/ 20 July 2022

Heated seats in your BMW? That’ll be R250 a month extra

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Earlier this week, BMW South Africa quietly rolled out several new subscription services that require additional payments for popular features such as heated seats. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

BMW’s ‘connected car’ features are in South Africa, but buyer beware: they might work on subscription only

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