Introducing the new BMW i5 & 5 Series Touring

TEGRITY · 02-07-2024, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Beze

[img]https://i.ibb.co/CtqPSqv/bmw-i5-edrive40-17-817x545.jpg[/img]

any idea what colour this?

Cape York Green, launched with XM. Looks pretty good in person IMO. Very much like the sage green metallic you find in Mini Countryman’s.

Mogwai888 · 02-07-2024, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PLF69

Haptic buttons 🤮

Not that I’m trying to convince anyone to like the car, as I’m sure it’s not just the steering wheel buttons…..but aren’t the buttons the same as the IX and other cars so will probably make there way on to forthcoming models? Don’t think they are haptic on the IX….

LVBMW · 02-07-2024, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mogwai888

Not that I’m trying to convince anyone to like the car, as I’m sure it’s not just the steering wheel buttons…..but aren’t the buttons the same as the IX and other cars so will probably make there way on to forthcoming models? Don’t think they are haptic on the IX….

iX center console has haptic buttons but also has a wood option there to avoid the fingerprint prone black piano trim.

Mogwai888 · 02-07-2024, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LVBMW

iX center console has haptic buttons but also has a wood option there to avoid the fingerprint prone black piano trim.

Sorry didn’t do the full quote but the comment quoted related to the steering wheel buttons. I was just responding to say that the i5 / 5 steering wheel buttons looked liked the ones in the IX…..that I didn’t think were haptic. Can you confirm they aren’t haptic on the IX?

LVBMW · 02-07-2024, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mogwai888

Sorry didn’t do the full quote but the comment quoted related to the steering wheel buttons. I was just responding to say that the i5 / 5 steering wheel buttons looked liked the ones in the IX…..that I didn’t think were haptic. Can you confirm they aren’t haptic on the IX?

I'll have to check on that on the steering wheel. I don't really remember...

ppointer · 02-07-2024, 05:53 PM

I'd buy the touring 540i in an instant. Oh well, I guess in the US we're stuck with the 450 wagon and A6 avant.

LVBMW · 02-07-2024, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mogwai888

Sorry didn’t do the full quote but the comment quoted related to the steering wheel buttons. I was just responding to say that the i5 / 5 steering wheel buttons looked liked the ones in the IX…..that I didn’t think were haptic. Can you confirm they aren’t haptic on the IX?

Not haptic on the steering wheel. Only center console.

Bahn360Photo · 02-07-2024, 06:39 PM

Boost button!!! Now we are talking!

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OHV_44 · 02-08-2024, 07:03 AM

By the way:
Nevertheless, the employees in Dingolfing want to build more than 300,000 cars.

https://www.bimmertoday.de/2024/02/0...000-im-visier/

OHV_44 · 02-09-2024, 04:32 AM

There is always something better.

[/:\] GP9000 · 02-09-2024, 06:00 AM

Alexander Schmuck, Product & Technology Communications Manager at BMW North America, explains:

"The reason for the rear window not opening separately has to do with the slim, sporty, aerodynamic design of the rear of the vehicle and the sloping roofline. Including a mechanism to open the window separately in the tailgate would have come at the expense of interior volume in the trunk area."

I would have sacrificed a few litres of cargo space to have the practicality of split rear window.

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