THE BACKSEAT VIEW
Luka, Alicia and Luke are A-level film studies students. They squish into the i7 (quite tight three abreast) and settle back. The door-mounted control panels elicit whistles, but nothing compared with the wow factor of the lowering 8K widescreen. The crispness of the image is remarked on, so too the various cropping options of the 32:9 layout. The audio blows them away, “It’s better than going to the cinema” Alicia shouts as the whole car trembles with bass. The feeling is that the Merc has the easier interfaces and the better cabin lighting, but given a straight choice, it’s BMW all the way. “I think it’s cool you’ve got HDMI plug-ins for the screen. I should’ve brought my Switch” comments Luke.