2027 BMW iX5 First Drive Review — Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:03] Today we are driving the all-new 2027 BMW iX5. This is the fully electric BMW BMW iX5. This is the fully electric BMW X5. It has a range of around 450 miles EPA rated. However, at this launch event, someone drove from San Francisco

[00:17] all the way to somewhere in Orange County, which is about 500 miles on a 50 mi of range left. So, there's a little bit extra in the bag. We've got a

[00:29] 570 horsepower dual electric motor setup here. It can vehicle to load. It can vehicle to home. It can fast charge with its 800vt architecture. You can play video games in the passenger seat. I'm here with Charlie from the daily motor.

[00:44] >> Yeah. >> many videos in the past. >> We've spent all morning in this X5 and we have some mixed opinions and mixed thoughts. The purpose of today's video is primarily to give you guys some first

[00:57] driving impressions because this is the global first drive event. We'll talk but we'll also include a lot of that in the description for you to peruse at your leisure. So, first things first, let's show you what it looks like on the

[01:09] outside. We have automatically opening and closing doors. Look at that. When will turn on because there is no traditional stop start button. You just

[01:22] get in, push the brake pedal, put your seat belt on. Otherwise, the X5 will infuriatingly chime about 30 times for about a minute. And that's if the on either. So, you need both driver and passenger to sync up. You got to

[01:35] communicate. You got to be friends. Uh, we have a master class in driver distraction here. Not sure what the German translation for that is. Meister >> Is that master distraction? >> Master of distraction. Yeah. Uh, we have

[01:51] world like vents that are controlled through the screen and an AI p powered conversation with. We had some pretty entertaining moments with that earlier

[02:03] >> Uh, some things she can perform, other things she has no idea how to do even though they are features in the car. So, bit of a mixed bag. I think it's about a 50/50 split between it working, it not working. Anyway, let's walk you around

[02:17] on the outside. We'll press the door button to open up the door. Everything will turn off. So, we'll just kind of leave Charlie into there to swelter in the heat. This is one of BMW's frozen silver

[02:32] This is one of BMW's frozen silver colors. It looks quite striking with this new design. Got a skinnier kidney grill. We thought that the new X5 might whole front end a grill, but they've actually made it instead look like a

[02:46] skull or something. It's pretty aggressive. pretty pretty pronounced. We get a set of 27540R22s in the front in the front and 315 35R22s in the rear. Still a

[03:00] staggered setup for your dual motor all-wheel drive BMW X5. This weighs about 6,400 lb, about 1400 lb more than the internal combustion engine X5.

[03:12] With 570 horsepower, it gets up and goes pretty well. Though, it's not as fast as you would expect with all the curb weight here.

[03:24] standard with the car. So, you've got your J1772, your CCS adapter. Natively, this has the NACS port and it does use a bit of the NACS port and it does use a bit of AI or artificial intelligence to open up

[03:39] when you approach a charge station if that's linked to your navigation or a house. So, that's kind of neat. If you don't use it, it'll just automatically close or if you go to drive, it'll automatically close.

[03:56] here. Looks pretty good. Feels pretty nice. And let's see. Do we have physical levers to fold down the rear seats? No, you got to go up front and do that. A Looks like no spare tire. That's all taken up with battery pack. The interior

[04:10] of the new X5 is a little bit larger thanks to its longer wheelbase to thanks to its longer wheelbase to accommodate 144 kWh battery pack. Pretty massive pack, but again with the 800vt architecture, it can charge very

[04:23] quickly. about 170 mi in 10 minutes. Max charge rate is 460 kW.

[04:42] only spending a few hours with it. If you lived with this, you'd have all of features, everything figured out and set up. You know, you'd get to know the car. We'll report back after spending a week with it how we feel about this interior.

[04:56] Initially, it's very overwhelming. There's a lot going on here. A lot of There's a lot going on here. A lot of customization, a lot of deep menus. sound system pretty extensively. To my ear, which is a little bit less trained

[05:10] an improvement over previous Bowers and Wilkins systems in the BMW X5. So, that's a good thing. Got a little window shade back here. Uh buttons. I think close the door. >> If there were an accident and the car

[05:25] were dead, that's your like manually open the door like emergency sort of >> I can't figure out how to use it. >> Maybe pull it toward you. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. Just pull toward me. All right. There it is. Okay, good.

