I Drive The BMW i5 For The First Time! The Sweet Spot In The Electric Sedan Market

Kyle is in Portugal to test the BMW i5! In this video he drives the RWD eDrive40 as well as the spicier xDrive M60 version. He tests them in city driving, performance driving, and of course highway cruising. It's another long in-depth first drive review here on Out of Spec so strap in and enjoy!

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0:00 - Hello & Welcome
1:32 - Exterior Tour & Specs
13:18 - Interior Room
15:38 - iDrive 8.5 Software / App
24:46 - i5 eDrive40 (RWD) First Drive
44:27 - M Performance Accessories
46:03 - i5 M60 First Drive
1:01:58 - Max Range Mode
1:03:01 - The End!

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[KyleConner]

Here it is! The new 5er - and this time, the electric one! So much to discuss when I talk about one of the most important cars in the BMW lineup and even after an hour I didn’t share everything I wanted to. Thanks for watching our nerdy reviews as always, I really appreciate it ⚡️

[jessesea]

I miss the i3. That was my favorite! They should bring it back!

[merritJ]

Since YouTube prevents you from including copywritten music in a video when you check out the audio system why not use a simple sound check audio file through the USB port which should work on any car. Just a thought to make it so we can "hear" the audio system and this would improve your video content?

[DrWildebeest]

ACC Stop & Go + Active Driving Assistant is standard in the US. Optional is Highway Assistant

[Kee_Diddy]

It's amazing when you add up the little things that define a product. You have to pull to refresh (PTR) to get the app to update the battery percentage? That's just bad technical design. All these things add up and mean so much more than companies realize. 18:05

[salvadorsantana]

Having owned an 2001 5 series and recently as of last year an i4, I find the rear on the new electrified 5 series to be on the ugly side..like a lot.

[amadizsabino]

Kyle you need to start announcing where you'll be participating on events. You've just been on my village, should I've known that I would have gone to meet you and drive you around the city on my model Y.

[raleedy]

Can’t abide the shiny black on the exterior.

[donwilber]

Was that about a dozen stops over 2000km (roughly 1240 miles)? Stopping approximately every 100 miles? Not good.

[stanlucaks]

It’s so interesting how new EVs are always being compared to Tesla which is like the default gold standard for EV execution. So I don’t really know how to justify paying premium for a bmw when they are just playing catch up to a less expensive car

[Fuentes]

the blue Nissan rogue sport behind Kyle 😭☠️ can that come in America LOL

[rammanohar]

These cars at these prices and current interest rates, make them only watchable on YouTube

[ryans]

Appreciate how thorough the review is.. Would be interested to see your review on the ICE too even if its just the 530 to see how that feels to drive too! To me this 5 series design almost looks a little like BMWs version of an American muscle car so it'll be interesting to see the M5.

[theRappinSpree]

That tan/greenish color interior on the M60 is merino leather, not veganza.

[pauljefferies]

Well the site here, your site, has caused the search feature to disappear. Hmm? Why? So.., only a person with nearly infinite free time could find the particular review. This observation is made for your benefit really.

[Iwo]

That’s my problem with the Tesla, you can’t get the seat low enough. BMW has overall best seats of the all car manufacturers.

[HenryMPHone]

Only the myr 2024 after April 2023 iX will get OTA update for full autonomous driving! I have the bad iX ( 2023 myr)

[dpsingh]

Finally a nice looking grille on a BMW.
You mentioned that this i5 is quieter than the EQE. But then you also said that there was a good amount of wind noise around head level, when you were driving. So which is quieter, the i5 or the EQE?

[kaivalns]

they try to fake a muffler on the M BMW FR?

[thumper]

Hi Kyle, I’ve owned 19 Beemers over 40 years of driving and I think BMW swapped an innovative and sustainable future for continued profitability when they reverted to using ICE infrastructure rather than developing what they’d learned with the i3. It’s as if they’d learned ‘what not to do’ rather than ‘what to do’. I know you love the driver assistance tech, but I’d swap the tech required to compete with Tesla for a low weight, ground up EV capable of doing a genuine 275 miles in adverse conditions that used the Tesla charging network. Geoff