New BMW 5 Series & 600hp i5 REVEALED!

Meet the brand New BMW 5 Series & BMW i5!

This is the first 5 Series that’s been designed to come with an internal combustion engine as well as a pure electric car, so let’s find out everything you need to know about these all-new cars!

Starting with the design, there’s very little difference between petrol-powered and electric cars. Both cars come with a wide double-kidney grille, and they’re available with traditional vertical bar designs or in all-black for M Sport trim levels. Along the side, you’ll find flush door handles and creases across the doors that seem pretty reminiscent of the E-Class, while at the back there’s a whole load of black trim across the rear bumper, and the brake lights come in an all-new design.

Step inside and the new 5 Series reminds us of the 7 Series! There’s a huge widescreen infotainment system on the dash, which you can even use to connect to your Amazon Alexa account! The dashboard is available to be styled in aluminium, carbon fibre or wood trim, as well as an optional panoramic glass roof! All in all, the interior of the 5 Series and i5 is super smart!

Then we come to the choice of engines. For those wanting to stick with an internal combustion engine, there’s not a whole lot of choice at the moment, with just one petrol engine available - the mild-hybrid 520i comes with a 2-litre 4 cylinder engine and an electric motor which combine to produce 208hp and 330Nm. Plug-in hybrid cars are also on the horizon, but won’t be released until 2024.

However, for those choosing the i5, there are two options available, with the range-topper being the i5 M60. This comes with two electric motors which combine to produce 601hp - just 24hp less than an M5 Competition! What’s more, it also produces an immense 820Nm - 70Nm more than the M5!

When it comes to the price, the petrol-powered 5 Series starts from just under £50,000, while the i5 starts from £73,200, rising all the way up to £97,000 for the i5 M60! So is it worth it? You’ll need to keep watching to see for yourself!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:44 Design
02:19 Engines
03:10 Motors
04:24 Performance
05:25 Interior
07:04 Range
07:50 Infotainment
08:59 Practicality
10:00 Driving
11:22 Price

[carwow]

Rate the design of the new 5 Series out of 10 below!

[adamnsouli]

been a bmw fan all my life, thought theyd never ruin the 5 series but they did

[yissibiiyte]

And here i was thinking the 5-series was one of the last remaining good looking BMWs

[jpuranen]

Looks like bigger version of a 2-series gran coupe!

[TheCalmPrince]

The biggest mystery for me is how the chief designer is able to convince everyone at BMW that this new design language is "the one".

[moromoro]

Every new model makes the older models look even better

[sohigamer]

Now that's a face not even a mother could love.

[Who.Is_Sam]

BMW always make me look back at the previous generations and go "looks like it wasn't as bad as we thought"

[X-WingValeter]

They always seem to take a step backwards with each update : so now full ambient lighting is only an option on the expensive models, yet it was standard on the G30.

[saladman]

Good thing is, it doesn't look terribly ugly. Bad thing is, the old one looks much better.

[domaust]

I like the current 5 series design. Didn't know we needed a redesign

[roi]

The last 5 series was the best looking BMW since the original 1 series coupe hit our shores. I'm sure this new one will sell in big numbers and the i5 will be popular too, but just let me know when the Touring comes out 👍

[Shimzawastrata]

Very hard to beat the previous model 5 series. That was just perfection🥺

[ay]

The previous version had the coherent design with sleek headlight. Even the horizontal kidney grill looked proportionate and good. They f’d up the headlights with that unnecessary brow lift. Profile looks nice and the rear is nice too. Shame, it could’ve been iconic.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

[benp_carz]

Wow! Hats off to BMW. They’ve achieved a level of greatness by designing yet another shocking motor, thus push enthusiasts back to previous generations. In this case, E and F series are about to sky rocket in value! Hold on to you previous models folks

[Ben_Z]

Can't we just go back in time when cars still had some good designs :(

[snbala]

As a BMW fan, it’s a shame they got rid of the famous angel eye/halo design on the headlights. I think with most people, they will talk about the designs and will eventually grow on them. I don’t see much being talked about the current 4 series front end compared to when it was first launched. I would wait to see it in the flesh as pictures make most cars look horrid at first glance.

[AminVlogs]

Hated it yesterday… love it today. BMWs have to grow on you.

[isthisjish]

can’t believe they launched the absolutely gorgeous sleek z4 touring and this monstrosity in the same week

[varunvarma]

BMW on it's way to make their previous gen cars iconic, classics