BMW has made some huge adjustments to the 5 Collection formulation with the introduction of the G60. It’s the most important 5 Collection ever—it virtually matches the scale of the F01 7 Collection and surpasses it when it comes to peak and observe width—and new totally electrical variants broaden its spectrum of potential patrons. So it’s pure that purchasing a 5 Collection could also be a extra complicated expertise than earlier than because you now have to decide on whether or not you need the automobile evenly electrified (delicate hybrid tech is obtainable on many combustion variations), closely electrified (plug-in hybrid variations), or the i5 EV.

As a result of the G60 is so huge, should you’re an older 7 Collection proprietor seeking to change to a more recent BMW, you could discover the 5 Collection huge and opulent sufficient so that you just received’t must get a brand new 7. In case you’re satisfied that the G60 is the BMW sedan for you, however you continue to aren’t certain which one to choose, maintain studying, and we’ll attempt to make that call simpler.

Fashions Obtainable within the US

2024 BMW 530i

In America, the bottom mannequin is the 530i, which will get a revised model of the B48 four-cylinder turbo engine that now makes 255 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, thanks partly to the addition of a 48-volt delicate hybrid system. You possibly can add xDrive all-wheel drive, which brings the bottom value up from $57,900 to $60,200, however it makes the automobile barely faster to dash to 60 mph, dropping the time from 5.9 to five.8 seconds.

2024 BMW 540i

Subsequent is the 540i, which is just out there with xDrive, and it begins at $64,900 and is an entire lot faster than the four-cylinder. Its B58 six-cylinder engine is just not solely smoother and extra pleasing to the ear than the B48, however it’s additionally way more muscular, with 375 horsepower and 384 pound-feet of torque, which briefly goes as much as 389 pound-feet with overboost. The time wanted for the dash to 60 mph drops to 4.4 seconds.

530i or 540i?

If effectivity is your prime precedence and also you need a combustion model of the G60, select the rear-wheel drive 530i, which has a metropolis gasoline consumption ranking of 27 mpg and a freeway ranking of 35 mpg for a mixed 30 mpg. BMW doesn’t checklist any totally different consumption numbers for the 530i xDrive, however the lighter rear-wheel drive automobile with decrease drivetrain losses will certainly be marginally extra frugal in real-world situations.

Choosing the 540i xDrive doesn’t incur an enormous drop in effectivity as it’s rated at 26 mpg metropolis and 33 mpg freeway with a mixed ranking of 28 mpg, so if you wish to burn gasoline in a brand new 5 Collection, it’s in all probability the model to decide on.

2024 BMW 550e Arriving in Spring

BMW confirmed the 550e xDrive plug-in hybrid model of the G60 will go on sale within the US this spring, beginning at $74,995. It combines the facility of the B58 six-cylinder with an electrical motor for a complete of 489 horsepower, and its 19.2 kWh battery pack ought to be capable of ship an electrical vary of round 40 miles. No V8-powered 550i is deliberate for the G60 apart from the M5, which is able to borrow the plug-in hybrid gubbins from XM. The 550e xDrive isn’t a type of plug-in hybrids that additionally supply quick charging, and it will possibly solely take as much as 7.4 kW, which implies it takes over 3 hours to carry the battery from flat to full.

BMW i5 eDrive40

If all-electric energy is extra your sport, the G60 EV vary kicks off with the $66,800 single-motor rear-wheel drive i5 eDrive40. Its 335 horsepower propels it from naught to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds and on to a relatively low prime pace of 118.1 mph.

BMW i5 M60

The highest present EV variant is the dual-motor all-wheel drive i5 M60, whose 593 horsepower pushes this almost 5,300-pound electrical sedan to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds. The highest pace isn’t considerably larger for this extra highly effective model, which tops out at 130 mph. Each fashions have the identical 81.2 kWh (usable capability) battery pack, and their EPA vary is between 275 and 290 miles and 240 and 256 miles, respectively.

Each can cost at as much as 205 kW, sufficient to go from 10 to 80 % cost in half-hour. In our testing, we discovered the i5 was capable of replenish 29.54 kWh in simply 10 minutes, which is sort of pretty much as good as some 800-volt EVs.

Fashions Not Obtainable within the US

2024 BMW 520d

BMW has all the time provided lower-powered variations and diesels in Europe, and it’s nonetheless at it with the G60. Kicking off the Euro vary is the 181-horsepower 520i, which wants just below 8 seconds to succeed in 60 mph from a standstill, however it should maintain accelerating to a really spectacular 146 mph, making it quicker than any of the EVs.

There may be nonetheless a 520d four-cylinder oil burner on supply, which we drove and located moderately punchy because of the addition of a 48-volt system, however a bit missing in outright oomph, particularly choosing up from larger speeds. Nevertheless, the 520d is just not the diesel G60 to go for as a result of BMW will launch a 286-horsepower six-cylinder 540d, which may also produce 479 pound-feet of torque (if its nonetheless unconfirmed output is similar as that of the G70 740d), and it ought to be capable of full the sprint to 60 mph in beneath 5.5 seconds.

BMW can also be rumored to be engaged on a extra highly effective and sportier model of the 550e xDrive, the M560e xDrive, which would be the second strongest model after the M5, with an output of over 550 horsepower. This variant will in all probability solely be out there in Europe.