BMW i5 Touring coming in spring 2024! But there is more…
Novelties in new BMW 5 Series
In a few months, the eighth generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan will debut. BMW promises a more dynamic and comfortable model than ever. In the 5 Series, the BMW Operating System 8.5 with BMW Curved Display, innovative digital services and – for the first time – a purely electric powertrain debut in the BMW i5.
More powertrains
There will be many more powertrains, of course. For example, there is a choice of all-electric, plug-in hybrid and highly efficient gasoline and diesel engines with 48V mild hybrid technology. The new BMW 5 Series Sedan will also be available as an all-electric BMW M Performance model.
BMW i4 M50 extremely popular
“The all-electric BMW i4 M50 demonstrated how BMW combines dynamic performance and electric mobility to perfection,” Zipse said. “It was the best-selling BMW M model worldwide in 2022. Of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan, then, an all-electric M Performance model from BMW M GmbH will also be introduced.”
New BMW 5 Series Touring, also 100% electric!
Zipse revealed that there will also be an all-new version of the new BMW 5 Series Touring. “The BMW 5 Series Touring is very popular, especially in Europe,” he noted. “Starting in the spring of 2024, there will then also be an all-electric version, which really sets us apart in this segment.”
BMW i5 Sedan and BMW i5 Touring
With the arrival of the BMW i5 Sedan in the premium executive segment, followed by the BMW i5 Touring in 2024, BMW Group will continue the systematic expansion of its all-electric model range. Global introduction of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan will begin in October 2023.
Retrospective BMW 5 Series
Over the course of 50 years and seven model generations, the 5 Series has proven itself to be the most successful business sedan in the world. From 1972 to early 2023, more than ten million units of the BMW 5 Series were produced. The first generation of the BMW 5 Series Sedan entered the market in 1972. With this launch also came the introduction of a new system of model designations that used a combination of three digits to indicate the model series and engine variant. A year after the model’s 50th anniversary, the latest generation is ready to take its traditional place, between the midsize 3 Series and the luxurious 7 Series.
Produced in Dingolfing
The new BMW 5 Series Sedan will be built exclusively at BMW Group Factory Dingolfing. The Lower Bavaria plant is the company’s largest production site in Europe. In the year that celebrates 50 years since the first BMW rolled off the assembly line at the plant, production of the eighth-generation BMW 5 Series Sedan begins. In addition to the new BMW 5 Series Sedan, from the current portfolio, the BMW 7 Series, 8 Series and the all-electric BMW iX will also be produced here.
BMW Group Factory Dingolfing is also home to the center of expertise for the production of electric drive systems, which is tasked with producing both the electric motors and high-voltage batteries for the BMW i5 at the factory site.