BMW has been creating the eight-generation 5 Collection for a while. We are going to lastly see it later this month when the automaker reveals it and the battery-electric i5 on Could 24.

Whereas we leaped on the alternative to take a look at drive a 2024 BMW i5 prototype, we nonetheless don’t know a lot about it or its combustion-powered counterpart. These particulars ought to arrive on the large reveal. Nonetheless, we all know that manufacturing will start this summer time with an on-sale date set for this October. BMW will construct the next-gen mannequin at its manufacturing facility in Dingolfing, Germany.

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Throughout the prototype drive, we discovered that BMW would initially launch the i5 in two configurations – a base eDrive40 and an M60 xDrive. The entry-level mannequin can have a single, rear-mounted drive motor making 335 horsepower. The M60 is stronger with a dual-motor setup making 590 hp. BMW didn’t disclose the variants’ torque figures. The corporate additionally selected to not reveal the battery capability or its vary numbers, however it’s aiming for 295 miles within the eDrive40. 

The brand new i5 will come filled with know-how like its Freeway Assistant, which is now utterly hands-free. All one has to do to have interaction a lane change is to have a look at the corresponding mirror. The BMW 7 Collection will get this function through an over-the-air replace as soon as the 5 Collection goes on sale this fall.

If pure electrical energy isn’t your gas of alternative, BMW will supply the 5 Collection with combustion, plug-in hybrid, and electrified energy. The transformed M5 is anticipated to debut (at a a lot later date) with a plug-in hybrid powertrain making an absurd quantity of energy. The setup makes as much as 738 hp within the BMW XM Crimson Label, and the sedan may put most of that energy underneath the correct foot.

Our spy photographers have captured the 5 Collection Touring testing in public, which may spawn an M Efficiency trim for the electrified model. The remainder of the 5 Collection wagon lineup ought to use plug-in hybrid know-how, however we don’t count on it to debut alongside the sedans.