[05:37] >> And it looks like you've got uh there are some optional rear entertainment kind of >> It's actually kind of nifty. Yeah, they >> which is to me smarter than doing screens because you could just put your

[05:49] >> And then you can remove it if you need car seat access, etc. So, a little bit of rear climate control. That's nice to see. see. Let's hop up front. And actually, let's

[06:02] Let's hop up front. And actually, let's check to see if this has a frunk first. the rear door is just give it a little tap.

[06:17] I'm just trying to get it from this way. >> I got it. There we go. All right. intuitive. You've got a little bit of storage space up here. Okay. Nice to see

[06:31] storage space up here. Okay. Nice to see that. interesting. Oh, yeah. You can open the doors from inside the vehicle.

[06:48] get in the car. Brake pedal, everything get in the car. Brake pedal, everything turns on. It'll chime. It just does not shut up. It does not stop. Yeah. See? Yep.

[07:11] I guess let's just kind of give you as best of an infotainment overview here because it does dominate the experience. Um, little bit differently organized than what we've seen with BMW iDrive in the

[07:24] rid of the iDrive controller. They said that in a studio walkound at one point that in a studio walkound at one point and uh here here we have it. So, of up here with a swipe down menu that you can customize. Uh, okay. And then there

[07:39] is a little bit of lag to this screen that we've experienced today. It's not as immediate and instant as I would like it to be being that everything is pretty much in there. You've got this menu here where you can select all of your apps.

[07:51] However, all of your vehicle settings are in this car menu. So, you've got all of these different things here that you can customize. And you've got quick access controls here for your panoramic vision. You can change different widgets

[08:04] vision. You can change different widgets and things that you see up up there. Uh which is very similar to what we've seen in Lincoln. It's actually the same as what we've seen in some Lincoln. >> Yeah, you can do a lot more. I will say

[08:17] the Lincoln system was a bit to me like okay like it's like someone thought it it. Yep. >> Uh but in this one you I you can do tracking in a more performance car, you

[08:32] can see sort of that information. I was watching our our um MPG figures, miles per kilowatt hour as we're driving. So, >> it's a little more functional. >> Here are your drive modes and kind of everything changes when you change drive

[08:46] >> That's right. What's showing up here on the display on the um panoramic vision display changes your climate control changes. So, you're going to have to kind of adjust your settings between drive modes if if you're making those

[09:00] left of the steering wheel, we've got our cruise control settings. Still no way to adjust following distance outside of maybe seven or eight menus deep. assistant to change that when you're on the road. We'll try that a little bit

[09:14] these crystal adjustments for your seating right here. And then some more details if you press this button right there. There are a decent amount of physical controls at least to take you

[09:27] to a menu to make more changes in this. So, two seat memory settings. Uh, up here you should have interior lighting settings. There we go. Okay. Very nice. So, I appreciate some of that. Here's what your reverse and 360 cameras look

[09:42] Little bit smaller, but still functional. Speaking of screen size and projection, we did notice that Android Auto seemed to be a little bit smaller of a display than CarPlay was. Here's your parking camera, quick access icon.

[09:58] new iDrive system and they've put some effort into designing it. Uh, I wish it and I again also we need to be familiarized with it with time. Oh, things. >> We don't want to save anything. This I

[10:15] It's very dead. It's a lot of dead space. Is that >> If you have it in personal mode, does that then do you get a photo of a BMW that then do you get a photo of a BMW 2002? Is that what goes there?

[10:30] car really would look? >> I don't remember. I don't know. It looks >> Yeah. >> Huh. widgets here. This screen definitely dominates the experience uh even while

[10:46] you're driving. So, you better either be paying attention or have a co-driver this out on the road. We could spend all day here playing video games and messing of the day, this drive's purpose is to give you guys some first driving

[11:00] impressions. So, into drive or you know what, into reverse in an empty parking lot just so we can see our parking lines, etc. >> The camera's nice. Yeah.

[11:14] What about steering wheel controls? Here we go. Great. Newly designed steering wheel. It's got kind of these spokes that should be on the bottom, also on the top. It can be a little bit

[11:27] confusing to see where the top of your wheel is without looking down at the wheel. So, if you're a little bit crossed up, it's all a little bit again, I think that's something you'd

[11:40] probably get used to. Like some other EVs that we've driven from BMW, you can either two- pedal drive this gas and brake or put it into drive this gas and brake or put it into B mode and have it one pedal drive.

[11:52] The system comes to a stop super smoothly.

[12:05] And Charlie, how do we go into our vehicle sounds? quickly, didn't we? Wasn't it?

