Glos Guy, whether the road noise is acceptable or not will depend on the surfaces you drive on. Our routine high speed runs are from Dorset to either Surrey or southeast London usung M3, M25 and M20. Most of the time there’s no need to even raise our voice in conversation. On the short concrete section of M3 and the appalling concrete surface of the M25 around Leatherhead it’s pretty bad, but as we do those runs only once a month (in normal times) it’s not something we bother about. If we were doing it every day, we would definitely look for a quieter car. Hopefully you can arrange to have a test drive on your regular route.
Hi Wigwam. I appreciate that road surfaces make a huge difference, as they do with any car. I guess my concern is that the criticisms of the X1 in so far as road noise is concerned is that it is noticeably nosier than its peers over comparable roads and a good proportion of our mileage is on motorways. Thankfully the motorways that we use a lot are tarmac. Noise is a subjective thing and obviously depends on what people are used to. I like driving Fords, for example, but their sound insulation is poor and I always think a door is ajar! Would you say that the tyre noise in the X1 gets even louder as speeds increase? I tend to cruise at 79mph (the maximum the Police ignore ?).
Quick question re spec. Someone mentioned lane assist is standard, but I thought that was part of the driver assistance pack? Is it standard? Like many manufacturers, BMW have a tendency to mention some things in option packs that are standard on the car!