NEW BMW i5 TOURING : Driving the best electric estate in the world ! | Electrifying

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BMW has introduced its sixth-generation 5 Series Touring, featuring an i5 electric version for the first time.The new i5 Touring arrives with a claimed range of up to 348 miles in the most-efficient i5 eDrive40 specification, or up to 314 miles in the more powerful i5 M60.
Both share the same 81.2kWh battery, but whereas the standard eDrive40 produces 335bhp, the M60 has 593bhp and can go from 0-60mph in just 3.7 seconds.
This latest generation of 5 Series Touring - which will also be available as a plug-in hybrid at a later date - is larger than the car it replaces in an effort to improve passenger and luggage space. It’s got more rear-seat legroom than before, while its boot has grown by 10 litres to a total of 570 litres, or 1,700 litres with the rear seats folded flat. That luggage capacity is unaffected by whether it’s an electric or plug-in hybrid version, either.
However, in a break from a feature seen on multiple previous 5 Series Touring generations, the new estate doesn’t feature a split-style rear tailgate - a move BMW says was down to aerodynamic efficiencies.
Inside, there’s the same interior that we’ve seen on the i5 and 5 Series saloon, with BMW’s large curved display providing the main access point to media and navigation functions. It uses BMW’s latest Operating System 8.5, too, while both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come fitted as standard.
The new i5 Touring is available to order now, with prices starting from £69,040. The plug-in hybrid 530e, however, is expected to be launched later this year with prices released closer to that date.
Join Nicki as she takes a close look around the new BMW i5 Touring and puts it through its paces for the first time. Has BMW made a great car? Let us know in the comments below.
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@canadabeauvallon 4 месяца назад

Canadian here... We would love Estate/Station Wagons, but the folks in marketing keep "telling" us what we want, instead of listening. Would love to see this and the ID7 Estate here in N. America.

@Harrythehun 4 месяца назад

But would you buy one of those?

@vwphred 4 месяца назад

@@Harrythehun yes

@Molishious 22 дня назад

Yes. Seems like we don’t like station wagons. But I’m thinking they might be nostalgic for some and a novel new thing for many younger people. Perhaps worth taking a risk. Especially with this car which I think looks fantastic. Chevys new suv EVs are a bit wagon like but not really quite wagons. This is a proper station wagon.

@angela1984a 4 месяца назад

I thoroughly hate SUVs. Money no object, I would absolutely choose an Estate. But personally I would prefer an i4 Touring instead of this much bigger i5 Touring.

@Daniel-jm5hd 4 месяца назад

I agree. Much better looking than an SUV, but I don't need something that big.

@CariboyIslandy 4 месяца назад

Really appreciated how you guys showed the visual difference between the sedan and estate i5 ! Top class 👍!!

@general236 4 месяца назад

@@Matthias_FischerI'm 6.1 and I hate SUVs.

@jamiep61 4 месяца назад

Better than an SUV with more space offered 😊

@Yanquetino 4 месяца назад

Nice! Beemer fans here would prefer this to the saloon.

@hagestad 4 месяца назад

I bet they would prefer it painted. Fun fact - all german big manufacturers meet at least once a year to talk shop. You know they don't actually want to sell electric cars. I bet ya on one of those meetings there was something like - lets sell/advertise those cars in primer colors only .. muahahhaha. Its no coincidence mercedes, audi/VW are doing exact same crap colors.

@timrothwell33 4 месяца назад

We needed 3 ISOFIX for a while which is why we had a Peugeot 5008 (MPV). And when the need for 3 ISOFIX ended and least the 3 daughters had equal size seats

@trebor70 4 месяца назад

Great vid, thanks. I've owned a BMW 5 series and an X3 and the driving experience is incomparable. 5 series wins every time. Now if only I could afford this i5 Touring...

@christianocampos158 4 месяца назад

Sad to see the separate rear window opening from the hatch gone but glad to see that we still are getting estates even with the transition to electric

@jedwin3039 4 месяца назад

Where was this filmed, the general area or what are nearby towns? Understandably, some will be BMW supplied footage that is not in the same location.

