5 Series (G60) [Official] The New BMW 5 Series (G60)

[Rolf]

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This is a really good video, I like the way the cameraman pans the shots in good detail for all the exterior and interior parts of the car.

From my observations and personal point of view I noticed the following:

Exterior:
1) Front of this 520i with the lighter coloured grill looks far better than the i5 M trim models with their ugly shiny black plastic grills
2) The front intake should be rather matt black plastic or body colour and not shiny black plastic
3) Side profile is perhaps its best view, due to the fantastic wheel design
4) Front 3/4 its worst angle as the front overhang is huge and made to look longer by the upright and slightly forward slanted grill
5) The rear 3/4 looks good except for the lower black trim which spoils the look of the back bumper.
6) No exhaust extending through bumper and no fake exhausts. Exhaust bent down as in Mercedes models.

Interior:
The interior looks ok, but there is definitely much cost cutting evident throughout the cabin. This 5 series is probably the first modern BM saloon where its really noticeable.
1) Doors - Not much door trim, no wood but has more light colour trim strip matching the door handles. Front and rear door pockets are really small and look to be of hard plastic with no felt lining, but needs to be checked in other videos. The front speaker covering is black while the rear gets a nice gold colour speaker covering. Door top covering has no stitching. Electric window switches and surrounding plastic is all black and not silver like older model.
2) Dash - center console including switch to open central armrest is shiny black piano plastic. I would be curious to know if the lower part of the dash including glove box is hard plastic. Very convenient switch location for glove box on the center console so easy for driver to open. The top of dash has no stitching. The instruments don't have configuration for standard looking round instruments, which is a shame as I am not a big fan of the angled rev counter and speedo/fuel/temp gauges, Graphics on instruments and center screen look impressive. Lower center console looks hard plastic with no stitching.
3) Steering wheel - best looking BMW steering wheel in years. Love the design of the middle spoke. Buttons look to be black shiny plastic but I think are not hashtag BS capacitive buttons like in Mercedes new steering controls. Very convenient but small and fragile look switch to adjust the steering wheel electric rake and reach. Column stalks are black plastic but look quite sturdy and well built.
4) Seats - Electric switches for seats are lower down on the seat and all black plastic and look a little cheap for this class of car. The front seats look very well padded and comfortable with extended front squabs. The headrests are not electric but still have excellent located switch on side of headrest to adjust up and down. Headrest also has classic chrome metal rods and no ugly plastic like in the E-class to join it to the seat top. Rear of front seat has no pull out airplane style pocket for storage for kids but has ugly plastic cover for the USB-C. Rear seats look comfortable even for 3 adults and nicely trimmed. Seat belt buckles in rear seats are nicely recessed inside the squab. The rear central armrest has ugly cheap looking exposed cup holders on the top instead of been hidden under a cover, which should not be expected in a midsize luxury saloon like this.
5) Sunvisors, grab handles - are all hard plastic, but at least above the flap covering the mirrors on each sunvisor have lights. Grab handles have nice spring damping.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

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In addition to @Rolf remarks above.
Plastic galore interior. Even worse than I thought.
The lower part of the rear bumper is very ugly. It almost forces you to take a dark colour, which is a pity, because this silver suits the car very well.
No cladding, sound insulating material under the front hood. Is that new or was that always the case at BMW?
520i vs E 200: € 57.550 vs € 61.999 = € 4.449 is not that far apart imo.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

In addition to my post above. The E has as standard metallic paint and distronic. That adds € 2.070 to the price of the 5er, is € 59.620. Difference between those two even less than mentioned above:
€ 2.379.

 

[klier]

Pro tip for you:

Don’t get insulted over cars, it’s a weak look.

We won't look up your past here then, that would be a very weak look indeed.

In addition to my post above. The E has as standard metallic paint and distronic. That adds € 2.070 to the price of the 5er, is € 59.620. Difference between those two even less than mentioned above:
€ 2.379.

The 5er is going to outsell the E class be a significant margin this gen, no matter your quest to make people dislike it.

This thread is filled with die hard MB fanboys hating on the BMW. It's funny as heck.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

We won't look up your past here then, that would be a very weak look indeed.



The 5er is going to outsell the E class be a significant margin this gen, no matter your quest to make people dislike it.

This thread is filled with die hard MB fanboys hating on the BMW. It's funny as heck.

Quest to make people dislike it? lol
Sometimes you are so incredible ignorant @klier.

 

[Uygar]

Why can’t we spec those gold accents on the configurators? Like the window surrounds, grille frame and some other pieces here and there.

 

[klugscheisser87]

Why can’t we spec those gold accents on the configurators? Like the window surrounds, grille frame and some other pieces here and there.

You can get it on Aliexpress for sure, or you can go directly for the XM.

 

[LaArtist]

We won't look up your past here then, that would be a very weak look indeed.



The 5er is going to outsell the E class be a significant margin this gen, no matter your quest to make people dislike it.

This thread is filled with die hard MB fanboys hating on the BMW. It's funny as heck.

Yes i speak from experience, and so do you love, your panties were twisted between your precious Butt cheeks many times when people talked shit about BMW. Matter of fact it still seems to bother you … cute

 

[Uygar]

We won't look up your past here then, that would be a very weak look indeed.



The 5er is going to outsell the E class be a significant margin this gen, no matter your quest to make people dislike it.

This thread is filled with die hard MB fanboys hating on the BMW. It's funny as heck.

