# BMW i4

9 Hacker News commenters recommended BMW i4 and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a nice, fun car to drive with many physical controls and a zippy eDrive. Critics point to cost-cutting engineering, faulty parts and costly repairs.

## Why people recommend it

- Nice and fun to drive (4 comments): "Nicer to drive, nicer features (better sound, HUD, sunroof), hardware controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751376)) "Just buy an i4, even the eDrive is pretty zippy 0-60 in 5.4 seconds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46805415)) "just being significantly nicer to drive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46285850))
- Physical controls and good interior (3 comments): "Peak BMW interiors happened between 2019-2022 with the G01, G30, G05 and iX, i4." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47260032)) "Nicer to drive, nicer features (better sound, HUD, sunroof), hardware controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46751376)) "BMW i4 interior is much better in that aspect: many physical controls." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956350))

## What people warn about

- Poor build and engineering quality (3 comments): "had faulty heat pump valve subsystems from Vitesco (subsidieary of Continental) and were basically all lemons" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138570)) "their engineering is a tour de force of cost cutting behind the scenes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49137292)) "truly shitty engineering, but pretty shape and paint job" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186780))
- Software bugs and UI regression (2 comments): "handled worse, had software bugs, cost about 50% more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49834762)) "the i4’s jog wheel and UI was such a regression" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50216980))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles.md): 209 recommend
- [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd.md): 157 recommend
- [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce.md): 140 recommend
- [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3.md): 128 recommend
- [Rivian electric vehicle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rivian.md): 73 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "BMW i4", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bmw-i4/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).