[12:18] >> You can't use the AI assistant cuz she doesn't know how to do it. >> This is going to change everything, isn't it?

[12:38] I mean I remember the long way you did it. So here give me that was it. So here give me that was driving or something. >> Oh it's audio system sounds. >> Oh yeah. Yeah.

[12:50] volume. >> So right now it's on balanced. >> Balanced. Present gets a little bit louder.

[13:03] original Han Zimmer sounds. This is subtle. change the sound really. >> I do appreciate that the screen is so

[13:18] close so that when you do need to inevitably reach up and touch it, you're like, you know, sit forward or >> It is that classic Colin Chapman Lotus >> There you go. Oh yeah, that was for a shifter though. Dang it.

[13:32] >> That's right. >> I think it already is in a Tesla. adaptive cruise control, lane centering, lane changing,

[13:47] and that's pretty typical for any new BMW. We see some bugs pretty frequently on early launches. Not the most seamless system, so again, you got to keep an eye on it. I do like the haptic feedback you get on

[13:59] buttons and everything is nicely separated. You could pretty much get a having to look down at the steering wheel. Again, would like the ability to change our following distance. But we've just set that in the menu to closest.

[14:14] >> Yeah. >> And that that bothers me with it's not just this car. The last few generations or at least last few years of BMWs have distance depending on what road I'm on. >> Mhm. like on a high a highway I like a

[14:27] close following distance on a 55 mph road like this. I like further distance. just silly to me. >> Yeah. >> No. I mean I think people who watch your channel regularly know that there might

[14:40] be a little bit of history of you having frustrations with some of the tech in these new vehicles. Uh, I consider myself to be a little bit more tech forward and even I've had trouble kind of just

[14:52] >> meshing with even the tech expert from BMW had trouble finding things. It's it there's a lot here. >> We even have Miles from the the Marquez MKBHD. It would be interesting to get his kind of uh off thereord rub on the

[15:09] tech in this car. >> Yep. both acknowledge that if you owned this car and you really spent time getting appreciate. So there there is a reservation there in

[15:25] So there there is a reservation there in terms of of being critical. I think part of it for me is there's so many terms and and phrases and apps and >> you really have to learn the language. >> Yeah. Like up on my screen it says

[15:40] digital premium. What does that mean? That's like just two buzzwords that are thrown in there. I think we experienced that when we were kind of in the center screen. And you've got, you know, routines. Okay. Presence

[15:55] got, you know, routines. Okay. Presence detection. modes and my moments. What's what's a moment compared to a mode? >> How are we supposed to know these things? Um,

[16:09] >> and also I can't really do anything because it's so distracting and takes so >> Yeah. >> And the AI assistant is distracting in confirm that she's understood what you said and then she still sometimes just

[16:22] takes you to a menu. >> Mhm.

[16:42] Steering is super smooth. It's nice and light. Throttle is very linear. Regen works well with off throttle, you know, B mode. Ride quality is excellent. Very B mode. Ride quality is excellent. Very little NVH over bumps.

[16:56] This does hide its weight well and it's it's heavy. between what you'd see in a lot of EVs versus GM's trucks.

[17:17] It's not as brutally hard to accelerate as you would expect.

[17:32] way you come off of the accelerator and it sort of progressively starts to slow you down. Everything is so smooth that even in the passenger seat, I I I feel comfortable. You're you're flogging it and we're not getting that

[17:45] throttle. >> No, it's it's so smooth. It's so >> No, it's it's so smooth. It's so isolating. It's really nice to drive. Now, >> this is pretty amazing.

[18:00] And for the weight of the vehicle, the damping is actually really good with a you're feeling the car get away from >> Yep. No. Exactly right. No, the driving dynamics are

[18:13] nine and a half out of 10 here for what this is. than this. This is actually striking a really nice balance. >> The only thing that I could want for maybe a little bit more is just a little

[18:25] >> Let's see. Here's our drive modes. Yeah, we are in sport right now. So, sir, better than some recent BMW M products feeling the road come through the steering wheel, but it weights up really

[18:42] steering wheel, but it weights up really kind of well balanced like you said.

[18:58] I've got an interesting display in front of me kind of showing cornering notes, almost rally pace notes. Gives levels between 1, two, and three. And then the direction of the corner and how tight the curve is going to be and then the

[19:12] distance of the curve coming up in front of you.

[19:25] Exploring the limits of those Michelins a little bit. Brakes feel good. The transition from regen to pad on rotor again feels really

[19:40] And I feel like there's maybe a little bit of throttle or power filtering with steering lock. It doesn't seem to come on as brutally with some steering angle.

