Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.BMW remains a focused company. Before you roll your eyes, wait, let me clarify. When the Bavarian car maker decided to offer electric vehicles under its “i” division, there was more than method to their madness.
While the design is somewhat contentious when viewed in pictures, in the metal, it all comes together quite eloquently. The long, sloping bonnet, roomy passenger cell and stubby boot lend the model that classic three-box design we have come to appreciate in sedans. Everything has a tactility befitting an executive saloon of this calibre, and even beyond, such is the quality compared to the outgoing model.
Powering the i5 M60 is an 81.2kWh battery pack, enough to give you a 512km range on the WLTP cycle. It powers an electric motor on each axle for a combined output of 442kW and 795Nm, enough to hurtle it from 0 to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds, to a top speed of 230km/h. It is devastatingly quick in a straight line but what of corner-tugging duties? Well, let’s just say this is where EVs are still wanting, thanks to those heavy lithium-ion batteries.
The i5 proved an easy car to live with and, during the test tenure, we used the public DC fast-charging network, which worked a treat, thanks to the recent respite from load-shedding.
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