BMW X5 45e Review - the 137mpg SUV! A great plug-in Hybrid!

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A plug-in hybrid is what first got me into electric vehicles. That was a Vauxhall Ampera (Chevy Volt) back in 2015 but I soon preferred the electric and resented the petrol part so I'm all for suggesting that if you can go fully electric, then that is the way to go. It cuts out all the complicated combustiony stuff, reduces maintenance and costs far less to run.
However there are cases where it just doesn't suit, so maybe at least a plug-in hybrid is better than nothing. And as far as plug0in hybrids go this is a very good one.

Firstly it has a meaningful battery size giving it good EV only range. Secondly it doesn't do much at all to annoy me. I can usually find fault with most vehicles, even if just little niggles but actually the X5 does what it does really very well indeed.
I love the ride comfort, the refinement and a bit of good all-round capability.
Jack of all or master of none? Well, a master at many things to be fair.

Thanks for watching.

Richard Symons
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Great video Richard love the bmw you are at the top of your game when reviewing look forward to the next video

daveowens
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Great objective review as always. I bought a new one of these 18 months ago and have been very impressed, it does everything well. The reverse assist is very accurate and it has been useful a few times, such as reversing back out of tight spaces, or as I found out a few weeks ago at a relatives house, who lives at the end of a tight country lane with no ability to turn due to other parked cars. It was very useful reversing out on a pitch black night. One other thing, you don’t have to open Apple wallet to open the car, simply put your phone against the driver door handle, then in the wireless charger and you are good to go. Not as good as a Tesla, which I have also owned in the past, but still pretty useful 👍

sulek
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As someone who lives in Cornwall I really wish all cars have the "rewind time function" the amount of hours I wait whilst SUV drivers either reverse in to hedges or just refuse to use their reverse gears is amazing, people don't realise that Bus's aren't allowed to reverse thus the on coming driver has to. I wish my M3 Tesla had just a little lower rear screen to make reversing easier (at speed :=).

martinweston
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I like the fact the heads up display works with Google maps, nice touch

neilm
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Great content. If you have to tow a horse trailer at the weekend 100 miles there's no electric only car that works. But all week a 40 mile daily range would be fine. Think I'll get a 45e to replace the Disco4 next year. That was a very useful video.

FieldHouseFarm
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I really want one of these.. Loved the video, you touched on several things i was wondering about. Thanks!

Alpejohn
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I had a Tesla MY 2022 and I've returned to an X5 2018. The quality, finish and drive is above any other car, including Tesla. I have far more confidence and feel relaxed and refreshed from driving the X5. The MY was too firm, had regular phantom breaking and the auto park wasn't great. The BMW Driver Assistant Professional is incredible and works as intended and always spot on. Having the jog wheel to control the infotainment is definitely so much easier, and safer when on the road than any touch screen. Shame BMW don't have the jog wheel on their newer cars. Bring it back @bmw. The X5 is an amazing car.

pocoyomc
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Having an I drive style control is vastly superior and way more comfortable than screen only.

richo
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That reversing rewind feature has helped me out a few times in dead ends in carparks

Dave-mvxy
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Great review. I had a courtesy car via Thrifty cars when my Hyundai Ioniq 5 went in for its ICCU fix. Which took 3 months! Hyundai refused to give me an EV as a courtesy car but Thrifty had a whole fleet of BMW iX1's in that week, and the manageress of Thrifty gave me one of them anyway! Within seconds of leaving the Thrifty forecourt I was smiling! BMW just know how to infuse their cars for "drivers". My Ioniq 5 P45 is excellent but I did not miss it. iX1 more agile (300kg lighter I think!) and fun and iDrive is great. I know that is a different car from what you have reviewed but I love the tech in the BMW. Great second hand buys!

markymarkreviews
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Thanks for this honest review. IMHO your most telling remark comes at the end when considering the CONS for PHEV - the need to have two drive trains. And your admission that the perfect car would be one with a larger battery and a range extender petrol engine. I agree that this is one of the comfort spots - mainly run on battery electric with a small petrol engine driving a generator to keep the battery topped up avoiding the cost and complexity of a gearbox / drive shafts. And at 50 miles range, people will realise the value of charging overnight to cover their daily driving needs.

DrDave_
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You got to review the GLC300 de, definitely the best suv plugin on the market 👌

tonixpto
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You should test the newer 50e. Curious for your opinion. Even bigger range and It now has some usable EV power above 50 mph. And a more annoying idrive system. And the doors do open, without opening Wallet on the iphone

Weasel
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Reversing feature is great if you are in Devon or Cornwall and have to back up on a narrow country lane; great car!

simonhobbs
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Been running one of these for over 3 years now, very similar spec. Most journeys are local so 71% of it's lifetime milage has been pure electric which makes it very cheap to run on a daily basis to a conventional X5, but if we go away there is obviously no range anxiety.

2 things I think need improvement ; if you are in electric mode and you have to floor it, it is very slow to pick up and even if your foot is flat to the floor on the accelerator it does not wake up the engine, although you can wake it by hitting a paddle shifter, but I don't find that very instinctive

Also the charge speed is very slow on a home 7kw charger, it only manages 3.7kw, it should do at least 7

Still a great car though 😁

abcdecor
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Hey Richard, the polestar 2 has been able to put the Apple Maps on the dashboard for a couple months now (when using CarPlay) - thought you’d want to know

iambenmitchell
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Even more impressive when you consider that this is the pre-facelift X5. New one has way better software and HUD, still with iDrive so i think its the perfect car

binflydushy
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My brother has a property over in North Carolina which he stays in a few times a year - last time he went, he rented an X5 PHEV... he absolutely loved it...!
He said it had great tech, an amazing ride quality, yet was really rapid.
As much as he'd love a Taycan Sport Turismo EV, his property is up the side of a mountain and he's got no charging availability...!

jonathantaylor
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Your towing plates have got numbers swapped 😂 5:15

SuperJCBDigger
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BMW are doing great things with hybrid, the refreshed 330e Touring announced yesterday looks like it would tick a hell of a lot of boxes (60+ mile electric range)

thedaveaftertomorrow