@mattb4721 Месяц назад

In the BMW b-roll, you can see the town-sign for Hexenagger, which is situated right bang in the centre of Bavaria. I'd assume that the Electrifying footage was shot not too far from there???

@simonevans8979 4 месяца назад

Love `estate` far more than SUV, which is about as practical as giving it an ICE engine. Will look at this in about 12 months, by which time the choice should be far wider. I've got a grotty old diesel estate car that will need changing then, alongside my E-208.

@andrewprice9444 3 месяца назад

Like the way you use the knob rather than touch screen directly

@stephenwensley9328 4 месяца назад

Waiting for the three test drive between the BMW, Audi A6 Advant and Porsche Taycan Cross Tourismo. Like the idea of the Porsche, but occasionally would need five seats, and have heard quite a few reliably issues with the Taycan. As for the other two, hair splits them for me, generally prefer an Audi interior though and the 800V charging mean I’m leaning that way

@rio8677 4 месяца назад

Those "pants" on video😂

@robertsedgwick1629 4 месяца назад

why the pretent exhaust cutouts???

@medman36 4 месяца назад

I think all 3 are not viable options. Although they might all have merrits in terms of space and load height, I wouldn't know how to decently park this car in Europe and fit the car through the smaller streets. I'm still surprised in 2024 we still have such big cars, whilst bmw was able to make the interior space of a passat fit into and ID3 full electric drive formfactor. I think all options put forward on the table are not enticing options, even for the price for the 21st century.

@rgen28 4 месяца назад

Is there a touring mode

@CarlosFandango1975 4 месяца назад

Great looking rear

@dcvariousvids8082 4 месяца назад

Estate car. Plenty of people carry long loads but how many fill the vehicles up to the roof? Now if you’ve got two St. Bernard dogs, a high SUV may make sense.

@0brand0brand34 4 месяца назад

Shame about that rear glass not opening - I've always used mine. It's a USP that once you have, and use, you'll miss. Could lose sales simply because of this.

@truxton1000 4 месяца назад

Quality on new BMW models are down compared to the older models, cheaper materials, dropped things like separate opening on boot window on the g61, the use of cheap screens instead of proper buttons, bad interiors that squeak and rattle.

@danielirawan 3 месяца назад

i love this

@video-carl 4 месяца назад

Lack of EV-like space comes down to shared platform. Explains why the seats don’t fold flat too. But it will enable BMW to protect margins as it tries to switch to EV market.

@GeorgeThoughts 2 месяца назад

Looks great, not sure i trust a BMW though. Waiting for Volvo to remember that EV Estates can exist, not just SUVs

@slowercuber7767 4 месяца назад

Since you opened the door to SUVs, I’d choose a Model Y. The Porsche and BMW are certainly pretty cars and very posh, just not for me.

@sbomorse 4 месяца назад

What's with the weird/random black centre headrest!?!

@davidvestey6014 4 месяца назад

Estate, yes, but this one is too big. 4.7m max (like the Astra estate) would be perfect

@thomash2806 4 месяца назад

‘Art’ in German means style. So ‘Digital Art’ hadn’t been translated. It means ‘Digital Style’.

@mattb4721 Месяц назад

The phrase on the screen is the English expression, hence it is the English word "art". If it were the German word "Art", the grammatical form of "digital" would be different.

@stevenjones916 4 месяца назад

@10:00 Surely you meant a lovely BMW *STRAIGHT* Six

@planespeaking 4 месяца назад

As nice as the induction sound of the six is in beemers, most people don't care and like this peace and quiet of EVs. Especially in a cruiser like this.

@hagestad 4 месяца назад

Journalists are being weird by copying manufacture data sheets and stating the size of the screens like this by diagonal size. It worked for normal screens because of somewhat standard proportions. Here until you see the screen it tells you nothing. The diagonal is barely any longer than the with of the screen here.

@Trutheater 2 месяца назад

funny how you fanpeople cant be honest about the range

@mikadavies660 4 месяца назад

I like estate cars but I struggle to swallow your channel's advice... After you waxed lyrical about the Fisker Ocean as a "must buy"... when it's a worthless bankrupt company. Selling cars that don't work and have no warranty. An APOLOGY? Never seen one.

