2025 BMW M5 first look review: 1000Nm plug-in hybrid for BMW’s Autobahn missile

There’s a new performance king in town. It’s the plug-in hybrid, 1000Nm BMW M5. It can do both all- and rear-wheel drive, along with engine-free driving for a short distance. But, is it enough to sway BMW tragics? It weighs in excess of 2000kg and is more BMW XM than it is M3.

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Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 00:38
Powertrain: 04:56
Interior: 06:53

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Paul Maric:

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[CarExpertAus]

Anybody else concerned about this weighing over 2000kg?

[CarExpertAus]

Channeling my inner Doug Demuro with that intro 😂

[motorsportfreak]

Nice Landcruiser 300 series weight 👌🏽 2500kg lol

[TheTussman]

Impressive tech. In 1990 I delivered an '89 635csi 5-speed from Windsor to Toronto, not one minute on the 401 - just country backroads, two-laners mostly. Not 'strong', but linear, silky power from that pure, unboosted inline 6. Felt executive heavy and playfully light at the same time. My best driving experience ever.

[mabuleonkars]

Appreciate the right hand drive demo from BMW

[jackh]

Love it and the old M5, but 2.5 tonnes? WOT?

[lascaossos]

can't wait to see what a 2.5 ton tyre shreding monster can do lol

[jositt]

looks very nice Paul weight not a issue as long it drives good who cars

[blacksamurai]

I was like “Why is Seth McFarlane reviewing an M5” lol

[fpvmevu]

So they added battery and motor to the M5 to make it faster because it is heavier and it is heavier because of the battery and motor? Utter nonsense

[amode]

They should have had a lighter colour version on display it’s hard to appreciate the design with the available lighting etc. To think PHEV system adds 500kg to this, how much is a PHEV version of say a Land Cruiser supposed to way… well over 3 tonnes which is crazy heavy

[adamroberts]

Doesn’t look sporty like the early 2000s versions…
Looks like a car that ate an M5

[Kruse]

The grill is big but at least it’s the right way.

[blackcyborg]

Wow, they already have a Right Hand Drive unit this early? :O

[seanhodges]

The G90 M5 is the first M5 in history to be slower than it's predecessor. If this new M5 lost about 1, 000 lbs or was the same weight as the F90 M5 CS, it would be the greatest M5 of all time...

[petermercer]

It's a car it's a very expensive car it's like owning a football wife.
And it even looks like one.
Expensive to own expensive to live with.

[andgate]

I remember when sports car companies swore blue in the face they would never go hybrid or elec.

[damians]

Good design but the weight takes the excitement away

[andrewvaughan]

2.5 tonnes? Are you fucking kidding me?

[HammerRocks]

I wonder how many owners of this M5 would actually track them? Consedering the nearly 2.5T weight. The M3 (or even better, the M2) would be a better vehicle to track. The M5 would most likely only have an edge in the straight lines, but everywhere else, the othere two will be all over it and they would be more fun to drive. And if you could afford this M5, I'm sure they can afford to shell out for an M3 or M2 also.