[bavarianboar]

Originally Posted by DocWeatherington

The G is a good balance... If they could get the steering feel to be hydraulic in feel to the late 90s,2000s feel they would have a home run.

The tech and looks are subjective

Unlikely that’s the priority for BMW, with all the electrification it’s likely to lose the hydraulic type behavior even further.

[DocWeatherington]

Originally Posted by bavarianboar

Unlikely that’s the priority for BMW, with all the electrification it’s likely to lose the hydraulic type behavior even further.

Idk...i5 reviews are pretty positive so who knows..perhaps that is the generation they figured it out as car production lifecycle are 6-7yrs so the five is among the last of the G's.

[BMW012]

Originally Posted by stein_325i

BMW i5 Teased on Social Media:

Looks like the dash is split? or the screen is sticking out from the dashboard?

[bavarianboar]

Originally Posted by BMW012

Looks like the dash is split? or the screen is sticking out from the dashboard?

Looks like it’s sticking out, hard to tell yet.

There are 2 smaller screens all integrated and glued/packed into one assembly. There is a bezel in between as a result between the normal iDrive screen and the odometer dash screen. They only show part of it (one half) to make it look like a split, it’s likely going to be a single seamless package in a curved format like other vehicles.

[bavarianboar]

Around 6.45 min mark is likely the most detailed view of the screen sans attachment and dash.


https://youtu.be/U0eL_ZvnYxU

[matbl]

Dammit. Now I want one, sucks to realize it will be out of my price range though.
Guess I'll stick to my G31 530e for a while.

[AP]

Talking of prices , my guess is that the g60 will not be cheap given how inflation has been going

In the U.K., any car over £40000 has to pay more vehicle excise duty for its first 5 years and I have my doubts that even the base model with no options will be under that.

As the 5 is traditionally a conservative model , it’ll be interesting how it is viewed

[bavarianboar]

I am guessing i5 will be slotted somewhere between i4 and the iX, much closer to the iX.

Wild guess, starts around $65K + packages and options. Will come with some sort of federal rebate stateside being a new model.


ICE variants may each go up by about 5-10%.