What Happened To The 5 Series?!?! 1st Drive BMW i5 M60 | 4k 

I don't understand why many of the German manufacturer's have lost sight on the here and now, the political EV narrative is coming, but give us (the customers) what we want today, not what we will be forced to have in 2030-2035.... And a 520i.

Joe, been watching your content for a couple years now and I definitely keep comming back for your honest opinion. I wish you to remain as you are and many more good thrills in your journey. Regarding the G60 5er, last week I went to pick up few bits and pieces from BMW in Northampton and while waiting I took a chance to have a look at the new 5. And it was a really sad feeling, there was no angle from which it looked good or given me any excitement. I love BMW and I have been lucky enough to own 3 of them, however I refuse to accept the ideology that something should grow on me... You are right, inside out it looks like it has no soul and if I would see this car in my rear view mirrors, I would never have such thrill or respect as it is for G30 or Previous/current gen m3/m4 or specially F90 M5. When I left the delaer and saw my 2022 G30 I realized how much in love I am and why I keep looking back every time I leave her parked. I am sorry to say, but more and more new BMW`s start to challenge my love to them.

Previous shape 540i Touring for me, and save the money. Good old B58 💪

£118k for that is a joke. No BMW is worth that much, you're in Porsche territory at that point. I bet it'll depreciate like a bomb in three years.

Biggest disappointment for me is the quality of the materials used. I couldn't believe my eyes when I first sat in one at the dealership. Some of the plastics around the door cards or the sun visors feel like they come straight out of a delivery van. Some stuff is less obvious but just as annoying. You don't get stitching on the airbag covers anymore, the optional HK speaker covers are now all plastic no metall, no lining in the door pockets. Seems like one big cost cutting exercise compared to previous models :/

I remember when we all were shocked at a 40k golf but a 120 grand 5 series!

Happy with my charismatic E34 540i, bought for 10% of the outlay required for this iPhone on wheels. Thanks for the honest review Joe

I’ll take the 530d please - what a glorious car that was 👊

Who, in their right mind, would pay £120k for that?!

RIP 5 Series 😢

A really honest review mate, I can’t get over the price but worse still the looks. BMW used to be so unique and desirable, this is just so bland. I would definitely take the bargain M5 comp, big saving over this and and an awesome car.

Great video as always Joe! But what in the holy is going on with car prices!? £118K for a 5 series hurts my head

I've had a G30 for the past 2 years, well built, handling is great and looks good. That i5 M60 is an over priced fridge albeit a fast one 😁

Used G30 520d for £18k, keep the change. And it looks better.

Great review mate. Well balanced and full of interesting stuff 👍

if only everybody would be that honest.. great video, as always 👌

So glad I’ve got one of the last m5’s, what value this is now looking compared this!!! And it’s a V8. Bund quality on my F90 feels better than the one I’ve looked at in my local dealership. And mine has buttons!!!

Another great video Joe, I can't get over the range of this car, a realistic range of 200 miles is just not good enough for a big luxury car. The issue is it only has a 80Kw battery when it needs 100-110Kw but then it would be over 2.5 tons??!! We all know ICE can get much better range and you showed this with the 730d that did around 1,000 miles on a tank. However, I can get 500 miles out of my BMW M5 on long journeys driven at 70mph and I can have a lot more fun than I would imagine I could have in the i5 M60 and don't even get me started on the price of the i5, what are BMW thinking??!!!🙄

Now thats an honest review, as you could be called a bmw " fan boy" you certainly pointed out the bad much as the good 👍

I just got a new m240i. I charged it yesterday. Only took me 2.5 minutes to bring it to full. 300+ range every time on full. Cold weather doesn't effect it. It's great!

They even had to put a 5 on the rear window for people to recognize it.

Thats a first..a car manufacturer that is indirectly promoting the previous generation by fucking up the new gen and cancelling their legendary straight 6 engines. Thank you BMW for making me appreciate my G31 530d. I think i'll be sticking with it for a while 🙂

Wow, I surely appreciate your style that includes honesty in it. Also hope that no manufacturer will punish that and I fully support your approach. The semi-sponsored reviews and videos made by full-time journalists are the worst that can happen to all of us. Cheers and thanks a lot!