[19:52] >> Well, let me give you DSC Sport here and see dynamic traction control. See if you see dynamic traction control. See if you notice any differences. we're seeing feature the new heart of joy they call and it's essentially their

[20:08] joy they call and it's essentially their ECU for all of the electric driving components in the entire car and a new voltage new architecture and everything. And they promise that that's why we're kind of seeing Oh, if you do if you want

[20:23] >> Cool. Let's do it. >> Um see if you can just get above this. Pathfinder as Bronco.

[20:35] Yeah. With this heart of joy that they call, it's supposed to really be working inputs, your braking inputs, the regen. And I think that's why we're seeing okay as you regen on, off, the transitions, everything is so well balanced and

[20:48] married together. >> Yeah, it's a lot of tech working in the of a driving experience as possible. Yeah, >> I will say the head-up display is kind of blocking my view of the road.

[21:01] of blocking my view of the road. I think to sum up the X EX-5, displays I think to sum up the X EX-5, displays first, driving second. recently saying that displays do not a luxury vehicle make. And I tend to agree

[21:17] with that. >> BMW disagrees with that. >> Oh, >> yeah. I think I was on level four or

[21:29] >> Seven. Yeah. >> Yeah. It's okay. I mean, I It's showing me the curvature, and it's actually a pretty good animation for estimating steering lock. I don't even really need to look at the road.

[21:41] >> They just want you to never look at the road again. Do >> a little acceleration up the hill here.

[21:58] >> All right. Yeah, it never really hits as hard as you expect it to with 570 horsepower. This feels more like 400 horsepower. curb weight and maybe a little bit of extra tuning there. I don't know.

[22:14] these days? >> They they'll throw numbers out. You'll drive a 1000 horsepower Lamborghini and you're like, "Okay, fine." >> Just don't be fooled by the 60i

[22:30] designation. >> You'll get to the grocery store and the school pickup fast enough. >> That's right. Pricing on this isn't honestly too different from the internal combustion engine X5. It's all in the

[22:42] combustion engine X5. It's all in the low80s starting price, $81, $82,000 with destination. I believe the base rearwheel drive X540 is in the high 70s, mid70s. So, >> and and if you charge at home, you will

[22:58] probably see that price difference made up in about 5 years of you'll recoup between premium paying premium gasoline in a normal X5, the four-cylinder, uh, versus this. You're going to get a smoother driving experience,

[23:11] >> never have to go to a gas station, >> 500 miles of range. 500 miles of range and electricity is cheap if you're charging at home.

[24:01] Like the M50i, like that thing really ripped around a back road. This seems to be a bit more comfort oriented. doesn't have the mechanical grip.

[24:15] >> I was going to say you are pushing some pretty impressive speeds around this corner. These corners, it's just between the suspension tuning and the mechanical grip and the silence, you don't realize how fast you're going.

[24:27] not >> you don't feel the sensation whatsoever. >> you don't feel the sensation whatsoever. Not steady.

[24:42] generations before this has always been a hustleable family crossover, family SUV, and this does fit that DNA.

[25:00] here. >> Yeah, that's good. motors are. >> They're virtually silent.

[25:16] >> there's no noise. >> We own a uh a General Motors EV and you kind of always hear the drive motor even when there's no fake noise. But these when there's no fake noise. But these drive motors are virtually silent.

[25:52] not accelerating is the same. >> It's uncanny. quiet. >> You just feel it. I think you're right. >> You just feel it. I think you're right. I haven't been in an EV this quiet.

[26:11] whoosh of electrons going into the battery or, you know, from back and >> There's always some type of motor noise. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> It is eerily quiet. And maybe it's because my ears are popping and I can't

[26:25] hear as well as I used to be able to at the bottom of the hill, but wow. Oh, it the bottom of the hill, but wow. Oh, it is pretty crazy.

[26:38] with the AI assistant earlier. What is 3 + 3? >> Very good. What did BMW build during World War II?

[26:59] entirely to military production. They focused on building the BMW 801 aircraft engine, which powered planes like the Fakol FW195. They also produced the R75 motorcycle with a sidecar, which became iconic for

[27:14] German military use. BMW even manufactured components for small arms, including parts for the MG34 machine gun. Very good.

[27:26] So, yeah, this is powered by Amazon and you can ask it lots of things except to change your following distance on the highway. No response. Okay.

