Transcription of the first minutes of the podcast:
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– Presents Sud Radio, we talk about cars and we take the wheel.
– And you know it if you are regulars, but if you are joining us for the first time in the column We take the wheel, you will find the complete video of the test of the friend Jean-Luc on the Sud Radio YouTube page , but immediately also in extract on the Facebook page.
– Yes, so today we are not testing an SUV, we are not testing an electric car, although there is still a small electric motor in it because today it is almost inevitable.
– The BMW 120, so 15 years ago this BMW 120, it would have made the purists scream because it is not a 6-cylinder and it is not rear-wheel drive, it is front-wheel drive with a 3-cylinder.
– But rest assured, the BMW spirit is still there.
– First of all with the style which changes relatively little compared to the previous version, the length increases a little, 4.36 meters, but the platform.
– Remains the same, however with real developments in terms of suspension in particular.
– Only specialists will really notice the new front shield.
– What we will notice more, however, and this is not necessarily good news, is that the capacity of the trunk, which was already not gigantic, has fallen further.
– Today, 300 liters is a bit tight for a car of this size.
– The explanation is that this 120 benefits from a 48-volt hybridization with a 0.9 kilowatt-hour battery, it is housed in the floor of the luggage hold, which reduces the capacity of the latter.
– It's not Versailles in terms of the rear seats either, but the series 1, Laurence, you know something about it, it has never shone in this area.
– Well, the interior presentation, on the other hand, is evolving in depth.
– But that's not necessarily good news either.
– For what ? Because the 120 in fact uses the almost all-touch dashboard of BMW models, it is the norm now.
– There are many features, for example you can configure the counters, but ergonomics and especially security do not benefit.
– So even more annoying, really, I find it annoying, apart from the rather impractical aspect of the new aerators, we will see them in a few seconds for those who have the video, I find that the perceived quality is quite far away of the idea we have of a BMW.
– There are scratchy plastics everywhere.
– BMW was a reference even five years ago, let's say five years ago, in terms of manufacturing and what we call perceived quality, and today I find that they have declined a lot.
– You see, we see it for those who have the image, it looks really cheap.
– The start button and gearbox control are on the center console.
– The wheel…
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