2:50 that front overhang profile has been driving me absolutely nuts from the first time I saw this car. It has too much front overhang and it looks slightly concave or somewhat sloping backwards. It’s like a piece of the front was sliced off by a sword.

In South Africa we have power cuts. EVs won't work here for the next 12 years at least.

Thanks for your honest reporting.

Brilliant video! The honesty is ALWAYS appreciated! 👏🏾

Such a well-balanced and insightful review! Auto companies should really value people like you well over guys liking everything about anything thrown at them. It’s very seldom I agree that fully with a reviewer’s evaluation, and I watch a lot, having been a car enthusiast since childhood (for more than 55 years) and a retired engineer-manager served in the auto-industry for a long time.

In my opinion, BMW has lost its way with some of the new models. I've been fortunate to own several BMWs since 2022, starting with two M3s (E46), then a 2008 X6 30d, 2010 X6M, 2014 M4, X5 F15 30d, and now a 2020 X5 G05 30d. Every time I've looked to buy a new car, there were always options that made me unsure of what to choose. But lately, BMW's product range, in my personal opinion, has narrowed down to mainly M3/M4 or X5/X6. I'm not a fan of electric technology, and I share your view that electric isn't necessarily the "future" as they want to sell it to us. But everyone has their own preferences...

Indeed, those cheap plastics at this price range is totally unacceptable. What on earth is BMW doing??? And you don't even get electronically adjusted headrest and leg support.

Tough review to make and really honest, much appreciated. I think it’s what most people are feeling !

Exceptional review, Joe.

The new 5 series is tragic. They are stacking up at my local dealer with ridiculous sticker prices and seem to be finding few buyers. We need a revised, better looking LCI version stat! I'm keeping my G30 M550iX.

Off to look for nearly new M5’s!

Joe, love the honesty. That’s why I watch all your content. Keep it up please, it’s refreshing. B W

I really like your reviews! They are deep, analytical, well thought through and give a sence ofwider perspective of consumer advice for specific car on the market! Great job, good choice of interesting models! You have a loyal subscriber! Looking forward! 👍

As a BMW i5 M60 owner I can say that the car is actually amazing. I got mines for 85k. $7500 EV tax credit and I worked them down some more (buying at the end of the year is the best way to go). It’s a bigger vehicle which is good I’m 6’7. The Porsche EV, Audi EV are both really small I test drove them both. Not to mention the Porsche & Audi cost 120k plus for the top spec and have worse range

If BMW think they can sell a car like this for £118k, then they’re going to go bankrupt.

Great review Joe. Really enjoyed your honesty.

Appreciate the honesty and perspective please continue to stay true to yourself

Top notch review, as always! Great job my friend! 😉 This car is outrageously expensive! Big headed German companies are getting even bigger!

120 grand for Skoda is just ludicrous! Awesome video Joe. I do love your content. I feel we are all being duped into buying extremely expensive electric cars that are soulless boring, compromised (range), with worser materials and ultimately terrible for the environment. The idea of a car we all used to know and love is unfortunately gone. 😢

Very good points made Joe, love how passionate you are about the straight 6 diesel! Great video👏

Great review Joe. Thanks for sharing.

What happened to BMW … my heart is bleeding

Holy crap, that price tag is totally bonkers. I've owned two F10 fivers and loved both of them. I don't think I will be getting one of these.

Keeping it real as always. Brilliant video mate

You are completely right, the previous 5 series was better and more luxury car.

I hope that BMW will take the feedback from the clients and from you guys seriously. The BMW owners forums are full of complaints about quality decrees in G60.

Joe, you are one of the finest reviewers in RU-vid-land no question. You tell us like it is, and you think like us. Your videos aren’t just a “Press pack” by another name . Nice one 👏 as always.

We all want a truthful review, good or bad. Thanks for the honest and refreshing content. The manufacturers better listen because this will bite them in the ass soon if they don't

Great review as always Joe, hope BMW take this feedback in the spirit it was given.

