BMW 5 Series wagon 2024: first all-electric i5 Touring confirmed for Australia 

BMW Australia has confirmed it’ll raise a Touring model of the all-electrical i5 to Australia in 2024.

The current wagon model will join the electrical i5 sedan within the Australian market, priced from $219,900 earlier than on-avenue prices.

On hand in a sole M60 variant, the i5 Touring is priced $4000 costlier than its sedan equal, or a broad $64,000 bigger than the horrible i5 eDrive40 M Sport.

The BMW i5 Touring joins 15 other electrical variants across seven units within the local BMW lineup.

The major-ever fully electrical BMW wagon, or Touring, is due in Australia throughout the third quarter of 2024.

The i5 Touring will compete with other huge wagons such because the electrical Porsche Taycan Execrable Turismo, as successfully because the upcoming Audi A6 E-Tron.

Key info and figures for the present i5 Touring

By the usage of dimensions, the i5 Touring measures in at 5060mm long, 1900mm broad and 1515mm gigantic, with a wheelbase of 2995mm. That makes the Touring bigger in every proportion than an Audi A6 allroad wagon.

As for practicalities, the i5 Touring will possess a 570 litre boot that can fabricate bigger up to 1700 litres with the 2nd row seats folded. This is vastly bigger than the sedan’s 490 litre boot.

The BMW i5 Touring in its M60 xDrive guise is powered by a 442kW/820Nm (the torque determine is boosted throughout M Commence Take care of a watch on or M Sport Increase) dual electrical motor setup. BMW claims a 0-100km/h shuffle time of three.9 seconds. That’s most racy rather of slower than the sedan’s 3.8 2nd claim.

Powering the mighty Bavarian wagon is a 81.2kWh usable battery pack that presents up to 506km of vary (WLTP).

Charging the present electrical BMW wagon can even additionally be done at up to 22kW AC, or 205kW DC.

The current BMW i5 Touring will attain frequent with M Sport suspension, M Sport braking system and rear-wheel guidance.

Other substances consist of rear axle air suspension, 50:50 weight distribution and what BMW calls “active roll comfort’, genuinely active anti-roll bars which compensate for rolling actions throughout not easy riding or on uneven avenue surfaces.

Fashioned specification for the i5 Touring variant

BMW’s first ever electrical wagon will attain frequent with the next checklist of substances:

• 20-lumber alloy wheels (21-lumber wheels are a no-ticket choice)
• M chassis tuning
• BMW Twisted Fresh with 14.9-lumber centre touchscreen and 12.3-lumber digital instrument cluster
• 17-speaker Bowers & Wilkins sound system
• Wireless cell phone charging
• BMW Iconic sounds
• Four-zone climate take care of watch over
• Panoramic glass roof
• Computerized tailgate
• Adaptive LED headlights
• Entrance seat heating
• Sport seats with leather merino upholstery
• Tyre rigidity monitoring
• Ambient lights

The next packs are on hand as alternatives:

• Consolation equipment ($2700)

• Steering wheel heating
• Roller sunblinds for rear facet home windows
• Consolation entrance seats
• Rear seat heating

• M Sport Plus ($3000)

• 21-lumber BMW Particular person aerodynamic in jet dark
• M lights shadow line
• M crimson brake calipers
• M seat belts
• Excessive gloss dark radiator grille physique
• Excessive gloss dark tail gentle fine strips
• M carbon exterior replicate caps

How safe will the present BMW i5 Touring be?

The current BMW i5 Touring (wagon) has not but been examined by ANCAP, on the opposite hand the related BMW 5 Series obtained a five-broad name ranking in 2023, with its most racy rankings being 89 percent for grownup occupant safety and 87 percent for limited one occupant safety.

As frequent, the present electrical BMW i5 Touring will attain fitted with the next safety substances:

• Riding assistant educated
• Steering and lane take care of watch over abet
• Adaptive cruise take care of watch over
• Parking assistant educated
• Four encompass-see cameras and an ultrasonic sensor

BMW i5 2024: prices in Australia

All prices listed are earlier than on-avenue prices.

• i5 sedan eDrive40 M Sport: $155,900
• i5 sedan M60 xDrive: $215,900
• i5 M60 Touring xDrive: $219,900 (NEW)