04-08-2023, 09:15 AM | #1 |
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LCI g30 iDrive 7 - Lite vs "full"
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I was under the impression that all LCI g30s had the "full" Drive 7, ie with android auto and remote software updates etc. I've placed a (refundable) deposit on a November 2020 built LCI g30 m550i, and have managed to spook myself by reading horror stories of people with 2020 cars that have the earlier headunits that can't do a lot of what the later cars can. I can't find that any of these people have LCI cars though. Is there any way of definitively finding out which version of iDrive it is from from a car's VIN? Thank you,
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04-08-2023, 02:32 PM | #3 |
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What would I check the vin against?
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04-08-2023, 09:16 PM | #5 |
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2021 have full IDrive 7 and 2020 has the Lite version. That’s why I went 2021. I was wanting a 2020 myself but the salesman’s told me “everything I want is on the 2021 ” (remote start, assisted driving, auto parking, etc).
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04-09-2023, 01:33 AM | #6 |
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I have already checked against a number of vin decoders, but none of them list the model year only the build date (November 2020).
The dashboard has the eye tracking sensor, it has drive recorder and full 3d surround view, the steering wheel has the two lights on it, and it has driving assistant professional
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04-09-2023, 01:34 AM | #7 |
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Model year or build year? And was that including LCI 2020 cars?
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Drives: 2021 m550i
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MY2021 and later is LCI
MY2020 and later has N63TU3 engine |
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@[rG-tom] : Cars produces after september 2020 should be model year 2021. In september both MY 2020 and 2021 are produced. November 2020 should be a full MY 2021 LCI unless something really weird happened at the factory. Now this is pretty easy to determine. Just look at the pictures in the Vin decoder. If it has the narrower and darker headlights, sharper front and blacked out taillights, it's a model year 2021 LCI. If it still has the bigger and brighter headlights, more rounded bumper and red tailllights it's not an LCI, so model year 2020. |
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In fact, the m550i was never offered in the UK at all until LCI, so it's 1000% LCI. RE your car having all of this, your car won't/cant have driving assistant professional with the full self driving under 40mph etc, as this was only ever available on id7 "full" cars
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I think the salesman was being upfront with me in regards to finding a used 2020 M550i with all of those features I wanted. So I went for a 21.
I didn’t even see the option for a remote start for the 2020’s but I could be wrong. I forgot the name that asked for this info butMy model year is a 21 but it was built 11/20 |
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What I do know is that MY2020 cars are a bit of a mixed bag. They got the old exterior with the new kombi and ID7 but on a 10.25" screen. So one would assume this is the "light" version of ID7. MY2021 cars are full facelifts with ID7 on the big screen so this should be the full version of ID7. I can't know for sure but I'm pretty confident those "horror" stories are from people with a MY2020 car with ID7 on the smaller screen. |
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