BMW I5 - All Electric Luxury Sedan

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M3/M4 still looks as horrible as the day they debuted it. Throw up in the mouth inducing every time I see one driving towards me.

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The Bangle-era BMWs were nasty b/c of the detailing, not b/c of the silhouettes (which were actually quite nice). Strangely, I think they have generally aged much better than most designs from the same time period (prob b/c they have been so influential – for better or worse).

That 5-series had a very nice general shape. My main issue was w/ the design of the headlight housing, incl the side blinders (which I thought were truly offensive and disgusting).

Agree. EPA classification is based on interior capacity, so we’ll see how this gets classified. It hasn’t mid-sized for awhile, though. I imagine the next 3-series will grow to fill in the void, alas.

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To be fair, if you live in DFW, you’re far more likely to have your own charger.

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I’m more upset by the interior. I’m hoping they’ll cave and at least add the HVAC buttons back. iDrive 8 is fine, but it’s a PITA as soon as you want to adjust the temperature or make some small change that now required several screen taps.

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Nope. Too expensive to have physical controls for things.

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Yeah but with the M60 in cold weather if that EPA range drops by just 30%, you’re at 175 miles.

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So they announced the gas 5 today and looks like there is only a 530 option?

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theres a 540 as well

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For some reason I didn’t see it anywhere on the BMWUSA page

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https://www.caranddriver.com/bmw/5-series

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I guess they’re being suspenseful by announcing one engine a day…

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$90k gets you a Tesla S, 405 miles, 3.1 sec 0-60, bigger car, faster and has better resale value I am sure.

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But then it’s a Tesla at the end of the day. :poop: :poop:

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Starting to hear about allocations turned into orders… Anybody here waiting for one?

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I reached out to my local dealer, and he stated that they won’t be available until October. I wouldn’t mind test driving one.

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Spotted one this morning,

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Palisades or GSP? I used to see masked cars on the Palisades all the time commuting to and from Hoboken, even though HQ is off the GSP.

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Looks so meh, what did you think driving by in person?

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I think that the wheel options on the 5 series overall are hideous.

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I saw one in person a while ago.
I promise you it somehow looks worse in person.
The redeeming quality was that it made the iX look acceptable.

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