BMW is about to return its 5 Sequence Touring (wagon) to Australian showrooms from this 12 months, albeit in a single, all-electric efficiency trim dubbed the i5 M60 xTouring.
Priced from $219,900 plus on-road prices the mannequin is $4000 dearer than the equal sedan and is the one wagon variant to be provided within the Australian 5 Sequence vary.
The 2024 BMW i5 M60 xTouring is powered by twin electrical motors creating 442kW of energy and 820Nm of torque. BMW says the numbers are enough to speed up the mannequin from standstill to 100km/h in simply 3.9 seconds on its method to an electronically restricted prime pace of 320km/h.
Energy is drawn from an 81.2kWh battery pack which presents a claimed driving vary of 506km (WLTP). Charging is by way of a 205kW DC or 22kW AC association with all i5 fashions eligible for a five-year subscription to the Chargefox public charging community.
Curiously, the i5 Tourer is similar measurement as its four-door sibling measuring 5060mm in size, 1900mm in width, 1515mm in peak and 2995mm between the axles. The scale provide cargo capability of 570 litres in five-seat mode of 1700 litres all advised.
By way of styling and tools there may be little to separate the Touring from its sedan counterpart, excusing apparent physique variations.
Each characteristic BMW’s newest interpretation of the dual headlight/kidney grille fascia with LED parts organized virtually vertically and serving as each indicators and daytime driving lights. The protruding kidney grille incorporates a broad encompass that may be optioned up with an Iconic Glow contour lighting.
The profile displays a excessive shoulder line with “powerfully designed” surfaces and two exactly traced character traces that form the automobile’s physique. The outside is highlighted with black facet skirts, flush-mounted door openers and an embossed quantity ‘5’ on the base of the C-pillar.
The absolutely vegan inside is designed to operate as a cellular workplace offering excessive ranges of consolation and connectivity for these on the transfer. BMW stated it paid particular consideration to lengthy distance consolation because the 5 Sequence is a well-liked continental journey various to plane.
To that finish, the inside offers “house, fashionable performance, a excessive stage of acoustic consolation in addition to high-quality, exactly processed supplies, advantageous workmanship and superior digital providers”.
For the driving force, the cockpit has considerably fewer buttons and controls in comparison with the predecessor mannequin achieved by digitalising features. The point of interest of the dashboard is a 12.3-inch instrument- and 14.9-inch infotainment display screen mixture that runs BMW OS 8.5, permitting prospects over-the-air updates.
Elsewhere, normal tools contains 20-inch alloy wheels, adaptive M suspension, rear-wheel steering help, sport seats, four-zone local weather management, head-up show, keyless entry and begin, a hard and fast glass panoramic roof, energy tailgate, carbon-fibre inside garnishing, and LED ambient cabin lighting.
Optionally, the BMW i5 M60 xTouring is obtainable with a Consolation Bundle ($2700) including entrance consolation seats, rear seat heating (outboard seats solely), rear sunblinds, and steering wheel heating; or the M Sport Plus Bundle ($3000) including 21-inch alloys, a black grille and taillight trim, carbon-fibre wing mirror caps, and M Sport Professional pack.
Security aids are beneficiant, and embrace adaptive cruise management, AEB, auto parking, blind spot monitoring, entrance and rear cross-traffic alert, lane centring and lane retaining, and tyre strain monitoring to call a couple of.
The 2024 BMW i5 M60 xTouring is predicted in native showrooms within the second half of 2024.
2024 BMW 5 Sequence pricing*:
520i (a) | $114,900 |
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i5 eDrive40 (a) | $155,900 |
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i5 M60 (a) | $215,900 |
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i5 M60 xTouring (a) | $219,900 | New variant |
*Pricing excludes on-road prices.
