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Performance
0-62mph/top speed
8.6 seconds/106mph
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Practicality
Boot (seats up/down)
490/1,495 litres
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THE idea of a long-term test is that over a period of weeks and months, we learn new things about the vehicles we’re running. But in the case of this latest arrival, a BMW iX1, I’ve been instantly taken aback by a character trait that I simply hadn’t expected.
You see, the majority of my journeys are spent on the UK’s motorway network –