@grahamkearnon6682 4 месяца назад

I've not watched the vid, no point. I can tell you that the combo of an EV & the brand BMW means it's unaffordable for 85% watching.

@SimJoy 4 месяца назад

No matter how much the media and marketing will try to say how great this is, it is not. Yes, is bigger than G31 (not the trunk, that is identical and less practical) but it is also a downgrade in many ways. Just put side to side this and a G31, both with options and cost reductions and compromises will be noticed.

@s__c__o Месяц назад

She’s terrible. Also plenty of people like camping in their car.

@johnpaterson6112 4 месяца назад

Alas what numpties you and almost all your fellow reviewers (and most of your commenters) are. You need to compare an estate with an suv one size down in terms of length, in order to get the same amount of usable space (including luggage, which is stupidly generally specified in terms of "under load cover"). That estate will be a nightmare to park in comparison, and also significantly more expensive.

@PaddyWV 4 месяца назад

I'd rather have an MG5. The last new BMW I rode in had appalling ride quality. Nasty scratchy plastics and hard seats. Overall an interior design and quality that was shockingly bad.

@angela1984a 4 месяца назад

I would never buy an MG since that car corporation is unfortunately directly owned by the Chinese Military Dictatorship.

@timaustin2000 4 месяца назад

While not unique to you in any way, @electrifying, I do wish people would stop using the phrase "Get down to the nitty gritty". It's a slavery term "go down below decks to the slaves in the hold (kept in unsanitary conditions and lice-ridden) to have sex with because they can't say no." That's literally the origin of the term.

@clivew772 4 месяца назад

I know this idea gained some currency in the UK in 2020-21 but there seems to be no evidence for it, or that the expression was used at all before the 1950s. I had a quick look again to check and couldn’t find any reference on an authoritative US site like the New York Times to the slave ship derivation. The slave trade was all too real, of course. But from what I can find, this phrase is a harmless bit of assonance.

@AndyM-s8p 3 месяца назад

The term is fine to use, absolutely nothing to do with slavery - you’re just spreading misinformation.

@lifeislife7250 4 месяца назад

you chose an suv because sitting in a station wagon you cannot see the road, nor can other drivers see you behind the wheel. and one more thing, you didn't name any weak side of the car, it means that you either took money from bmw or you don't understand anything about cars

@AndrejSentivanac 4 месяца назад

She is trying so hard to be likeable,that made me sick,and I could not watch the video more than half.....shame you do not pick your reporters with more character.

@simonlsibriene8jf8rje9g99 4 месяца назад

Estate car every time please. In fact, anything apart from an suv

@aunghtut550 4 месяца назад

That trasition is 🔥🔥

@matthewannoot2225 4 месяца назад

100% estate cars much cooler than SUV! Have got Polestar 2 at the moment and feel they’ve really missed a trick not doing an estate version 🤨

@tureq85 4 месяца назад

the comparison of both shapes at the beginning was world class!!

@misterhoeflak 4 месяца назад

Well you sold me on it. (Budget a minor issue.) Seems very odd that in 2024 owning a stationwagon makes you an outlier. Great vid as always!

@nunagoras 4 месяца назад

No it doesn't, or at least it shouldn't. Everyone with 3 or more kids to deliver to school each morning know for what I'm talking about, and no, a SUV is not the ideal solution by any means. As regarding to affordability... Well... In just 2 years from now you'll have plenty of those vans at a reasonable price tag with some 30k-50k Km under their belt... Not the perfect world, I know, but hey: What is it perfect in this world?...

@iro3832 3 месяца назад

Love the estate car. Don't forget VW ID7 touring is now available and all the reviews seem extremely good, quite a bit cheaper than the BMW as well

@iawdw 4 месяца назад

I've chosen the ID.7 estate version. So I'm interested why you haven't mentioned it as a cheaper alternative. Isn't it available in the UK later this year, too?

