Gadgetory

in the beginning there was the BMW 3-series and for a while it was good but then things got weird when BMW decided to slit the poop from the sedan and form its own 4 Series line then things got even weirder when BMW decided to make a sedan version of that coupe so here we are the 2015 BMW 428 i grand coupe we're wondering what's the point let's hop behind the wheel and see if we can't figure it out now the key feature is gonna keep the grand coupe from being redundant to the sedan it's gonna be this rear power opening liftgate it's gonna give you a much larger opening than a trunk and get some bulkier items in there you can even knock those seats down to get really big items in and I think that's gonna give this vehicle a lot more utility without looking like a hatchback I really like this now here in the cabin we've got this really nice red interior that I think contrasts nicely with the blue exterior the fit and finish is really good in the cabin here but the dashboard tech is a little bit disappointing for example we've got over $10,000 in options on this $40,000 car and we don't even have navigation there's no blind spot monitoring there a lot of holes in this tech package for a car of this price but we do have is BMWs latest generation of I Drive with this small six and some change inch screen sometimes this is an interface that's a little maddening and sometimes it just makes perfect sense it just really depends on the driver we got the iDrive controller right here that you'll control everything with and right here next to the transmission we've got a couple of other controls for one of our only safety features that's gonna be this sort of camera system so when I shift the car into reverse I have the option of seeing out of the back of the car or hitting a button and seeing sort of a bird's eye view of around the vehicle okay so this 428 I model is gonna be powered by BMW 2 litre twin power turbo charged engine gonna put up 242 our car got 258 pound-feet of torque it's a good little engine there's not a lot of turbo lag it's very responsive off the line I like it this example is also equipped with BMWs M sports package a $3,500 option that's gonna make this car a much more dynamic handler thanks to adaptive steering and adaptive suspension is a great sports sedan for when you want to take it on a twisty road okay to get out of the door at this 2015 BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe you're looking at about forty thousand three hundred bucks to get out of the door with this bait 428 i model we've got about twelve thousand dollars of options on top of that including a $3,500 M Sport Performance Package definitely going to want that but we're missing a lot of tech as testin we're looking at about fifty two thousand three hundred dollars and we're not even close to being fully loaded get crazy with the options this thing can get really expensive really fast