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Phytonic Blue i5 M60 impressions & photos (exterior/interior)
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com - looks great overall. Front is very nice. Not crazy about the rear end. - Interior is amazing. Super comfortable and aesthetics are special with the light bar. - I hate the fact the thigh support is manual. Massive no no. - Car drove fabulous; albeit very short test drive. You don’t feel the heft and the power and relative agility is top notch. - Excited to see what they do with the M5.
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Thanks for posting!
Even when accepting that electric vehicles are going to be the wave of the future, I’m not completely sold on the idea. I feel we still lack the infrastructure to make them feasible for long trips and the technology for batteries (at least IMHO) is still not where it needs to be (range, charging time, etc). That being said, it does not look bad at all!
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11-13-2023, 09:29 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for sharing. Dare I say… Is it me or does the rear kind of look like a Camry?
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I saw an I5 in the flesh at the dealer recently and I was shocked by how good it looked in person. Great looking car and cracking interior.
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Like the flat bottom steering wheel!
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I dig these, excited to see them slowly roll out and hear some feedback from forum members
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There's so much to like about the new 5 series, but then there are so many little things than cheapen the experience.
Some things that I noticed when I test drove it: —No door sill guards (??) —Cheap/plain black plastic window controls —Light feeling doors —Cheaper Bowers and Wilkins Sound System. (no option for Diamond). Basically comparable to Bose —The overall design of the vehicle is nice, but I think it might look dated quickly —As pointed out, thigh support is manual |
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Yup. Sewell BMW of Plano. So much better once the Sewell family bought out Classic BMW.
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If they didn't ask, I'd have the dealership remove something like that. And make sure they removed any remaining adhesive etc.
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Phytonic blue looks good on this car. Reminds me of Mystic Blue on my old E46 330i.
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I went to see the i5 red versions and the thigh supports were electronic. This is weird…
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11-13-2023, 05:19 PM | #18 |
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About manual thigh support: based on the picture, this one has the "Black M/Alcantara" seats which according to the configurator: "Upholstery selection replaces Multi-contour seats with Sport seats"
With other seat options, you can adjust thigh support from the iDrive menu. |
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11-13-2023, 05:36 PM | #19 |
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Just dropped in here to say that I like the steering wheel, only.
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I look forward to the day they make an EV that doesn’t look like an EV.
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[QUOTE="classic_erik;30651235"]I look forward to the day they make an EV that doesn’t look like an EV.
I think the new 5 series all look the same, no matter what. I bought it because it doesn’t look like an EV, but I specifically wanted an EV. |
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