@ma40 4 месяца назад

You can order the ID7 Tourer now

@philipreece4648 4 месяца назад

I love Estates - Just for Info : Some councils in the UK have banned large cars from parking in council run car parks - Five councils in total said they expressly ban cars from parking in their car parks if they exceed a specific length. Wokingham, South Hams, Broadland and South Norfolk, and West Devon all have in place a restriction of 5 metres. This is just over 5m in Length (5060 mm). Some other councils are slightly different - Thurrock council imposes a slightly more lenient length restriction of 5.35 metres.

@truxton1000 4 месяца назад

Good thing I just bought the shorter g31 as it’s under 5 meters, looks wayyyyy better too so easy choice.

@EVsteve80 3 месяца назад

I want the i5 touring in the US! Hold as much as an SUV, but handles like a Saloon.

@robsmith1a 4 месяца назад

Estate over SUV every time

@P.Galore 4 месяца назад

UGLY grille, awful lower side sculpture line where body folds under the car. PASS.

@truxton1000 4 месяца назад

I agree, I just bought a 2023 g31 with 3000 miles on the clock, loaded with extras and under £40k, no brainer, the new model is hideous and also built cheaper.

@Ianmundo 4 месяца назад

for such an expensive car, it’s got a lot of cheap glossy plastic. I will wait for the Neue Klasse cars

@sIightIybored 4 месяца назад

The cheap looking 'crystal' control wheel is a weird choice too

@goditsgrim 4 месяца назад

My small girlfriend saw this and thought the car looked quite big around you. She’s had a long belief based on evidence that manufacturers do not consider the smaller female frame in crash tests such as using female anatomically representative crash test dummies leading to higher death/injury rates. Do you know if BMW and other OEMs consider the female body in their design?

@paulfowler3416 4 месяца назад

Neither do they consider people who are within spitting distance of 2 m tall

@eliotclarke1129 25 дней назад

I have 3 isofix seats in the car! I think theres more than 5 of us 😬

@alexandertarver5154 4 месяца назад

Estate

@kloqueman 4 месяца назад

Estate for me, every time. And I have an SUV EV. I miss my BMW Touring a lot but no regrets going Electric.

@radarsh1967 4 месяца назад

Estate car everyday and twice on Sunday. SUV's have had their day.

@stephenwensley9328 4 месяца назад

Spent years looking for a car with space for three car seats in second row, gave up and bought 7-seaters - kids now outgrown the car seats and suddenly we have choices again

@martinsepion 3 месяца назад

What about the upcoming VW ID7 estate?

@bazmaximo 4 месяца назад

I’ve currently got an iX, thinking of replacing it with one of these as the boots not actually that big on the iX. I’d like to see one in person though

@clivew772 4 месяца назад

The i5 estate seemed like exactly the car I’d been waiting for - and then, when it came out, I ordered an iX instead. Not because I prefer an SUV, quite the opposite, but because a pure EV has SO much more space inside. The i5 is more than 5m long, 10cm longer than the already-borderline iX, and still has less rear legroom - a big deal for a tall family. All that bonnet contributing nothing is just a reminder of how things used to be. Let’s hope there’s a Touring version of the 3-size Neue Klasse that gives the full EV space benefit without the SUV height.

@PaulMeier-cu3ds 4 месяца назад

Great review, thank you. This is clearly a fine and premium car. BMW seem to have got to a workable UI/UX without everything in an ugly iPad on the dashboard. I imagine it drives really well. However a touring car this big is not a format I want. My benchmark at the moment would be something to replace my last Audi RS3 but as a full fat EV rather than a hybrid. As a point for each review, would you always comment on whether the car has vehicle to grid as well as vehicle to load? That matters more to me than charging speeds.

@simonengvall7433 4 месяца назад

You forgot the VW ID7 tourer

@ISuperTed 4 месяца назад

Sorry, how much? Will only sell to the very well-heeled or company drivers, not many people will shell out for these privately. A lovely car for sure, but a niche car. If they can get a 3-series Touring out there at the same price as a petrol, then it will be a big winner. This one will only sell in tiny volumes.

