2024 BMW 5 Series/i5 G60 first look review! Wireless gaming included!

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00:00 G'day I'm Paul.

00:00 So BMW has just rolled out a brand new 5 Series

00:03 and they've actually flown one to Australia.

00:05 This is a pre-production car.

00:07 So today I'm gonna run you through

00:08 some of the cool new things that are coming to 5 Series

00:10 and this in particular,

00:12 which is the top spec electric version.

00:14 It's called the i5 M60, which I'm pretty excited about.

00:18 Now this is gonna be launching in Australia

00:19 in Q4 this year.

00:20 So still a little while away,

00:22 but this will give us a bit of a sneak peek

00:24 and to see exactly what's going on

00:25 underneath the skin there.

00:26 So if you haven't subscribed to our channel yet,

00:28 please make sure you do.

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00:31 'cause that's gonna tell you every single time

00:32 we get to have a look at one of these pre-production cars.

00:35 Okay, before we have a look

00:37 at some of these design elements,

00:38 let me run you through the sizing.

00:39 So it's longer, wider, taller.

00:42 It's on a longer wheel base as well.

00:44 It's kind of similar to what they've done

00:45 with the 7 Series.

00:46 They've just supersized it

00:48 and bridged the gap between sedan and SUV.

00:50 And I kind of like that

00:51 because sedans were always a little bit too small,

00:53 whereas now it's getting to the size

00:55 where it really needs to be

00:56 if you don't wanna have an SUV.

00:58 Also, I love what they've done here with the light game.

01:00 It is so cool.

01:01 So you've got these LED rings around the kidney grill.

01:04 Then in addition to that,

01:05 you have a new daytime running light

01:07 and a new sequence as well.

01:08 So when you do unlock the car,

01:10 this all lights up

01:12 and it gives you that new signature

01:13 over on the headlights as well.

01:15 So I think they've done a really good job there

01:16 in terms of just giving this a really unique appearance.

01:19 You'll know that this is the new 5 Series out on the road.

01:22 On the design front,

01:23 I like here with the bonnet,

01:24 how they've sculpted that there.

01:25 So the BMW logo just sits a little recess there

01:29 to the level of the bonnet.

01:31 And the vehicle that you're looking at here

01:32 is the i5, which is the electric one.

01:35 There are two versions of the i5 coming to Australia.

01:37 They have the eDrive 40,

01:39 which is a rear wheel drive electric.

01:40 And then this one here,

01:41 which is the M60x drive,

01:43 which is the full fat M version all wheel drive.

01:46 They're also gonna do an internal combustion version

01:48 for Australia in the 520i.

01:50 That'll be rear wheel drive with a mild hybrid system.

01:52 With the electric versions,

01:53 you can say that's all closed over

01:54 because most of the cooling requirements

01:56 are down below here.

01:57 So it kind of gives it a nice neat look up the front there.

02:00 No ridiculous giant grill here either.

02:02 It's just all sort of nicely contained, which is good.

02:04 Over on the headlights, full LED headlights

02:06 with a matrix LED for the high beam as well.

02:09 Let's jump over to the wheels.

02:10 I'll show you what they look like.

02:11 Okay, so depending on which 5 Series model you choose,

02:14 you get to pick a variety of different wheel sizes.

02:17 Here on the M60, the 20 inch wheel is standard.

02:20 It can go up to 21 inches as well if you want to.

02:23 Keep in mind though, the 21 will actually reduce

02:25 the driving range.

02:26 I'll run you through some of those specs in a second.

02:27 Comes standard with the red brakes here.

02:29 You can go for a blue option if you want.

02:32 Also, I like this design.

02:33 So you've got the piano black finish there,

02:35 and then you've got these sections on the inside

02:37 for a little bit of aero as well,

02:39 and then the blue ring around the BMW center cap there,

02:43 which is a pretty cool setup.

02:44 So this is an E Primacy tire.

02:46 So I'll be keen to see how this actually goes

02:48 because this thing has a lot of punch

02:50 and I don't know whether an ECO tire

02:52 is going to be suitable for it.

02:53 So we'll see what sort of tires

02:55 these are actually delivered with

02:56 when it finally does come to Australia.

02:58 M badge up the top here as well.

03:00 Thought it was quite interesting under the bonnet too.

03:03 It has a giant sort of engine cover.

03:04 There is no storage there,

03:06 but there are a lot of components,

03:07 including some vibration isolation

03:10 for the air conditioning condenser as well.

03:12 So it is a pretty cool sort of setup there under the bonnet.

03:14 Now check this out as well.

03:16 You actually get like a proper M mirror here too

03:18 with that aero sculpting in there.

03:20 Indicator built into the wing mirror there.

03:22 Camera on the side.

03:23 New door handles.

03:24 Have a look at this.

03:25 That sits flush with the body.

03:27 These, I think we saw this recently

03:28 on the 7 Series as well.

03:30 So it's quite a nice setup.

03:31 Do keep in mind though,

03:32 like we mentioned in the iX video,

03:34 it is a good spot for spiders to hide

03:36 if you live in a spidery type of place.

03:39 Glass roof up the top here.

