[BimmerTim]

BMW announced today that the i5 will be launching in October this year and in Europe an i5 Touring will be launching in spring 2024.

Digital, dynamic and now also fully electric: the BMW 5 Series enters a new era.

Announcements made at the BMW Group Annual Conference: BMW 5 Series Sedan will also come as all-electric Performance model from BMW M GmbH +++ Launch gets underway in October 2023 +++ BMW i5 Touring due to arrive in spring 2024 as only all-electric model in the estate car segment

www.press.bmwgroup.com

Munich. In just a few months’ time, the eighth generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan will make its debut. The new model is more dynamic and more comfortable than ever and boasts a fresh interpretation of its signature elegantly sporting design, not to mention BMW Operating System 8.5 with BMW Curved Display, innovative digital services and, for the first time, a purely electric drive system in the guise of the BMW i5.

The flexible powertrain architecture means the new BMW 5 Series Sedan can be offered in all-electric and plug-in hybrid variants as well as powered by highly efficient petrol and diesel engines with 48V mild hybrid technology.

At the BMW Group Annual Conference 2023, Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, announced further details of the new BMW 5 Series model range, indicating that the 5 Series Sedan would also be made available as an all-electric BMW M Performance model. “The all-electric BMW i4 M50* shows how BMW blends dynamic performance and electric mobility to perfection,” said Zipse. “It was the best-selling BMW M model worldwide in 2022. A fully electric Performance model from BMW M GmbH will also be included in the new BMW 5 Series Sedan line-up.”

Zipse revealed that a new variant would also be added to the familiar choice of engines for the new BMW 5 Series Touring. “The BMW 5 Series Touring is very popular, particularly in Europe,” he remarked. “From spring 2024 it will also come in an all-electric version, giving us a truly unique selling point in this segment.”

The arrival of the BMW i5 Sedan in the premium executive segment, followed by the BMW i5 Touring in 2024, will see the BMW Group continue the systematic expansion of its all-electric offering.

The BMW Group already has all-electric cars and two-wheelers in the vast majority of the market segments it serves with the BMW, BMW Motorrad, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. Customers can choose from an unrivalled variety of vehicles offering premium mobility with zero local emissions, ranging from the small and compact segments to midsize models and the luxury class.

The worldwide launch of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan will get underway in October 2023.

 

[i4de]

So the Touring will arrive when probably my i4 is due ... damn it . Thankfully it is probably way more expensive.

 

[Hugo Township]

i5 wagon gets me REAL excited. As long as pricing is reasonable, I'll trade in my i4 for the first full-size electric wagon to come to the USA. It can sit next to my (unlifted) V90.

 

[Awaitingbimmer]

Over/under waiting list - 2 years?

 

[CheddarKungPao]

I5 Touring needs to come to the US!!!

 

[F3_BMW]

Since i4 seems to sill be like a year. I'm guessing there we'll be some out right away to get some press then nothing. You east coast and west coast people may have a shot.

 

[Kayanarka]

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BMW announced today that the i5 will be launching in October this year and in Europe an i5 Touring will be launching in spring 2024.

Digital, dynamic and now also fully electric: the BMW 5 Series enters a new era.

Announcements made at the BMW Group Annual Conference: BMW 5 Series Sedan will also come as all-electric Performance model from BMW M GmbH +++ Launch gets underway in October 2023 +++ BMW i5 Touring due to arrive in spring 2024 as only all-electric model in the estate car segment

www.press.bmwgroup.com

The worldwide launch of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan will get underway in October 2023.

Looks ugly as [email protected], like they took an i4 and just threw a bed sheet over it. How are you supposed to drive it, looks like you cant even see out the windshield.

 

[b1mm]

Too bad it's not build on an pure-electric platform. Probably means the indoor space will not be optimal.
Luckily Audi is building there A6 on a dedicated EV platform

 

[Kayanarka]

Too bad it's not build on an pure-electric platform. Probably means the indoor space will not be optimal.
Luckily Audi is building there A6 on a dedicated EV platform

The regular e tron felt so boring, I hope they do better with the a6.

