BMW i5 2024

Appearance

While continuing the classic, it is younger and more sporty

The new 5 Series has brought many visible changes based on the continuation of BMW’s classic design. The front of the car still has the familiar angel eye headlights and double kidney grille, but while continuing this tradition, it has also made significant changes. For example, the size of the grille has increased, but compared with the 7 Series, it is slightly more restrained and more visually coordinated.
At the same time, the double kidney grille is also designed to be luminous, which makes the new 5 Series more in line with the feeling of youth and technology, and it will have a more outstanding visual effect after lighting up. The BMW logo on the front hood of the car has been concave, making the lines more integrated with the grille, making the front of the car look more integrated.

From the side, the biggest feeling of the new 5 Series is slenderness. The body length of this long wheelbase version has reached 5175mm. Because of the lengthening of the body, the rear of the car has also been made into a fastback shape this time, but thanks to the increase in body length, the sportiness of the vehicle can be further enhanced without losing the head space in the rear row.

It is worth mentioning that the digital “5” logo is added to the classic Ho’s corner on the side, which can more intuitively show the identity of the new 5 Series. And when the pure electric model is charging, this digital logo will also show a breathing light effect, which is very unique.

Intelligence

Easy to use, easy to use, and dare to use intelligent “human-machine co-driving”

Nowadays, intelligence, or smart driving, has become an important criterion for measuring a new car. The new BMW 5 Series is equipped with an L2+ intelligent assisted driving system, which can effectively cope with different road conditions such as congestion and highways, and thanks to BMW’s understanding of “human ergonomics”, it can provide drivers with a human-machine co-driving experience while ensuring high reliability.

In BMW’s view, technology should not be a show of skill or a pile of things. While improving the experience, safety is always the most important part. Therefore, in this new 5 Series, BMW has always interpreted the concept of “driving in the loop”.

For example, in high-speed scenarios, the automatic lane change function with sight confirmation adopted by the new 5 Series this time is a good performance. After the vehicle enters high-speed cruising, the user can turn on the automatic driving assistance system Pro. At this time, if the vehicle encounters a slow car in front and needs to change lanes, the vehicle will automatically judge the road conditions. If it meets the conditions for changing lanes, it will issue a prompt to the user and suggest changing lanes. At this time, although the vehicle has turned on assisted driving, the driver can still maintain the previous driving habits and take a look at the exterior rearview mirror on the side of the lane change. After the intelligent driving system tracks the driver’s sight and head movements through the infrared camera, the vehicle will immediately complete the automatic lane change. The whole process is very smooth, and it allows users to maintain a driving system consistent with the past while turning on intelligent driving, which well demonstrates BMW’s concept of “human ergonomics”.

This is not only reflected in the highway intersections. In congested sections, the automatic start and stop of the vehicle are also based on this concept. Only when the system detects that the driver’s eyes are focused on the road and both hands are lightly holding the steering wheel, can it automatically follow the front car to start and stop. If the driver’s attention is not focused on driving, the driving safety can be ensured. In fact, this system will always pay attention to the driver’s status during driving. When the driver is found to be distracted or fatigued, it will issue warnings step by step through images, sounds, vibrations, etc., so as to ensure that the driver is “in the loop” throughout the whole process.

In order to create the L2+ intelligent assisted driving system equipped in this new 5 Series, BMW has carried out more than 2,000 special debugging in China, and local R&D tests have been carried out in more than 400 cities, so that this system can deeply adapt to the traffic environment and driving systems in different regions of China. During this test drive, after turning on the intelligent driving on the highway, it can indeed bring a reassuring and comfortable driving experience. It feels like there is an “old driver” driving for you in the car. While the technology is strong, it also improves the traffic efficiency.
In some details, the new 5 Series has also made some designs that can enhance the experience. For example, you can mark the frequently used highway entrances. Then the next time you arrive at this toll gate, the car window will automatically drop to facilitate your payment and other operations.

When arriving at the destination, the new 5 Series also provides a memory parking function. According to GPS data and movement trajectory, the vehicle can record up to 10 parking actions, allowing you to say goodbye to complicated parking.

In addition, in the car computer part, this time the new 5 Series is equipped with the iDrive 8.5 system. This system introduces the QuickSelect design to improve the menu structure, allowing the driver to quickly and conveniently access the set common functions. The improved menu structure can access common functions very quickly and conveniently. The most intuitive feeling is that even in this test drive, when facing this system for the first time, it can be very quickly used to find and implement various functions.
Sport: Return to the driving experience of BMW’s origin.

After talking about design and intelligence, since it is a BMW, we must talk about its sport and control. After all, “pure driving pleasure” is rooted in the BMW brand gene. This time, the fifth-generation BMW eDrive electric drive technology equipped with the new i5 uses BMW’s self-developed excitation synchronous motor, which has the characteristics of high integration, modularization, and peak power without attenuation, which can enable the i5 to show excellent acceleration performance in all speed ranges, especially in the medium and high speed sections. For the i5 eDrive35L model experienced this time, it provides a maximum output power of 210kW and a peak torque of 410 Nm. If the M kit is selected, the “one-button boost mode” can be turned on, which can bring 10 seconds of power enhancement and further improve the acceleration performance.

Because it is a public road, we have no way to experience the upper limit of the i5’s acceleration during the test drive. However, when overtaking is needed, thanks to the good acceleration performance, the i5 can perform very crisply, and every acceleration overtaking can be performed heartily.

The excellence of the new 5 Series is not only reflected in its power. In terms of braking, the new 5 Series is equipped with the integrated braking system IB 2.0 pioneered by BMW, which has a millisecond-level braking force response. The full braking pressure building time only takes 150 milliseconds, which can bring very crisp and confident braking. In addition, the new 5 Series is also equipped with the newly upgraded 9th generation lateral dynamics management system QDM, which can monitor various dynamic parameters of the vehicle through sensors, analyze and predict the next dynamics of the vehicle, and then coordinate the various functions of the chassis, so that the various functions of the chassis can respond calmly, so that the vehicle can avoid pushing and oversteering to the greatest extent in the curve, thereby ensuring the stability and controllability of the vehicle, and bringing the driver a high-level driving experience of “loving curves more than straight roads”.

These combined with excellent power have built an unparalleled control experience for the new 5 Series. During the entire test drive, whether it is urban road conditions, highways, or mountain roads, you can feel the comfort brought by the calm response of the new 5 Series. Especially when facing mountain roads. With every entry and exit of a curve, the vehicle can present a very elegant posture.