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While a long time, five years doesn't sound excessively long to develop an entire new model, distinct from an upgrade to one of the existing lineups. As an exa
by steffan 10y ago
While a long time, five years doesn't sound excessively long to develop an entire new model, distinct from an upgrade to one of the existing lineups. As an example, look at the amount of time the Tesla Model 3 was in development and still remaining until the first deliveries.
Not defending BMW; they seem to have missed the boat in this iteration. Perhaps they'll be able to find their way, but they'll have to play catch-up for a while.
- sirkneeland 10y agohey, playing catch-up worked for Nokia, right?
- donkeyd 10y agoThe i8 (the second i-line car) was released in june 2014, which means that it'd be 6 years between the i8 and a third car. There were 4 years between the Tesla Roadster and Model S, 3 between Model S and Model X and probably 2-3 between Model X and Model 3. If the next car in the i-line is planned for 2020, I understand that these 'young people' think it's slow. And it's obvious that it isn't a priority for BMW.
- mc32 10y agoSo I'm not clear if their complaint was slow model development cycles or new models coming to market. One is, it takes us too long to go from idea to off the line, the other is we don't have enough new car ideas.