 

[Techwhiz1]

Too bad it's not build on an pure-electric platform. Probably means the indoor space will not be optimal.
Luckily Audi is building there A6 on a dedicated EV platform

I just don't get it.
You assume that because the platform is shared that there is something wrong with that.

The interior space of the i4 is more than my E90 had is on par with an E39 5 series.

BMW doesn't make an ipad on wheels.

Tanzanite over tartufo full individual leather with carbon trim.

 

[b1mm]

I just don't get it.
You assume that because the platform is shared that there is something wrong with that.

The interior space of the i4 is more than my E90 had is on par with an E39 5 series.

BMW doesn't make an ipad on wheels.

Tanzanite over tartufo full individual leather with carbon trim.

I'm not implying that it's gonna be bad.
It is just a fact that an EV which has been built on dedicated EV platform can be more spacious then those who share their platform with ICE/hybrid cars.

 

[ssh]

I'm not implying that it's gonna be bad.
It is just a fact that an EV which has been built on dedicated EV platform can be more spacious then those who share their platform with ICE/hybrid cars.

I don't think it's a fact. I think it's a possibility, but there are a lot of assumptions in this which may not hold true.

 

[Jonathan S.]

i5 wagon gets me REAL excited. As long as pricing is reasonable, I'll trade in my i4 for the first full-size electric wagon to come to the USA. It can sit next to my (unlifted) V90.

Which European nation are you and I moving to so that we can have the i5 Touring?
And how do I convince my family to join us?
Or do they stay here with my (variable height suspension) A6 Allroad?

 

[ssh]

Which European nation are you and I moving to so that we can have the i5 Touring?
And how do I convince my family to join us?
Or do they stay here with my (variable height suspension) A6 Allroad?

You just need an address and to be there long enough to pick it up and ship it, right?

 

[i4m50Norway]

I'm not implying that it's gonna be bad.
It is just a fact that an EV which has been built on dedicated EV platform can be more spacious then those who share their platform with ICE/hybrid cars.

Then, I suggest you look at the iX or the Neue Klasse i3/iX3, for the rest of us the i4 and i5 should be good.

 

[b1mm]

I'm not implying that it's gonna be bad.
.. EV which has been built on dedicated EV platform can be more spacious ...

... I think it's a possibility, but ...

Thanks for agreeing with me

Then, I suggest you look at the iX or the Neue Klasse i3/iX3, for the rest of us the i4 and i5 should be good.

Have you actually driven or taken a seat in the iX3 (which shares its platform with the X3)?
It looks like a decent sized car from the outside, but once inside you notice that it is actually not that big.

A great example is the Ioniq 5. Looks like a Golf from the outside, but once you take a seat ...
Comparing it to the iX3, the Ioniq has smaller dimensions but has a higher TBTP (and that doesn't take into account the other more spacious 'parts' of the car)

If don't care about interior space then none of this is an issue of course.

 

[larbel]

For whatever reason Hong Kong is already accepting pre-orders for i5 BMW i5 Checkout - BMW HK Official Online Store

The price listed is after gov subsidies, but that program supposedly ends in March 2024…. Not sure if they can really deliver by then.

The price is for e40 M Sports, there will also be M60 available…

 

[i4m50Norway]

Thanks for agreeing with me


Have you actually driven or taken a seat in the iX3 (which shares its platform with the X3)?
It looks like a decent sized car from the outside, but once inside you notice that it is actually not that big.

A great example is the Ioniq 5. Looks like a Golf from the outside, but once you take a seat ...
Comparing it to the iX3, the Ioniq has smaller dimensions but has a higher TBTP (and that doesn't take into account the other more spacious 'parts' of the car)

If don't care about interior space then none of this is an issue of course.

Neue Klasse is 2025 - first one will be 3 series replacements including a SUV. (i3 and iX3?)

BMW Neue Klasse Lineup To Expand Shortly After 2025 Sedan And SUV

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse announced at CES the 2025 sedan and SUV on the Neue Klasse platform will be followed by more EVs "in quick sequence."

www.bmwblog.com