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Originally Posted by rory breaker
Exactly. I decided not to wait for this reason...wifey needs a car, so we wait a few months into April, get the car in May..then what happens? LCI announced for next year, or the X3M is announced, then what, wait another 10 months? At that point I'll just say "should have just gotten it in the first place."
If this was my dream car for myself, and I had one shot, honestly I would wait. But in this situation where, either way it's a cool car, wife will love it, and the new tech feature honestly wouldn't even be used much. Hotspot, big deal. Emails and texts, voice transcription, big deal. Faster and clearer, ok nice benefit but the current system is plenty fast and clear for her.
Glad you specified LCI vs this update also....people are confusing the two. Still have found no concrete info on LCI, especially for MY14. The Z4's LCI was officially announced in December, with legit pics. Nothing on the X3. Have to think its going to be 2015 as you suggest.
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Well, the new Nav
is really nice, but unless you're a true tech junkie, the functionality is about 95% the same as the old Nav.
LCI should really come for MY2015, as BMW typically does LCI for the 5th model year of the 7 year cycle. And you're right, since MY2014 is right around the corner, we would have seen a lot more X3 LCI testers driving around. Like we now see the F10 LCI, which will be for MY2014. The first model year for the F10 was 2010, so LCI for MY2014 makes sense. Since the first model year for the F25 was 2011, we can deduct that it will be MY2015.
Forgot to mention... when I was at the Performance Center in SC last week, I did see the X4 (twice), headed out of the parking lot to their 2 mile test track. It was too far away and too clad with camo to get a good look, but you can bet it's coming soon
