‘Hey, Big Mouth!’ 5Series.net Drives the Controversial-Looking New BMW Four

The New Four Gets a Driver Focused Cabin

The new Four’s sporty driver-focused cockpit has a new display grouping with a 10.25-inch Control and optional fully digital 12.3-inch instrumentation. That’s backed up by a far better integrated and improved new generation 3D head-up display. Add sports seats up front and two individual pews aft, a new, far more interactive sports leather steering wheel and a ‘high-quality center console design’ too.

A wider range of driver assistance systems includes warnings for front collision with brake input, and lane departure with steering assisted lane return. There’s also a new cloud-mapped active navigation with an emergency lane function.

Packs in the Kitchen Sink. And More

Add Park Distance Control with front and rear sensors and an optional Parking Assistant Plus and that intelligent personal assistant. Don’t forget Apple CarPlay and Android Auto mobile phone integration. And wi-fi connectivity with remote software upgrading.

Packing a literal kitchen sink full of spec around BMW’s quite astounding Operating System 7.0 with fully digital instrumentation and interface. It’s controlled by your choice of touching the screen, the iDrive Controller, steering wheel buttons, gesture or voice control. The gesture control may be a tad too sensitive if you’re Italian!

Voice Control Impressed

But the voice command impressed even with a thick accent. More than can be said about some of its much-acclaimed rival vocal interfaces.

4 Series can even drive hands free on properly marked roads. But the system will slow the car, pull over and stop if the driver fails to respond. And demand assistance if there is still no reaction. Quite eerie! Some may never get to exploring all the tricks this car can turn – it really does have it all. And more.