When BMW launched the i5 Touring earlier this week, one of many variations it highlighted in press photographs was an eDrive40 painted in Cape York Inexperienced and outfitted with the M Sport Package deal. An nearly an identical specification of Bavaria’s first-ever electrical wagon has now touched down on the BMW UK headquarters.

The one distinction we’re seeing between the 2 automobiles is the swap from blue to crimson calipers. This one too has the Shadowline headlights flanking a blacked-out kidney grille. It’s additionally sitting on an identical 20-inch wheels (939 M type), however BMW lets you go a dimension larger or decrease when configuring the i5 Touring. Though this isn’t the warmer i5 M60 Touring, it exhibits that with the proper choices, even the lesser eDrive40 can look posh.

The brand new 5 Sequence wagon is shaping to be a wonderful all-rounder, though the totally electrical model would possibly give individuals vary anxiousness. As well as, the dearth of a gasoline-only model at launch is a tricky tablet to swallow because you’ll both get one of many diesels (520d, 520d xDrive, 540d xDrive) or the plug-in hybrids (530e, 530e xDrive). Since this pre-production prototype was filmed within the UK, we must always point out BMW’s native division will solely promote the G61 era as a PHEV and EV. That’s proper – there aren’t any pure ICE variants accessible.

The walkaround video doesn’t essentially paint an correct image of how large the luxurious wagon has gotten for its sixth era. The Mercedes E-Class Property rival is 97 mm longer (5,060 mm), 32 mm wider (1,900 mm), and 17 mm larger (1,515 mm) than the previous G31 mannequin. The engineers have additionally stretched the wheelbase by 20 mm (2995 mm), which BMW says is the longest within the phase.

Predictably, it’s additionally a heavy automotive since even the lightest of the bunch – the 520d with rear-wheel drive – suggestions the scales at 1,835 kilograms. The i5 M60 is the porkiest, at 2,350 kg. These figures inform us that the hotly anticipated M5 Touring with its plug-in hybrid V8 setup goes to be critically heavy. The G99 will likely be launched later this yr.

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