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UK deliveries of the first of BMW’s much-anticipated ‘Neue Klasse’ of electric cars – the BMW iX3 – have begun. And Munich’s hope is that the first time you see one on the road, you won’t react with an “oh”, an “ah” – or even an “eurgh” – as you might have at other model renewals of the last decade. They’re aiming for a “wow”.You’ll have already read how this is the first of a whole new generation of BMWs; how significant the company thinks its ‘New Class’ platform is; and how this is its first software-defined car. The new platform will underpin at least six new EVs by 2028, including an electric 3 Series (to be called the i3). Clearly, this isn’t an unimportant car.But beyond all the hype, just know that, first and foremost, the iX3 is a BMW that in may ways drives in the traditional BMW style; and in other ways, it really qiute starkly unlike anything traditional whatsoever.
