Have you seen them? They are like that for rolling resistance/aero (not the good type of aero!) reasons. The tyres are 155/70R19 (and for the facelift there is an optional 20" wheel with 155/60R20 tyres). Wheels are 5J for god's sake!!!

https://www.bmwblog.com/2014/02/18/g...res-need-know/

 

yeah seen, didnt bother to drive as it is a very stiff car indeed and doesnt appeal to she who commands

i could basically rule out everything on the market quite easily ans just buy a diesesal e class with small wheels

fascinating pic on your link

 

Those tyres belong on a bicycle.

 

 

tbh that pic is fairly scary

about as appealing as genital warts

the only review i have from a mate is a Tesla 3, he loves it, he traded a Golf R for it and says it is better in every way but it was a lot more money i believe.. 70k Canadian dollars optioned up? with the £ almost worthless now is not the time to buy a yank tank i think

 

IIRC Norwary is one of Tesla's biggest markets, if not the biggest - they love them as in Norwary you pay a bhp tax for internal combustion, ie a few month old BMW M4 will cost about £125,000 and a 4 year old £75,000 so compared with other cars, Tesla's are quite cheap to buy and even cheaper to run!

 

i believe they waived the crazy high VAT on electric cars there

they are way ahead on this stuff

 

yes, initial purchase tax is based on power (hence why the noggies used to love diesel and why they were masters in chippping - buy and pay the tax on a 200bhp diesel and then chip it to 300bhp)
Tesla's dont have the tax so where as you can buy an aweful lot of car the the £80,000 a model S will cost you here, in Noggie land its no more expensive than say a 240 bhp bmw/audi/merc etc

 

Their wheel design looks similar to Graham and Damon Hill's racing helmets.

 

so.. after deliberation of options i think we are gonna bit the bullet and put a deposit down.. its all refundable of course. i need a way out of massive kumkwat SUV land