveblahblah is really basically a Clubman AWD. A Mini in a BMW costume.
FWD-platform-AWD all the way really.
The old one was more like an E90 xDrive with the "Mini-related" BMW engine in a 'CUV' package.
RWD-platform-AWD.
Sounds like the 'Eco' setting is about the same though: in the old car also it certainly feels like a dog with it on. If you read owner reports BTW it seems pretty ineffective. Many seem to say that Eco doesn't work very well or even at all - aka you get less power but not particularly better gas mileage, and some have reported maybe even worse MPG. I guess its down to the old 'more efficient to accelerate quickly / briefly and settle into cruise than to accelerate slowly for a long time' thing. We have ours permanently off although if we're on the highway for extended periods and it occurs to us we might push the button, although honestly I doubt that does much of anything since I think you're just sitting in 8th gear the whole time either way.
BTW this made me notice BimFo doesn't have the F48 chassis code broken out into a separate forum or even listed!
Not surprising, as the E84 X1 forum gets about a post every 2 months, not a real enthusiast platform... if the E84 doesn't get posts we're unlikely to ever see an F48 poster here...
2003 M3CicM6 TiAg
2002 540iT Sport Vortech S/C 6MT LSD TiAg
2008 Audi A3 2.0T DSG (the daily beater)
2014 BMW X1 xDrive28i (wifemobile)
Former:
1985 MB Euro graymarket 300SL
1995.5 Audi S6 Avant (utility/winter billetturbobattlewagen)
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