“Marvelous on the inside, maddening on the outside — I’ll get to the styling — the iX is addressed to the tech-loving, Earth-hugging mainstream who might want to buy or replace a similar-sized BMW X5. The company says the iX may also speak to those who like X7’s “expressive” front-end styling. Maniacs, in other words.
… Whatever else the iX is or does, it’s got legs: an all-aluminum suspension with aluminum subframes; double-wishbone front suspension with anti-roll bar; five-link rear suspension with anti-roll bar (and some trick-ass spring struts); optional adaptive damping and two-axle air suspension with automatic self-leveling. Also, e-assisted, speed-variable steering and optional rear-wheel steering. Corner-to-corner, the iX felt locked down tighter than New Zealand.
BMW’s interior designers elected to use a fair number of hard buttons as well, available but discreetly arranged in a way the company calls “shy tech.” But one selector is practically an exhibitionist: the cut-glass rotary controller in the floating center console, part of the Executive Package. It is…