You're 100% correct on the silly pricing. It's just not worth it. My company car is an i4 edrive 40 mpack and I would never spend that amount of money on a car myself. This i5 is even worse compared to an i4. It makes absolutely no sense other than for business cars, IMHO it looks less nice compared to an i4 as well, the edrive 40 have the same drivetrain, but i5 has more weight, less trunk space ( i4 has way bigger booth because it's a 5 door coupé car ) etc...

thanks for the honest and upfront review, Joe, really laying it out there, BMW have got to listen to this feedback

As a huge fan of the 5 series (an owner of an E39 and having driven the quite amazing F10), this thing is just a joke. This car is obviously trying to appeal to a younger crowd yet completely forgetting all the needs and wants of their long time customers: something that is different to drive than the equivalent Merc and Audi yet simple, elegant and gimmick-free. It’s not like young people can buy one either as they spend £118, not £118k on a car.

I can confidently say I’ll hold on to my G30 LCI M550i for another 5-10 years while governments recognize their error of going EV and manufacturers return to ICE powered vehicles.

Grateful indeed Joe for such a frank and to the point testing. However you forgot to mention that the seats, even the comfort ones (btw in all BMW models) are tight that I sat on the seat and not in the seat, getting a sciatic nerv attack while test driving. The cheap materials are a disgrace. Consequence: Instead of ordering a fully loaded new 5 or the X5 PHEV, I went for the new PHEV Cayenne with a sober elegant finish and less bling bling flashy lighting interior.

Another very interesting and no BS review Joe! Your conclusions totally make sense ! How are you feeling ? Take care mate. Cheers, Tom

When the first pictures of the new 5 came out I went to order a 530d to replace my then three year old 330d. I’d had 5’s before and liked the idea of a mini 7. Could not believe they were not bringing a 530d to the UK and frankly could not believe how expensive they were. Always thought I was bang on target market (car allowance and opted out but cash buyer). It’s hard to see how private buyers will ever be able to justify these cars any longer unless they are stupidly wealthy. I bought an M340d touring which is perfect but hard to see how I’d ever buy a 5 again. Interestingly it feels like the closer electric cars are making a motoring purchase more like white goods the more tempted I am to get off the merry go round.

Let’s not forget cost cutting when it comes to available extras too. Night Vision is not available in new BMWs anymore. Same comes to multi-contour seats that have lost some of their settings. Unfortunately, price goes up with quality going down. It’s a pity since G30 was such a great car…

Thorough review as always, just don’t know who in Oz with 250k AUD price is going to buy it !

👍Thanks for the honest review. Refreshing in a world where car reviewers have seemingly become extended arms of the manufacturers' PR departments.

The huge boxy touch screens in todays cars are the biggest mistake. Years from now, we are gonna look back at these and say WTF were they thinking?

I have the 2023 M5 v8 , and now I know I made the right decision 😎👍

Great review, I’ve just re-subscribed to the channel

Great video as usual buddy. Dread to think how much the new M5 is going to cost 😮

What in the actual F. I loved my G31 530d. I’d still take that over this despite the massive price difference. Sure, it’s quick, engineering wise it’s impressive, can’t deny that.. but it’s a 120k 5 series. Can’t get my head round that

the company marketed itself as „The ultimate driving machine“ only couple years ago now chasing the fleet car, EV tax deduction bandwagen. I see a book coming up about this decline.

I enjoyed watching the Video Review 😊

very smart regarding the use of this car. nobody is going to spend 120k privately when you could nearly buy an m5cs. great video and great outlook. thank you Joe.

Looks like a base Skoda Octavia

M5 everyday. Picked up my 340i Touring, looked at the new i5...and just , "no". Serial bmw owner but this is simply too expensive and bland.

Take a shot everytime Joe says "Rocketship" 🤣🥴🥴 great review again.

🙏Joe I think you're honest and impartial! Keep it up and thanks for your candid views 👍

The dullest way to drop £120k. Great review though Joe 👍

At this point, it’s almost impressive how BMW manage to churn out one new car after another that holds zero interest for me. Impressive because I used to be a very loyal buyer and currently still own 3 older BMWs that I couldn’t bear to part with. (And an i3S just before they stopped making them), Good job, BMW.

U deserve the biggest likes 👍 on this world for your sincerity 👍👍👍 and real words

Good review, i subscribed

The way things are going we will be paying 60k for a regular 1 series soon

Totally agree with what you said in the video. I just went to the dealership for an oil change (guess what? Every 3,000km!) and I got sometime to take a look at the G60. God it looked miserable, especially the rear end, even uglier than a KIA! Anyway it was a 520i and BMW even decided not to give it an exhaust! What a disgrace! Needless to say the interior is a joke. I am gonna keep my G22 M440i Coupé forever.