[27:39] realize when you're not talking to it. >> That's right. Yeah. Sometimes Mercedes >> a conversation going forever. >> Yeah. No, it's uh gosh, I just I go back and forth because

[27:54] I part of it is how much money are these OEMs putting into having these systems work in their car when you can also do something like Hey Siri. >> Oh yeah, you might have to hold this. Well, I assume it just it just kind of

[28:08] Well, I assume it just it just kind of takes on Amazon's Alexa AI but also is BMW, too. I know, but you still know there was a ton of development that went into integrating it with the car, making sure that it knows, you know, how to do

[28:22] like I don't know. >> It's a lot. Is that the title of the video?

[28:35] >> The BMW i5. It's a lot. >> It's a lot of range. It's a lot of car. And it's a lot to learn. Yeah, the the learning curve here is is

[28:48] >> Yeah, >> even for us who do this as a for a >> Yeah, >> this does have route planning, which isn't new for an electric BMW, but it does integrate the cost to charge and

[29:03] the availability of the chargers. And there's an again more AI that kind of suses out whether the charger is available. Uh, it's got good reviews. it will get you on your true destination in a timely manner. So, there's some

[29:17] which is great to see because if you're using the native navigation in this using the native navigation in this EX-5, you're going to want that. And uh, you know, if you're driving for like 3 days, otherwise, you probably don't need

[29:30] it cuz you've got 500 miles of range. >> Well, that also gets into some of the the huge advancements in this car in terms of an electric vehicle. I mean, when you're talking a family hauler that can do 500 miles of range, EPA, then

[29:44] that means even in cold weather, high speeds, headwind, doesn't matter, you're getting 300 or so miles, even in sort of a worst case scenario. But then this can a worst case scenario. But then this can charge up to 460 kW. And I don't think I

[29:59] know of an electric vehicle on the market right now that can charge at that >> No. No. Now there is a lot that goes into that in terms of charging curve. Yes, that might be the peak speed, but how high how long can it maintain that

[30:12] gets to 50% state of charge, 70% state of charge, etc. But BMW claims that sort of charge, etc. But BMW claims that sort of golden number of 10% to 80% in 22 minutes. And in a car with a 144 kWh battery pack,

[30:26] essentially means that if you're traveling either by yourself or with one of these Iona chargers or something like that, you plug it in at around 10 use the bathroom, you stretch your legs a little bit, and you're back on the

[30:41] road in only 10 minutes with an extra few hundred miles depending on how >> Yeah. Usually with a battery pack this size, you'd have to wait for 30, 40, 50 >> Sure. >> Uh to get that state of charge back. And

[30:57] this is you're going to be running into problems finding chargers that are fast >> I was going to say that gets into the flip side of this coin of yes, this car super high rates, which is good for future proofing and it's it's good for

[31:11] future proofing and it's it's good for what you do own. But as someone who has owned an electric vehicle for 5 years, the one time that my wife DC fast charged in her Chevy Equinox, she went to some charger that only had like a 100

[31:26] kWh max, even though our car is capable of 150 or something like that. And that's because she just went on her GM app and said like, "Take me to the nearest charger." And it still kind of speaks to

[31:39] how fractured our electric vehicle charging system still is because yes, you could go to a Tesla charger with this car, but if you go to a Gen 3 Tesla charger, that's only going to get you >> maybe 200 kW max.

[31:53] >> So, you're using less than half of the total capability of this car. And that's reviewer and tell you these things and stuff like that, but >> you're going to want to be seeking out Iona chargers that are integrated with

[32:06] everything. And and there's a couple hundred of them around the country, >> but even BMW themselves admitted earlier today that there are no actual Iona chargers out there in the real world that can support the full charge

[32:19] futurep proofed, which is nice. >> Which is nice. Which is good. >> Which is nice. Which is good. increase my following distance. >> It should just do it. It should just increase it instead of having to I mean

[32:34] right now, but I want to be a little bit farther away from this truck with all >> And that should be a button on the to tell it. It's simple stuff like this that BMW has

[32:48] made more complicated and I think that would eventually >> Over time. >> Well, and also you got to think of going up for example. If I want to adjust my fan speed,

[33:02] >> you know, you do that and there's those little kind of micro stutters that that >> there are tiny menus sub menus on the panel here. >> Yep. And you know, maybe you can't adjust your vents without going into the

[33:15] screen and looking at the screen and crashing, but the air is free. It >> That is true. Yeah, our cooled seats are not, but the air is. >> I got to give Charlie credit for that line. You were You were supposed to use

[33:29] >> I know you you were you were your flow is too good. Couldn't break in >> Yep. Yep. Yep. >> No, there's there is a lot. And I I really don't. It's um >> it's just going to take some time and

[33:43] familiarity. Like you're gonna have to spend some time set this car up. I will steering itself on this back road. It wants me to keep my hand on the wheel, >> and my camera might be obstructing my vision view a little bit.

