{"id":24032,"date":"2022-06-07T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T00:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=24032"},"modified":"2022-06-07T20:42:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T00:42:51","slug":"bmwblog-podcast-bmw-xm-ix-m60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=24032","title":{"rendered":"BMWBLOG Podcast: We Review the BMW XM, iX M60, i4 M50, X1 and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, folks, it feels good to be back. The BMWBLOG Podcast took a bit of a break for awhile, simply because we were all so busy traveling, testing cars, and trying to create some really good content for you fine readers, viewers, and listeners. However, we\u2019re back now with episode 68, in which I was joined by Horatiu and James, to talk about what we\u2019ve been up to for the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons we were so busy was because Horatiu was lucky enough to be in Italy, for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/05\/24\/iconic-bmw-m-cars-villa-deste-concorso-deleganza\/\">Concorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este<\/a>. There, he saw the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/06\/bmw-m4-csl-grille-reimagined\/\">BMW M4 CSL<\/a>, BMW M1 Procar, the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail sequel, and even had the chance to interview BMW M founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2022\/06\/02\/interview-jochen-neerpasch-bmw-m\/\">Jochen Neerpasch<\/a>. It was an incredible event, in one of the most beautiful places on earth, and the content that came from that was genuinely fun to both make and watch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426951\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"rolls royce boat tail 2022 06 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of rolls royce boat tail 2022 06 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-426951\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"rolls royce boat tail 2022 06 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rolls-royce-boat-tail-2022-06.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of rolls royce boat tail 2022 06 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horatiu was also in Germany for quite some time, testing several new exciting cars, such as the upcoming BMW XM. The XM is the first from-the-ground-up M car since the original M1, which makes it a hugely important car for the brand. The car Horatiu drove was a prototype but he still could get a sense for what it\u2019s like and he talks about that in this new episode.<\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to drive the BMW i4 M50, a super important car for the brand as it\u2019s BMW\u2019s first-ever all-electric performance sedan. It\u2019s also the second new electric BMW I\u2019ve driven in as many months, the first being the BMW iX xDrive50. What surprised me is which car I liked better, as I was initially told one of them was clearly the better car and I actually felt the opposite. The best part of the i4 M50, though, is its Hans Zimmer noise. It\u2019s such a silly, childish feature\u2013to have spaceship noises come from inside the car when you drive\u2013and I mean that in the best way possible. Absolutely loved it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425831\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"bmw xm test drive 02 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw xm test drive 02 830x553\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-425831\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"bmw xm test drive 02 830x553\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bmw-xm-test-drive-02.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" title=\"image of bmw xm test drive 02 830x553\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also discussed some future projects we have going on, so if you want to hear what\u2019s coming next, stay tuned until the end. As always, you can listen either from the media player down below, or anywhere else you can find podcasts; Apple, Google, Spotify, or Stitcher. There will also be a video version on YouTube soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alright, folks, it feels good to be back. The BMWBLOG Podcast took a bit of a break for awhile, simply because we were all so busy traveling, testing cars, and trying to create some really good content for you fine readers, viewers, and listeners. However, we\u2019re back now with episode 68, in which I was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}