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However, despite all of its flaws, BMW deserves credit for inventing the sort of infotainment systems that are now present in virtually every single car on the market. BMW also learned from its mistakes and iDrive became better with each new generation, eventually becoming the best in the industry, when iDrive 7 first arrived.

The massive 14.9-inch, 200 ppi, ultra-high resolution widescreen features bright, colorful graphics that are easy to recognize, and the main screen is comprised of massive, vibrant tiles that are clearer and easier to understand than before. The screen itself is curved toward the driver, to evoke the canted dashboards from BMWs of old.

BMW’s My Modes are essentially presets for up to ten different functions. There are the usual Efficiency and Sport modes, which set the car up for a calmer and sportier driving environment, respectively. In Efficient, a calming blue becomes the cabin’s dominant color, while Sport mode gets an orange-dominated cabin.