[33:57] on a highway. >> Yeah, that's right. Yep. just kind of throw the autopilot on wherever type of thing. screen that said, you know, driving assistance view obstructed. It's

[34:09] probably the GoPro on my face, >> which you can see right there. you guys. >> So, okay. I think the execution of some of this stuff is very well done and class

[34:23] leading and the best BMW has has >> achieved. I mean, this isn't their first thing for a while. >> And this is pretty impressive tech integration. They've got some cool

[34:36] gimmicks like the passenger screen and the gaming. You know, they they've made spend all your time in this car and nothing else in the world matters, including driving or looking outside the car. Um, I don't know. Philosophically,

[34:51] it brings up some interesting points as to what is safe, what is luxury, what is practical, what is dangerous to other drivers around you. having this much involvement in these displays uh is actually talking to your car a safer

[35:07] method of controlling functions? I don't think so because it's still distracting. Uh you have to know whether it's on, whether it's off. This panoramic display is nice, but you're still not looking at the road. You're still focusing on

[35:19] what's in front of you. And I would argue a lot of the information on there isn't any more relevant than what you'd see in a normal gauge cluster. So, I don't know. Bit torn. you'd have to live with it.

[35:32] >> That all being said, I still think the core elements of what make it a car, kudos to >> driving dynamics. makes this a BMW looks like we're going to get one more chance to kind of open

[35:45] it up. Thank you, Trucks. You've been giving great luck with that here. >> Thank you. >> And what gives me encouragement at least is that, you know, X5 generations last a long time.

[35:57] >> They do. And this can all be changed, improved. The processing power can increase. They can simplify the menus. We could see an LCI in this car that And it might be better. It might be easier, it might not. Who knows? But you

[36:11] don't need to fix anything about how this car drives. So, if we do something for you, like go into silent mode, which shuts off your screens up there. I Yep. There you go. And here you go. Now you just have speed, CarPlay.

[36:25] >> And drive. This is a nice place to be. >> There is just so much to unpack here. And I I will admit, you know, take a little bit of what we're saying with a green to this whole experience and it's all new and it's all a little bit

[36:37] all new and it's all a little bit overwhelming. Um, an owner wouldn't have half the complaints that we have right now. >> Maybe. I don't know. True. >> Some of that might might filter out with

[36:49] time. Mhm. >> Uh some things like the doors, I'm sure you get to know them a little bit, but the seat belt chime upon entry, not a >> And Yeah. And I don't know, I just I know of a lot of car owners who don't

[37:03] >> Sure. >> You know, I I not throwing her under the bus necessarily, but my wife, my mother, you just examples of the type of people who I think would enjoy owning an X5 in general. My gosh, if I told Alyssa to

[37:17] just spend an hour in the car getting to know how to use her car, I just I think she'd say, "I got to get to work. I got to get, you know, I don't need to be a >> I can't tell you how many people I've talked to that just want simplicity, and

[37:30] opposite direction. >> Uh this is a lot to unpack for a such a mainstream vehicle and high volume seller from BMW. They they did take a big bull move away from what kind of made a BMW a BMW and it it might play up

[37:46] pay off if you will. I mean this could solidify BMW in this next generation of what it means to be a car, what it means to be a mobility machine, if you will. Maybe this is setting BMW up to be in a great position for that.

[38:01] >> The I think the biggest philosophical issue I have with it is that it can't self-drive like a Tesla yet. >> And This isn't as intuitive or easy or >> And This isn't as intuitive or easy or fast of a UI as what Tesla offers. And a

[38:15] Tesla can just drive itself. And you can do anything with that car while it's driving itself. And in here, in this, you're being put in danger because this a pretty darn good job, >> but it's just not there.