03:40 They said that the opening here is 90% bigger

03:43 than the previous generation of 5 Series.

03:45 That takes up pretty much that entire roof there,

03:47 which I quite like the look of.

03:49 Little 5 on the back there.

03:51 And then have a look at this.

03:52 Come on, I'll show you the charging options.

03:54 Actually, before I mentioned charging,

03:55 Igor, our cameraman drives an M3.

03:59 That has never been to the track,

04:01 but he told me I need to refer to this

04:03 as the Hoffmeister kink 'cause he was very insulted.

04:06 So this is where you charge your i5.

04:08 You have both DC and AC charging.

04:12 AC charging comes in the form of three phase,

04:15 up to 22 kilowatts.

04:16 And then DC charging will work it up to 205 kilowatts.

04:21 The numbers are okay,

04:22 but some of the competitors in this segment

04:24 are now using 800 volt architecture

04:26 that allows them to charge a little bit faster.

04:29 So that is worth keeping in mind.

04:30 Battery size here is usable around 80 kilowatt hours.

04:33 And that is regardless of whether you go

04:35 for the eDrive 40 or the M60.

04:37 It gives you a driving range for about 500 kilometers.

04:40 This is new as well.

04:41 A button here to release the charging cable.

04:43 One of the things that frustrates me the most

04:45 when it comes to these EVs, and it's not just BMW,

04:48 but if you do wanna release the charging cable,

04:50 you need to do a whole bunch of things

04:52 to get it to release.

04:52 Whereas here I can just walk up, press that,

04:54 out it comes and away we go.

04:57 Come and have a look at the back of the car.

04:59 Okay, so this is the rear of the 5 Series.

05:02 I quite like the way this looks.

05:03 So full LED taillights.

05:05 They sort of whip around the side there

05:06 and come up a little bit before tapering down

05:08 towards the edge there.

05:10 This is also a little bit different too.

05:11 Typically with sedans you see that the bottom section

05:14 might be a different color,

05:15 but it sort of stays body colored up the top here.

05:17 I've actually brought that black section all the way up

05:20 just to give this a little bit of differentiation

05:22 at the rear.

05:22 And because this is an EV,

05:24 they wanna reduce as much drag as humanly possible.

05:28 Beneath the body there,

05:29 you actually have a fully flat floor

05:30 where the battery packs are,

05:32 but then you have a diffuser at the rear.

05:33 So they're adding all of these elements in

05:35 to make sure that this can be as efficient as possible.

05:38 And that translates through

05:39 to the internal combustion versions as well

05:41 that have a cover at the bottom there too.

05:43 BMW logo there, reverse camera with a washer

05:46 built into there, M60 badge.

05:48 Quite like this black boot lip spoiler there as well.

05:50 It looks sort of really nice here

05:52 against this red color as well,

05:53 which is new to the 5 Series.

05:55 Let's have a little look inside the boot.

05:57 So how much cargo space have you got?

05:58 Well, a little over 500 liters

06:01 if you go for the internal combustion models.

06:03 If you go for the electric ones, 490 liters,

06:06 but it's pretty sort of deep space in there, which is good.

06:08 And you have a little bit of storage under floor here

06:10 for things like your charging cable,

06:13 hooks up the top here for your shopping as well.

06:15 You can then drop your second row

06:18 just by pulling these levers here as well,

06:20 which gives you a bit more access there for longer items.

06:23 So we are inside the 5 Series now.

06:25 Let's start off with just some of these design elements.

06:28 Just like we saw in the new 7 Series,

06:30 they've got these glass panels

06:32 that actually have LED lights that surround them.

06:35 And they kind of go around the driver here

06:37 and to the front of the cabin.

06:39 These look sensational.

06:40 And the cool thing is when you do change your drive modes,

06:43 for example, what it actually does

06:45 is it lights it all up in different colors.

06:47 Have a look at this.

06:48 If I go into efficient mode, look at that,

06:50 just chasing that light all the way down the side of the car.

06:52 It is so cool that they have played with LEDs here,

06:56 just like they have at the front.

06:58 Also, in addition to that,

06:59 you have touch sensitive controls for your climate.

07:01 So you can open and close vents

07:03 just by running your finger across those.

07:05 And then you have these little things down here as well

07:08 to adjust the direction of those vents too.

07:10 So they really are sort of being quite creative with that.

07:12 In addition to that, they have moved to OS 8.5.

07:16 So there are just a few small changes here

07:18 in terms of the way this operates.

07:19 And just as an example, on your home screen,

07:22 this is a pre-production car,

07:23 so it doesn't have the map display,

07:24 but that is where the map would typically be.

07:27 All of your menus are now in here.

07:28 So you can swipe up and down,

07:30 and depending on what the menu is,

07:31 you can go left and right within those as well.

07:33 Also different now as well,

07:34 which is a big improvement, is your climate control.

07:37 So in addition to having temperature changing here,

07:40 you can now also turn your heated seats,

07:42 cooled seats on and off there

07:44 without having to dive through several different menus.

07:46 So all of that functionality is down the bottom there.

07:49 So I really like that.

07:50 On the design front, carbon along here,

07:52 you've got those glass elements that I mentioned.

