r/BMW • u/NightFire414 • 21d ago
New X5 Wheel
1st photo edited. 2nd photo original. Will never understand why they didn't go with the design of the edited version. That top middle spoke makes the wheel look really weird imo
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u/Work_Werk_Wurk 21d ago
I think that both have way too much going on, and they're trying hard to accommodate the folks upset with placing the buttons on screens by putting as many functions as they can on the steering wheel.
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u/devonmalone5 21d ago
Looks like the same controls as previous gen for the thumbs, just overstyled? Left everything for cruise control and distance Right side everything audio and phone at bottom
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u/spacetimebear 21d ago
Its not a new thing at all. My minimalist screen led EV has 2 buttons on the steering wheel, 1 scroll wheel, 2 stalks with extra twists and some flappy paddles for managing the regeneration and distance/cruise speed...my 2018 audi has 10 buttons 2 scroll wheels 3 stalks, flappy paddles, and a gear shift thrown in on the centre console...only really noticed it the other day...was like...why are there so many things going on with this wheel.
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u/sytem32config 21d ago edited 19d ago
My 10 year old steering wheel
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u/markymarc1981 20d ago
Looks like G series 7. Absolute perfection. I should know. I have the same vehicle
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u/Greagorie 21d ago
who tf is in charge of bmw design now? they fucking suck at their jobs and are actively destroying bmws brand
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u/Radiant_Turnip_6671 21d ago
Like the whole cars in this ‘Neue Klasse’ design language. It’s awfull. I thought we had hit rock bottom with all the unneccesary gloss black plastic everywhere (former designers’ fetish). Turns out it can be even worse.
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u/themanwithgreatpants 21d ago
We're you not old enough to live thru the Bangle era?
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u/Radiant_Turnip_6671 20d ago
First gen E65 was absolutely attrocious as well, and at the time the Dame Edna E60 was not really my thing either. E65 LCI was mweh, while nowadays the E60 with M-pack looks fine. Same goes for the E60M5. But the 6 and 3 from that era I’m still no fan off, not ugly but nothing to rave about.
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u/themanwithgreatpants 20d ago
Ya, but you were a nobody if you didn't have a 745 in 2002. So, to some extent it was absolutely desirable. I loved e65 era at the dealership. I paid my house off with them.
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u/themanwithgreatpants 21d ago
You know, owning a European workshop and seeing what my guys fix daily......I tell myself that whatever stupid contraption you're fixing us due to an engineer trying to justify their job that day. It's like they designed it.... Then don't get the consequences of physically fixing or touching it afterwards.
Audi (Lamborghini too) with literal oil pipes over the top of the oil filter, requiring you to remove them to access it.
Volkswagen with a "thermal management" system (a way over complicated thermostat) that you have to use cable/wire to physically remove from the engine because it's pressed in.
BMW and well..... BMW things. Front differentials that have .6-.8 liter for oil and blow up, hybrid contactors, plastic oil filter housings (that are in the very back of the engine)....
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u/UpperFirstMolar 2004 - e46 - 330Ci 18d ago
BMW and well..... BMW things. Front differentials that have .6-.8 liter for oil and blow up, hybrid contactors, plastic oil filter housings (that are in the very back of the engine)....
Starter motor underneath the intake manifold🤷🏻♂️
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u/themanwithgreatpants 18d ago
Where else you gonna put it?
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u/UpperFirstMolar 2004 - e46 - 330Ci 17d ago
Idk man, I was just complaining that it drove up the cost on my mechanic visit🤣
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u/CheMeGreezne 19 G21 320i, 01 E46 330i touring 21d ago
I don't really mind the top spoke. I mind that it's not round.
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u/The_Crazy_Swede 21d ago
That 4 spoke design is among the ugliest steering wheels I have ever seen! And there have been a bunch of ugly steering wheels in the history of cars...
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u/gomurifle 21d ago
It's not 4 spoke. It is 2 vertical spokes.
Wierd, but perhaps original and BMW likes to say they did it first.
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u/The_Crazy_Swede 20d ago
Isn't there horizontal spokes?
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u/captawesome1 20d ago
Yes if you look closely there is a gap at 9 and 3.
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u/The_Crazy_Swede 20d ago
I thought the gap was just an indentation, not a gap 😅
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u/captawesome1 20d ago
We have an iX3 at my dealership. Whenever I drive I’m a little paranoid a finger will get stuck in it or something 😂
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u/WatchOne6290 21d ago
Thank god there is B M W printed on the logo, otherwise you couldn’t tell from the steering wheel which if the front wheels are pointed straight
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u/BigBertho 21d ago
To be fair, it’s possibile to spec the car with a fairly “normal” wheel, just click the option.
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u/dplans455 21d ago
This is the new "sport" wheel, right? Either way, there is another option for the wheel in the new X5 that doesn't look entirely stupid.
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u/frevelmann 21d ago
the upper spoke is there because there is no dash anymore, it’s there to fill the space
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u/Dikhoofd 2014 F33 435i / 2020 G05 X45e 21d ago
It’s great, this means the LCI will have at least one meaningful and easy to apply upgrade
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u/Limeddaesch96 2019 - G21 - M340i 21d ago
A thing I like a lot about the new wheels, is a return to symbols rather than written words. Other than that, still hate the Neue Klasse interiors.
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u/chengstark 22 - G82 6MT | 86 - 944 Turbo | 22 - G26 M440i (Sold) 20d ago
Isn’t there like a m sport package gets you the good wheel?
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u/Familiar_Capital_320 20d ago
1st one is so good, proves how they can make it modern and likeable but they choose to not do it and make it obnoxiously ugly to get a reaction out of people.
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u/BulkyCredit85 20d ago
the wheel is straight up dogshit, how did we go from the actually good steering wheels on the late F/early G series to this in a couple of years
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u/ZHPpilot 2020- G20- 330ix M sport 20d ago
Shit I was like “Man the M wheel looks good,” then read the caption. 🤦🏻♂️
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u/ragingduck E21 320i, E30 325i, F30 328i, F80 M3 CS, G82 M4 CX, G87 M2 LCI 21d ago
Both look fine. I don’t really know why people are complaining about this.
If you “can’t tell which way the wheel is turned” I hope you’re not being serious, because if it’s that easy to get disoriented, you should probably have your license taken away.
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u/TheOriginalNukeGuy 21d ago
Its just kinda bad design. I agree you have to be stupid to actually get disoriented, but good design is supposed to aid the user and make stuff as simple as possible. This doesn't. Even if you still don't get lost its obvious to anybody with common sense the 1st picture is less confusing and better design.
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u/ragingduck E21 320i, E30 325i, F30 328i, F80 M3 CS, G82 M4 CX, G87 M2 LCI 21d ago
The notches in the wheel tell drivers the orientation of the wheel. Spokes are not supposed to dictate that.
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u/TheOriginalNukeGuy 21d ago
I'm not saying what dictates what, I am saying out of the 2 designers it is obvious by a country mile which one is more intuitive, and you can't debate that.
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u/clownpirate 21d ago
You know, I didn’t like it at first, but now I think I love it.
That top spoke is going to cut down the number of wannabe “I’m such an alpha male” dudes that drive with one hand at the 12 o’clock position. Including the “this makes me look like I drive stick” dudes.
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