@rudderboost4188 3 месяца назад

Another touchy feely car report. How about data: price $90-$150K....what! Efficiency? No clue. How many chargers available, do they work%? Over the air updates anyone? It probably still has a CAN bus and fuses. Pity you didn't pull that frunk cover off so we could see the abysmal packaging that BMW thinks is acceptable. Former VW head was right, we are at least 10yrs behind the T people. Like all German offerings at the moment they are place holders until they get their act together......maybe! Oh, the lady was right about kids and cars; why would you do that? Get a European badged Chinese SUV while you can.

@andrewdoyle1772 Месяц назад

Literally a perfect car. I ended up going with an iX1 only because it came under some tax exemptions and made it an attractive purchase through the business. I'd love the i5 but God it would be so financially irresponsible 😭

@dennisalexanderreilly8624 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately not in by budget, but I would choose Touring every time over the sedan or as you say, Saloon. But we will never get it here in the states because of our infatuation with SUV's.

@richardw1970 4 месяца назад

Love an estate but way too big for me and useless as a load lugger with rear seats that don't fold flat, wish manufacturers would rediscover actual flat folding rear seats like my previous R55 Clubman had.

@FleetAdmiral215 2 месяца назад

Horrible Colour, Don't like BMW new design ethos its very Hyundai

@edwardfrench9925 25 дней назад

Was quite enjoying that…right up to the point gritty, dirty shoe tread had to be put on the paint.

@Petroelhead 4 месяца назад

Repeat after me: Estates are ALLWAYS better than SUVs.

@clasqm 4 месяца назад

If you can afford this car, you can afford a hotel room.

@jamesdaw131 4 месяца назад

Estate for me.

@grayoallan 3 месяца назад

You can keep your SUVs - more estates please!

@markachternaam5207 2 месяца назад

Waaaayy too much screen in the dashboard

@funkyx486 4 месяца назад

What does it tow?

@moonshine3333 3 месяца назад

I guess I missed the price😳.

@WeileWorld Месяц назад

Estate 😍

@ashtontechhelp 4 месяца назад

Estate body: Absolutely. However, BMW have, like all current cars, cheaped out and not done a proper flat floor that locks to a tip-forward seat squab. I miss my Subaru Legacy estate so much.

@johnd3426 3 месяца назад

I currently own an A4 avant and would like to replace it with an electric estate. No SUV - I do have small kids but we don't take the car that often, except for long journeys. Would love this i5 and prefer it to a Porsche for the more discreet badge (because of my job) but it is quite big and expensive. Perhaps when they make an electric 3 series.

@Mi82475 4 месяца назад

Good job and great car. I'm a bit offended with the absence of a frunk, given that there's place for huge l6 (not V6!) and V8s under that bonnet. Oh, and give us more phisical buttons fot the climate, even porsche managed to do it in the new macan.

@jonwragg3822 4 месяца назад

Estate cars. Hate SUV’s, don’t like BMW’s (unless a motorbike). You missed the VW ID7 tourer. About the same length, 50mm taller, but still classed as an estate.

@gmejlshede 4 месяца назад

I'm on the latter part of a three year lease on a Mustang Mach-E. I am considering the i5, but I get less range, and not any more practicality, since the Mach-E already has a decent boot and a very big frunk. Perhaps I should extend the lease for another year and see what the market brings?

@gmejlshede 4 месяца назад

Estate car FTW - but since I am 55 it is probably just an age marker. Can I put on my lycra and throw the bike in the boot now (without removing the front wheel)?

@cristianciobanu341 4 месяца назад

thanks for presentation, it is a nice car....one mention only, bmw has R6 engines, not V6...i payed that part many times, i thought i did not hear well.Thanks!

@martinjamar6472 4 месяца назад

Apart of the practical I had the 530e and the boot was annoying…I finally prefer the look of the Touring

@firstnamesecondname5341 4 месяца назад

I’ve owned two 5 series but frustratingly the i5 is just too big, it’s huge beyond practical. Too long, Too wide and Too expensive

@CoxJul 4 месяца назад

Look at that long unnecessary bonnet, then consider the long overhang at the back. Not making best use of space between the wheelbase. Now get over that ugly front nose.