07:54 Glass here in the center as well.

07:56 And this whole unit here

07:57 just looks really high-end and premium.

08:00 I'll be interested to see what it looks like

08:01 on the base models that aren't sort of super expensive,

08:03 but this all looks really nice.

08:05 And limited use of piano black, which is excellent news.

08:08 Another fascinating thing they've done here as well,

08:10 which I think is a really clever innovation,

08:12 with the wireless phone charger,

08:14 normally when you have your phone on there

08:15 for an extended period, it gets really hot,

08:17 and then it'll either stop charging

08:19 or when you put it in your pocket,

08:20 it'll like burn a hole in your pants.

08:22 Well, here there's actually small vents

08:24 that extract that heat

08:26 and then run a bit of cool air behind your phone.

08:28 And it means that it can actually cool down

08:30 while it's charging, which I think is great.

08:32 In addition to that OS 8.5,

08:34 you're getting this curved display here, which we love.

08:37 So it's both a touchscreen

08:38 and can also be driven through the iDrive controller.

08:41 15 inches on this side, 12.3 inches here

08:43 ahead of the driver.

08:45 New steering wheel as well with a flat bottom there.

08:47 Simplified control, so you can just flick

08:49 through a couple of those menus just using these.

08:51 These also light up as well to give you warnings

08:53 while you're driving.

08:54 So for example, if you're veering out of your lane

08:56 or it wants you to grab your steering wheel,

08:58 it will light these things up.

08:59 This lever just here gives you a little bit of boost.

09:02 So if you pull that, you get extra acceleration,

09:05 which I think is kind of fun,

09:06 like a curse mode or something like that.

09:09 And then in addition to that,

09:10 the M60 also gets this red center strap here as well,

09:13 just in case you spontaneously decide to do some drifting.

09:17 While you do have a 12 speaker sound system that's standard,

09:19 you can upgrade to this optional 18 speaker Bowers

09:23 and Wilkins sound system.

09:24 Even has these metal covers over the speakers too,

09:27 which I think is a very classy setup.

09:29 How about this one too?

09:30 If you do want to play games while you're waiting

09:32 for the car to charge, they have air console.

09:35 So that allows you to connect with the car

09:37 using your phone.

09:38 This is your central gaming screen,

09:39 but then you use your phone as a controller.

09:42 You can have two players doing that

09:43 while your vehicle is charging,

09:44 which I think is a pretty clever setup.

09:46 And then in addition to that,

09:47 similar to what Hyundai and Kia does,

09:49 actually have happy kids mode.

09:51 So when you do activate that,

09:52 you can tell the vehicle what to do.

09:54 So you can enable ambient lighting,

09:55 do not disturb for your phone,

09:57 have speakers only at the front.

09:59 It can also increase the temperature

10:00 to help the kids fall asleep.

10:02 Also runs a camera inside the cabin

10:05 as well, which I reckon is great.

10:06 Means you can have a look at the kids in the backseat

10:08 and make sure that they're very well behaved.

10:11 Now, before we jump into the back,

10:12 I want to run you through some of the performance specs.

10:14 So the entry level i5 eDrive 40

10:17 will do zero to 100 in six seconds,

10:19 and that has 250 kilowatts of power.

10:21 When you step up to the M60 though,

10:23 that is when it gets a little bit crazy.

10:24 It's just under 450 kilowatts of power

10:27 and it'll do zero to 100 in under four seconds.

10:30 So it's pretty much M550 in terms of pace.

10:33 But I just think that is insane.

10:35 If you go for the internal combustion option here

10:37 for Australia, which is the 520i,

10:39 that'll do zero to 100 in around seven and a half seconds.

10:42 Okay, second row time.

10:43 So yes, longer wheelbase means I have more knee room.

10:47 Toe room isn't very good.

10:48 It's kind of cramped under there.

10:49 Seems to be the case with a lot of EVs

10:51 'cause of the batteries,

10:52 but headroom is pretty good here.

10:54 So this definitely feels like a previous generation

10:57 7 Series in terms of space, which is interesting.

11:00 Down the bottom here, I love this.

11:02 You've got a new capacitive touch display

11:05 for your climate controls and also the seat heating.

11:07 So nice innovative thing that looks

11:09 just a little bit different to everything else

11:10 you see out there at the moment.

11:11 USB-C charging down here, air vents,

11:14 USB-C charging up the top here as well.

11:16 Center armrest here with a couple of cup holders.

11:19 Got all your ISO fix points and that kind of stuff.

11:21 So that has been your first look at the new BMW 5 Series.

11:25 I'm quite excited to drive this, the M60.

11:28 It should be good fun.

11:28 And I'm very excited to see whether they continue

11:31 with the big old V8 under the bonnet here for the M5

11:34 because that will be very exciting as well.

11:37 Now, if you did enjoy this video,

11:38 please make sure you like it

11:39 and you share it with your mates.

11:41 And if you do have any questions about the new 5 Series,

11:43 let me know in the comment section below.

11:44 It'll go on sale in Australia later this year

11:47 and I'm excited to have a bit of a spin.

11:48 So thank you for watching and until next time, take it easy.

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