Doesn’t 5er usually outsell the E-Class? I mean at least the last generation was outselling it as far as I know, might be the same case with these new generations as well.
Not trying to be a troll and brand biased like some other users (lol), but BMW pretty much outsells Mercedes in almost every segment.
3er outsells C-Class, both in sedan and wagon form. 5er outsells E-Class, in both ways as well. The leader of the F segment has always been the S-Class (for a reason), so 7er never stood a chance.
It’s the same case with the coupes as well. 4er sells like crazy in both Coupe and GC forms. Heck, even the 8er outsells the AMG GT 4 door , and we all know how poor the 8er sales are. In SUV market, the only model Mercedes could outsell was the X3 with it’s GLC, and other than that, the leader of every luxury SUV segment is still BMW. So its not being a biased fan, it’s just the truth.

Credits to @carindustryanalysis on IG

 

[Uygar]

You can get it on Aliexpress for sure, or you can go directly for the XM.

Just let me be tacky with my gold accents OK?!

 

[Matski]

No cladding, sound insulating material under the front hood. Is that new or was that always the case at BMW?

Seems odd.

These mounts...

... appear to be where they'd mount the sound insulation panel, at least based on how they do it on the G70...

 

[SaltkjelenBMW]

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Its sad to see how much cost cuttings they do in this 5-series compared to the previous models. What a terrible era.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Seems odd.

These mounts...

... appear to be where they'd mount the sound insulation panel, at least based on how they do it on the G70...

It’s a plausible explanation, those mounts are there for the sound insulation panel to be attached to. If BMW puts one under the hood of the 7er, they’d most probably put one under the 5er bonnet as well. The example shown in the video could be a pre-production 5er.

 

[Matski]

If BMW puts one under the hood of the 7er, they’d most probably put one under the 5er bonnet. The example shown in the video could be a pre-production 5er.

They put one one in pretty much everything, so it would be odd for there not to be one. I recall looking under the bonnet of an i5 at Goodwood, but all I remember about that was the shite piece of black plastic covering the 'engine' bay, which definitely looked as bad as pre-production part (though I fear it was series production).

 

[Mick Briesgau]

They put one one in pretty much everything, so it would be odd for there not to be one.

Yes, that’s what I thought. By the way, MB puts one even under an EQS bonnet, though there‘s no engine which sound needs to be insulated…

 

[dalab]

Doesn’t 5er usually outsell the E-Class?

Normally they have been very even, (love to see the historical comparative figures), I am not sure with the previous generations, I would not be surprised if the E W213 has won that particular battle, it is a remarkably beautiful car, although I understand that the G30 was also a super success until the last day

3er outsells C-Class, both in sedan and wagon form.

Surprisingly (or not so surprisingly), yesterday they published the August in Germany, minimum difference 50/100 units in favor of the 3 series at home, which taking into account that the C-Class is a new model and the 3 is in its FL , talks a little about what I always say, these Mercedes that are so similar to the previous ones end up suffering from that "safe play" in sales, perhaps the E will also suffer because of this in the long run.

The leader of the F segment has always been the S-Class (for a reason), so 7er never stood a chance.

The differences according to what was posted by Leylandi (historical) are not as big as is speculated, since the W222 and the latter made a much more evident jump, in the long run the G70 will eat up market share more than ever, (for the same reason that the others, basically boredom of the model, a little dated)

It’s the same case with the coupes as well. 4er sells like crazy in both Coupe and GC forms.

Every time I see a 4 series coupe on the street it is to see the coolest front of any car, simply striking and great

Mercedes could outsell was the X3 with it’s GLC,

I would say these two are technical ties, always super even, similar case with the X7 - GLS

Credits to @carindustryanalysis on IG

Don't give them much credit, their figures are less reliable than Leylandi's.

 

[Der Hofmeister]

Why can’t we spec those gold accents on the configurators? Like the window surrounds, grille frame and some other pieces here and there.

Selecting the 2 open-pore BMW Individual wood trim selections with Bronze accents on the interior will trigger the Titanium Bronze exterior accents if the Aluminium Line exterior ornaments is selected. Although it doesn’t show up in the configurator as-is, you’ll see they are actually Bronze on the exterior IRL as well.

 

[AndreB]

This 5er interior looks low quality like all other new cars including E-class, door cards are 80% plastic and central console a piece shiny plastic with crystal button.
German manufacturers will get in trouble, the competition in car market is heating up, especially with Chinese cars entering the market.
I've recently sat in a NIO ET5 Touring which has as standard soft close doors, alcantara headliner 23-speakers sound system and good plastic quality overall.

 

[Der Hofmeister]

Selecting the 2 open-pore BMW Individual wood trim selections with Bronze accents on the interior will trigger the Titanium Bronze exterior accents if the Aluminium Line exterior ornaments is selected. Although it doesn’t show up in the configurator as-is, you’ll see they are actually Bronze on the exterior IRL as well.

@Uygar, in addition to my initial post on the topic, here you have some photos (in Set 1) from the Romanian avant-premiere of the 5 Series - the car was equipped inside with the dark BMW Individual open-pore wood with bronze inlays >> https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/romania/article/detail/T0419299RO/noul-bmw-seria-5-sedan

 

[tomazino]

This 5er interior looks low quality like all other new cars including E-class, door cards are 80% plastic and central console a piece shiny plastic with crystal button.
German manufacturers will get in trouble, the competition in car market is heating up, especially with Chinese cars entering the market.
I've recently sat in a NIO ET5 Touring which has as standard soft close doors, alcantara headliner 23-speakers sound system and good plastic quality overall.

I have no idea what you're talking about, but it's clear you like to talk a lot about things you haven't even seen. It seems to be trendy now to criticize the quality of German manufacturers. Just two days ago, I was sitting in the new 5 Series, and almost the entire upper part of the door was made of leather.