[38:28] >> That is a really good point. I mean, you get in a Tesla with full self-driving >> you put in your destination, you don't touch anything for 160 mi. Um, and I'm surprised BMW hasn't really pushed their full self-driving more because that

[38:42] could be a subscription. They would love that. >> It's not free. >> Yep. Regen is nice to have. >> The freedom that you get from this amount of range. 500 miles might just be

[38:56] a sweet spot. Yeah. >> In these EVs before we see solid state >> ranges. >> Yeah. Um, I think at this point just reducing weight, increasing density and efficiency and chemistry should be a

[39:10] priority. But yeah, this 500 miles is is pretty great. I mean, how much more are you going to want to be able to drive in a day than 500 miles? That's that's kind of a nice limit. And the fact that you could recharge so fast with the 800vt

[39:24] architecture here is awesome. So, that's going to sell a lot of people just right there. They've solved the range issue, or at least the perceived range issue. In actuality, living with an EV, you don't need as much as you think you do.

[39:38] too. >> Do you want to end your video soon? Cuz right back there. >> Oh, yeah. Maybe. So, should I just turn >> Yeah. Safe spot. Turn back around. There will be a Vista point on your right.

[39:51] straightaway if you want. Or >> this is good right here. >> All right. Let's test our turning radius.

[40:05] don't know what this car has cuz BMW hasn't given us information on this particular X5. We actually requested an X5 with a white yeah. And we have this digital key with the phone.

[40:18] >> Which you just kind of carry around in your pocket and it'll open and close for you. And you might have mentioned it, but uh Mag Safe or G2 probably the best thing about this car. >> That's right. All right. So, as we

[40:33] approach this Vista Point or Skinic view as I like to call them, uh those are some initial impressions on the BMW iX5. There's a lot to unpack here. We're more time behind the wheel of one of these to really kind of figure out if

[40:49] these to really kind of figure out if it's a nice evolution for the X5 and and how easy it's going to be to live with and operate and use. But just know that it's there's a lot going on here and some of it is pretty well executed. Some

[41:02] of it I think could use some massaging and work, but it's all software and that could be changed with time. >> It's all computer. Yeah, we do get what looks like just recycled Kleenex box cardboard right here, but it is a harder

[41:16] plastic. Um, I guess let's show you around some of the more pl practical aspects of this interior. We've got a center console here. Seats, big honk and center console here. Seats, big honk and headrests.

[41:31] >> I can I can mess with your seat. >> That's right. Very good. >> That's right. Very good. Crumb collector is a physical lever, Crumb collector is a physical lever, which is very nice.

[41:44] The crystal shifter does reflect pretty aggressively enough that I think you could block it with your arm. There we go. I wonder if I could fight you with my physical seat controls.

[41:57] controls. Ah, it's a battle. >> We got to get out of this. >> Oh, man. Yep. It's time.

[42:12] phone in there. Been locked out of BMWs before.

[42:24] had a big issue with them yet and I haven't used them very much. >> Well, we're driving the gas one next. >> Yeah. And I'm a bit scared because there

[42:37] good that is kind of the electric part. It's going to feel weird driving a gas It's going to feel weird driving a gas car that's also so tech heavy. I don't >> as an EV, this is really good. >> Yeah.

[42:50] >> And you can kind of tell that they've developed a lot of the stuff here for the EV. >> The doors do look a weird weird without door handles. >> Yeah, they do. It's like a mouthless

[43:03] mouthless thing. That's >> one issue. A big issue actually. This is >> How tall does your child need to be to open this door? >> That's a good point. >> Yeah. So, when your kids are of the age

[43:16] to open a door, they can usually >> reach this and get into their car seat. >> They're going to need you to open the door from the screen or the app or >> Or you buy them a smartphone and then they can use the smartphone to open the

[43:29] door. uh not going to happen. But yeah, no, that that's that's an interesting that we're seeing on a lot of different products. >> Y >> I mean, your your entire life needs to

[43:41] change in order to to own this car. >> That's right. >> That's right. >> And on that bombshell.

[43:55] >> To let me know that it locked. Yeah. A little bit of haptic feedback there. >> Yeah. >> Let's look at a little bit of the app

[44:09] functionality here. So, you can you can see all of your vehicle apps or do some see all of your vehicle apps or do some route planning. Search for destinations. Add photos into your personal setup menu.

