The Telegraph verdict
Big and expensive, this eighth-generation 5-series is being sold as much on its software and gadgets as it is on dynamics and power units. Did it need to break the five-metre-long barrier, did it need quite so many software gimmicks, is piano black a fit-and-proper cabin material for an £80-grand car? Discuss. But while you are doing so, remember that when it comes to joining up villages, towns and cities, in all weathers, in sybaritic comfort and with astonishing body control and driver appeal, this plug-in BMW has few if any peers. Although I must admit that Herbie my Labrador would prefer the estate version, if that’s OK with you.
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