New BMW i5 Review: Is electric 5 Series the best yet?

[@ahnottingham]

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 🎉

[@spsmith45]

Why do EV haters watch reviews of EVs? I assume they just like being angry. Thanks, Vicky. Good, honest review as ever.

[@rchatte100]

£70k for a 5 series. Crazy!

[@carlishiggins]

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.

[@michaelkhalil8296]

I didn’t pay £70k on paid £54k. 😎😎

[@michaelforeman8135]

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.

[@havardstle3788]

Bmw I3 is still they're greatest electric car!

[@nickbrooker1411]

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?

[@chriswatson9700]

It will because it’s a shared platform with ICE versions

[@nickbrooker1411]

@@chriswatson9700 yep! a deal breaker then!

[@neilrobson3064]

Soon to be obsolete, heavy, overly complex and absurdly overpriced. The answer to a question no one would ever bother asking……

[@XENONEZZ2]

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.

[@bodrulm1]

That's actually a smaller car inside. It's expensive and is just a Q5 really

[@michaelkhalil8296]

Just a note I paid £54k )not £70k) for M Sport Plus with tech plus, comfort plus, panoramic sunroof upgraded 21” wheel bmw individual cody green colour and a ton of other stuff.

[@rogerlee9147]

Great presentation Vicky.

[@PaddyMac]

Vicky never fails to deliver

[@newbeginnings8566]

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 💩

[@NickJennings-v1f]

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.

[@sevensixtysteve8662]

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 😁

[@flyme195]

Not sure about that rear bumper, looks like they left the gaps for the exhausts

[@GPR111]

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

[@user-rc4qh3lp7h]

I’ll wait for the diesel ⛽️

[@podge5555]

We don’t get the diesel here in Ireland, which was a huge seller here

[@user-rc4qh3lp7h]

@@podge5555 Rodge, BMW will regret that Ireland is best suited to diesels.

[@podge5555]

@@user-rc4qh3lp7h I know but they seem to be selling a lot of i5’s and 530e’s

[@ts6070]

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..

[@vp272]

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

[@CarFinanceSimplified]

Pan roof is not standard.

[@MrGMawson2438]

The bloody price 😂

[@ts6070]

Electric BM i5 but why is there tail pipe smoke 💨 in the country video shots?!?

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

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.

[@MiniEggs1999]

Would love to hear your take on the 550e

[@mbingham10]

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

[@ahnottingham]

What is the color is the car? Carbon metallic?

[@LukeNicholson-op6zu]

Looks like tanzanite blue.

[@ahnottingham]

Yeah. Thanks! I ordered mine in carbon metallic. So a little blue. The other one is too purple.

[@richardhowlett7398]

Can this really be the same company that made the E34 . Very sad .

[@GarryMcGovern]

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?? 😭

[@martinturner2730]

That’s the m sport pro… not just m sport

[@SaK-w4c]

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

[@MrGMawson2438]

Cheers Vicky

[@MrGMawson2438]

Xpeng have done well for VW

[@FleetAdmiral215]

Nice Colour, BMW design language is more Hyundai than BMW, Don't like it

[@philipc239]

Apple to oranges but Ioniq 5 N instead

[@ndie8075]

This car is very much to expensive.....🇩🇪even here in Germany...and I am not a fan of E-cars.....

[@-DC-]

Expensive ✔️ Garbage Range ✔️ Depreciation like a Stone ✔️ Diesel will remain the Fuel of Choice.

[@newbeginnings8566]

So well stated and presented... All points 100% valid

[@alanwayte432]

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.

[@crm114.]

Diesel is DOA.

[@spsmith45]

It isn’t. Check diesel sales?

[@michaelkhalil8296]

I drive 25,000 miles a year and have just take delivery of i5 M sport pro. It’s a stunning car great range for me circa 320 miles. I have a charger at home and work so all good. Tech, Drive and comfort is awesome. So in my opinion it’s a fantastic car and way better that the any other fully electric saloon on the market now.

[@Sanpedranoazul]

Please bring back Frank Stephenson for design department, these look hideous!!! 😫😫😮‍💨

[@thismanagain]

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.

[@3204clivesinclair]

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.

[@keithshayle7027]

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!

[@TheHutchRuns]

Nope, does nothing for me on looks and the interiors are getting way too glitzy!

[@Delvy787]

Great balanced review. Spectacularly ugly design, inside and out lol.

[@TheMisterB2u]

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.

[@markdean3217]

Electric - OFF ❗️👎🏻