[44:23] Roadside assistance. Change your app themes. Okay. of functionality here >> and >> it's just I've had this in the comments a few

[44:38] >> You've been at work all day at your business executive job with your BMW X5 you just want to look at more and more screens? >> It's it's a bit much. I don't know. I actually also I would also argue that

[44:54] this needs more screens because you can only monotask with this screen. So it down here >> to do simple functions like climate you know GM >> Cadillac's dual screen layout where

[45:09] screen down here that also does other stuff and then you can look at your map navigation etc. So, it either has too many screens or not enough screens or just needs to be organized a little bit better. I do like the constant climate

[45:23] stuff down here. But again, it's weird that when you change drive modes, all of that changes. It goes into the fan speed increases in eco mode, which isn't a thing. And it seems like even though if you go to manual fan speed, it goes back

[45:35] to auto eco mode. That's how you turn on and off vents, which is just the worst have to spend some more time with the X5. Well, the the irony is, and who these brands that sort of chase after Tesla,

[45:51] >> none of them have done remotely as good of a job as Tesla. And Tesla started all >> Teslas are actually very simple. There's one screen and two menus and that's it. >> and then this all right, BMW menu structure didn't

[46:06] used to be this bad. No, this has gotten worse. iDrive 7 was actually about peak gotten worse. >> If you need to change anything in your vehicle, you have to go to vehicle and then go through all of these menus and

[46:20] >> The redundancy is annoying. >> It's just so it's it's it's so much. >> All right. >> At least they gave us a lot of physical controls though for the stuff you need to do. Your mirrors, your seat controls,

[46:33] turn signals, your windshield wipers. The very core elements of being a car are still physical and and fairly easy to do aside from opening your door. 2002 which >> Oh, yeah. They they Yeah, we're just the

[46:48] olden days. >> Yeah. No, it would be like a like a supermodel from the 70s. Like a fair faucet if you were dating her now. No, >> I'm surprised it did that. >> I am too. You don't think it would have

[47:00] >> You do have M brake calipers. >> That's good. brakes seem to hold up to some pretty aggressive driving. And I forgot these are eco oriented tires that give this the range that it does have. >> Oh, I thought they did great.

[47:14] >> I think we could forgive it a little bit of its, you know, under steer and lack of overall mechanical grip. This isn't a Pilot Sport 5S. This is a >> You don't exactly want this car over

[47:26] >> It under steered very comfortably. >> It It did really well on a back road. >> Yeah. The I think the big the big pros here, the big surprise is the driving experience. It's just a little bit unfortunate that the UI overshadows that

[47:41] some of the the steps that they've taken to improve the way the X5 looks. Also, to improve the way the X5 looks. Also, this looks about the size of the X7 now. >> Is it? >> This is a massive, massive vehicle.

[47:56] The wheelbase is an extra 60 millimeters, I think, >> to accommodate the battery pack. >> But that's okay. I mean, we've got more >> More is is better. >> Yeah.

[48:13] >> not a ton. >> It's not a ton of space given. >> At least you don't have to like press a button to hold the seats down.

[48:29] with a sound system test. Yeah, let's do that. We got Charlie from the daily that. We got Charlie from the daily motor. He's the OG sound system tester. >> So, wait, is it with these little

[48:42] winglets, is it sensing my finger touching or is it the force of >> I think it's pressure. >> So, wait. So, if I do like

[49:09] sometimes. Okay, we're going to go here. We're going to start. We're going to go into this this All

[49:31] right, we'll end on this note and then we'll see you guys later.

[50:41] Ooh. Hey. Hey.

[51:05] pressed pause to actually stop. >> There is just some laggginess that shouldn't be there again for 2027. Shouldn't be there. Um, I don't know. similar to previous Bowers and Wilkin systems that I listen to. BMWs.

[51:17] bass heavy. Yeah. >> Um, >> yeah. >> The other thing is they're moving more streaming and everything like that. There are fewer ways to get your music

[51:29] into this car. So if you are an audio file who watches the toeer, there's no way to get lossless music into here unless you use Amazon music, pay for a subscription there and then use their streaming essentially and have a data

[51:42] some, you know, iPod with a bunch of used to use in your vehicles, there's no way to plug into this anymore. USB or or 3.5 or anything. No disc obviously. This is interesting. Driving some of

[51:56] these roads outside of I can't tell if we're at B mode or not. In drive, it kind of does adaptive regen depending on whether you're approaching a tight on whether you're approaching a tight corner or on a straightaway

[52:14] So, right now I'm in drive and as we approach this corner, it's giving me a little bit more del, which is interesting. If we go in a little bit too fast, here's a stop sign.

[52:33] That's it. It's all we'll say for now. Stay tuned for our X drive 40 review with the venerable B-58 that's been improved, new bits, more power. of the X5. Now, there's a plug-in hybrid. There's the diesel in Europe

[52:49] >> And a hydrogen fuel cell. Yep. electric. I mean, they've got all their >> So, you got to end this video. >> All right, that's enough of that. And seen