Always providing great content and honest reviews. I love the 5 series but shame about interior build quality. Cost as well is mental. The other thing is range. I have a seven-year-old 520d estate. Drove to France with my kids boot completely full and got 650 miles 😃 on one tank.

The more I look at it the less I like it. The previous gen looked smarter. Interior wise is nice but £120k for this is ridiculous. Will be interesting to see what Audi come up with the new A6.

An iconic sports sedan has become a bloated cartoon.

The path BMW has taken just breaks my heart. I hate their new soulless design and I dislike the big wide screen and touch input climate controls etc. I just don't know what else to buy. Probably my next car will be a used BMW instead of a new as I've done for a long time.

Absolute madness.

I’m more than happy with my G30 530d x drive. Great video Joe. Amazing insight to this beast. 🔥 is that steering wheel standard ?

As a g30 520d owner, and the owner of every 5 series since the E34, I'm hugely disappointed with this version. It looks bloated, bulky, and bland to my eyes. I recently drove a 520i and while it was a very relaxing drive, the interior quality has dropped. Hard plastic on the door pockets, and lower central console. Two holes in the rear armrest for cup holders, no pockets to the back of the front seats. The generic design and feel is no better than a Kia sportage interior. No diesel's coming to Ireland either, despite the fact that the vast majority of g30's on the road are diesel. Don't understand what BMW are playing at. Over priced cars, getting uglier with each new version, and quality dropping of. Needless to say I won't be buying one.

Going to be a lot of car companies disappearing in the next ten years.

It would be great to see you reviewing some of the more affordable options of the BMW range. Like your normal 330i touring or a new 520i!

Joe expressed all of us …great review .

Whoever came up with the idea to have the "5" embossed in the C-pillar, deserves to be shamed publicly. And whoever okayed that idea deserves the boot. This car isn't for the kids that like to flash their wealth, this car is for the businessman who likes to get to a meeting in style and have mild fun on the way. All of which in my mind has been taken out. Having said that, I currently am shopping for a car that would be my first (that I'd own). In my thirties, I cannot banish my love for the new X5, especially the 50e. It's a petrol engine with a nice push of the EV motor, kinda best of the two worlds, which allows me to benefit from lower combustion charges in our capital city, no road tax, cheapish running costs while driving around town (most of my daily journeys), while still being able to kick up the baby to a 100 in mere 4.8 seconds. It's bloody expensive but there are some reasonably good deals, I think in a year or two the car will still be worth something. Whereas my friends buying Model Y will lose its value within a couple of months when the new model comes out. But you know what they say: you only lose the money once you decide to sell. Back to the point, tho: the X5 is still a good-looking car, not ruined by the snowflake kids in designer clothes and corrupt politicians scared of Greta. Prove me wrong :-D I intend to keep it until demo cars of the upcoming X3 are available; by all leaks, it's gonna be a wonderful car. And again I got derailed in my thoughts, so: this 5-series is awful. I just don't like, it's not worth the money for me. The last bloody sedan/limousine I liked, and they ruined it.

You do a very impartial review Joe. I love BMWs but they have lost the plot. I’m sticking with petrol or diesel. Guess I’m not buying a new bmw ever again. Keep up the good work Joe 👌

Honest and good video. I think the real problem is the depreciation, at least in the Netherlands.

120 pounds or 120 grand is insane 🤯 for this vehicle! The seats 💺 look 👀 like plastic, how are they not beautiful quilted leather for this exorbitant price tag 🏷️?!

In the states we have the new 5 series electric, 530i (inline 4 cyinder) and 540i (inline 6 cylinder)

I’m going to keep my 340i for as long as possible. ⛽️

Car manufacturers pricing all but the wealthiest off the roads

This is great news for ppl like me that buy lightly used cars, 2 - 3 years old. The depreciation of this box is going to be huge. Look at the used 2022 EQS, it lost 50% in 2 years.

What has happened to BMW styling? I’ll stick with my 2018 640d Gran Coupe. Nothing they’ve made since looks as good and feels as good quality inside. Love the value of the 840 but still don’t think it looks as good as mine. I’d take one any day of the week over this 5 series though!

100K for a 5-series?! And it is not even fully loaded? The (car)world has gone mad. Who is able and willing to pay those prices? Only time will tell