Benjamin M. Monroe Blog: LEAKED: BMW Vision iNEXT Concept photos surface ahead of official reveal

Friday, September 14, 2018

LEAKED: BMW Vision iNEXT Concept photos surface ahead of official reveal

BMW will be unveiling the Vision iNEXT Concept tomorrow, officially. The iNEXT Concept is going to be the brand’s all-electric hatchback concept that shows off BMW’s vision (get it?!) for the future. The Bavarians have been teasing this new concept for a few days now, showing off some videos and short clips of it, as we approach its official unveiling. Though it seems some one jumped the gun a bit, as new official photos of the iNEXT have been leaked.

In these new leaked photos we get to see the Vision iNEXT in its entirety and it’s certainly a hatchback and not the sleek sedan we saw last year. Which, honestly, is a bit disappointing, as last year’s concept was a cool looking one. Having said that, this isn’t necessarily replacing that car but showing off yet another future electric car that BMW will develop in the coming years. We know that BMW is preparing a massive electric car offensive and this will just be one of the cars in the pipeline.

Still, with brands like Mercedes-Benz and Audi coming out with exciting new electric cars and concepts, it’s a bit disappointing to see BMW’s EV concept as a frumpy hatchback thing.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though, as there are some good things about it. For one, it’s pretty sporty for a hatchback/crossover thing. It has some interesting wheel arches, that seem to be flared out with a squared design and that looks different and cool.

It also seems to have a really nice interior, one that’s very open and airy, even by EV standards. BMW also seems to have taken Tesla’s massive center screen design from the Model 3 and improved on it. So rather than just having one massive screen in the center, it has that plus a smaller screen in front of the driver for all normal driving information.

There also seems to be a roof made entirely from glass and a back seat that’s made from acid-washed jeans. In these photos, a woman sits in the back seat and is either hallucinating about an iDrive controller built into the rear seat or there’s some sort Gesture Control-like feature with lighting inside the seat for visual feedback.

Overall, the BMW Vision iNEXT Concept seems to be interesting, if not thrilling. We’ll see the official unveil tomorrow and we’ll have more information for you then.