New BMW i5 Review: Is electric 5 Series the best yet?
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- The BMW i5 is a significant car for a number of reasons, not least because it represents the biggest evolution of the 5 Series line-up in its 52-year history. But does fitting an electric powertrain improve what is regarded by many not only as the best executive car on the market, but one of the best cars on sale full-stop?
In this CarGurus UK review, Vicky Parrott tests the eDrive50 version to explain why it's better than the faster M60 and to see how it fits into the 5 Series lineup.
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Bmw I3 is still they're greatest electric car!
£70k for a 5 series. Crazy!
Demand for electric cars has dried up. It’s time for a rethink
The electric car is not popular today. The early adopters have all bought theirs so now the car giants are having to persuade “normal punters” of the merits of going electric. And they are having none of it.
Why do EV haters watch reviews of EVs? I assume they just like being angry. Thanks, Vicky. Good, honest review as ever.
Great presentation Vicky.
Vicky never fails to deliver
This a lot of money to have to tolerate an awful UI, dismal range and being blinded by the dazzle from plastic, sorry, crystal nonsense scattered about the cabin while trying to work out what Expression you want and why there isn't one called 'Frustration'. Cars like this really show the flaw in the EV argument and why so many people are switching back to ICE - it's just not good enough. Instead of spending time on gimmicks, mooing sound effects and tacky LED lighting, manufacturers should focus on efficiency, charging speed and good ergonomics so that the cars are actually useful, easy to drive and deliver on their promise of a lower cost, greener way of getting about. Great review though 😁
Good review. I have a 530D M Sport. It’s difficult to get enthusiastic about the I5 with the limited range, slower acceleration and higher price.
Actually think this is the first bmw in a while that looks good inside & out!
Agree diesel will be the choice for private drivers but the company drivers may prefer this or plug in hybrid
Not sure about that rear bumper, looks like they left the gaps for the exhausts
does it have a transmission tunnel taking up legroom in the back seats? If so, why not mention this and why does it have it?
It will because it’s a shared platform with ICE versions
@@chriswatson9700 yep! a deal breaker then!
Would love to hear your take on the 550e
Think anyone interested in this vehicle should also test drive the new Audi Q6 E-tron when it's possible to do so before making a final decision.
Cheers Vicky
I’m curious why so many don’t like the car. I am buying one. It drives like a dream. The i5 edrive version is plenty fast. It’s luxury. The tech is wonderful. I’ve test a number of EVs and it’s not close. Tesla is boring. YES it’s expensive. YES it won’t home value like an ICE car. That’s not the point. All cars, especially luxury and EVs lose tons of value. For me, I drive 3K a year. It will be garaged, well maintained. I keep it for 6-7 years it equals 2 leases value and I have some modicum of a residual. To me you get the luxury of a BMW and the geek factor of an EV. I drive 20 miles a day. BUT, if you needed a car to drive many miles at a time, this ain’t it. Public charging sucks. I will never use. And I will not have to go to a gas station! LOL 🎉
What is the color is the car? Carbon metallic?
Looks like tanzanite blue.
Yeah. Thanks! I ordered mine in carbon metallic. So a little blue. The other one is too purple.
Electric BM i5 but why is there tail pipe smoke 💨 in the country video shots?!?
This is one of the more acceptable designs from BMW. Not in favor of the i5, I prefer ICE, and I do think the rear looks like a GAC GA8, but based on looks alone, I'd pick this over the E Class now.
You're not going to scroll through those icons when you're driving. You'll set it up whilst parked and that will be it.
Pan roof is not standard.
Soon to be obsolete, heavy, overly complex and absurdly overpriced. The answer to a question no one would ever bother asking……
I’ll wait for the diesel ⛽️
We don’t get the diesel here in Ireland, which was a huge seller here
@@podge5555 Rodge, BMW will regret that Ireland is best suited to diesels.
@@user-rc4qh3lp7h I know but they seem to be selling a lot of i5’s and 530e’s
UK I am fairly sure won’t get diesel ⛽️ either so I guess all right hand drive markets don’t get them I guess booo BMW..
The bloody price 😂
The sweet spot of the 5 series was a couple of generations ago...
This heavy overpriced horror with glitzy, teenage glam bings and bings interior appeals to no blue blooded BMW driver.. Straight line acceleration plus Star Trek noises wrapped up in an Uber expensive package with no practical range... Why???
A twin turbo diesel motor is what the 5 series needs at its heart..
Like your presentations but your chosen test material is becoming more and more a pile of 💩
Xpeng have done well for VW
Apple to oranges but Ioniq 5 N instead
Can this really be the same company that made the E34 . Very sad .
Expensive ✔️ Garbage Range ✔️ Depreciation like a Stone ✔️ Diesel will remain the Fuel of Choice.
So well stated and presented... All points 100% valid
Garbage comment makes no sense, with home and office charging it’s average for class, ..Petrol Hybrid is best option unless doing 30.000 a year, and seems value for money and if not pure electric depreciation is again average.
Diesel is DOA.
It isn’t. Check diesel sales?
Just entered that reg number with 500 miles on the clock into couple of car buying services to get a valuation. The highest offer came at £37k. 😂😂😂 So go and buy one
Please bring back Frank Stephenson for design department, these look hideous!!! 😫😫😮💨
Meanwhile BMW just announced EV's are taking a back seat for Hydrogen development.
Tesl sack 14k workers and cust prices, due to reduced demand.....
And many, many EV owners also have a ICE car in their driveway.
Overpriced and 'under-ranged'. My G30 diesel has been my best vehicle yet but nearly out of warranty and time to hand back to lease co. The tax advantage of ev for business is iresistable but I am really struggling to switch, I think true driving pleasure is being removed by these electronic boxes on wheels
This car is very much to expensive.....🇩🇪even here in Germany...and I am not a fan of E-cars.....
Sorry to be blunt but this review just proves you are not reviewers, you are promoting a manufacturers products. I drive an i4 which is over 2 tonnes. I had a BMW i5 as a weekend loan and it was like driving an electric brick. The car is so so heavy it ruins any BMW dynamics. I can’t see how you can possibly recommend it or say you would buy one. Current sales and more impartial reviews like Harry’s garage are testament to this. It’s a flop.
Owww!! WHY did you have to utter that godawful 'frunk' Americanism??? We've had boots in the fronts of cars over here for decades before Musk came along and stuck one in the front of his cars (what have you been calling the front boot of a Beetle or 911 all these years??). When will this import of nauseating American portmanteaus ever end?? 😭
Looks dreadful...the daft interior colour thing looks gimmicky, and as always no mention of the Genesis Electrified G80. I've owned one of these for what will be 2 years in July, and as I've said many times, after twenty years of Jaguars and a Maserati Ghibli the Genesis remains the best car I've owned.
Pity the utterly blinkered motoring press don't stick their questionable brains into gear when looking at this sector, i/o looking at the usual ultra boring German cars!
Nope, does nothing for me on looks and the interiors are getting way too glitzy!
Too expensive and it will be worth nothing in 4 years we all know that, tax incentives wont make up for your loses over a diesel car the 520 D was the best all round car you could buy 60 mpg and comfort and room
BMW's are horrendously overpriced and their design is not exactly ground breaking.Same yourself a wad and buy Korean, Chinese,or Tesla product or if you must buy BMW then an X2/3.
Electric - OFF ❗️👎🏻