{"id":47783,"date":"2023-04-19T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T21:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=47783"},"modified":"2023-04-19T17:29:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T21:29:45","slug":"first-ever-bmw-i5-m60-spotted-at-the-bmw-welt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=47783","title":{"rendered":"First Ever BMW i5 M60 Spotted at the BMW Welt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BMW i5<\/a> is coming and we\u2019re getting closer and closer to its release date. As we near the i5\u2019s official unveiling, BMW must be doing some promotional work with the camouflaged test mule, as it was recently spotted at the BMW Welt.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the spy photos, you can clearly see the BMW i5 sitting on some sort of platform fit with scaffolding. Attached to the scaffolding it high-tech camera equipment, suggesting that BMW is shooting the car for what we can only assume is promotional material for an upcoming teaser.<\/p>\n

The car in these spy photos also seems to be a BMW i5 M60, the fastest, most exciting version of the upcoming i5. This test mule certainly seems to be the i5 M60, thanks to its combination of badges, its lack of exhaust pipes, and its size mirrors. It\u2019s obviously a 5 Series but its \u201cElectrified Vehicle\u201d gives away its i5 nature. You might be saying to yourself that \u201cElectrified Vehicle\u201d could \u00a0include for hybrids too and there will be plug-in hybrid versions of the 7 Series. However, this test mule also has M-style mirrors, which won\u2019t be available on plug-in hybrid models in the future because there won\u2019t be a hybrid M Performance car. But there will be an i5 M60, so that\u2019s really all this car could be.<\/p>\n

Automakers have been doing a lot of official spy photo and video work lately. I guess they figure if the test mules are going to get spied anyway, they might as well make the photos be as professional as possible. BMW has done this quite a bit over the years, with cars like the M2 and i4. So it\u2019s not much of a surprise that BMW would be shooting something official with the i5 test mule. Plus, we already saw the i5 M60 in an official video, dancing on ice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s little other information to gain, aside from the fact that it was at the BMW Welt, as the car is covered in not only heavy camouflage but also camera equipment. However, we already know that the i5 M60 will not only be the most powerful i5 variant but it will be the most powerful non-M5 version of the 5 Series. It isn\u2019t exactly going to be an M5 but it\u2019s going to be shockingly close, in terms of performance. It should make upwards of 600 horsepower from its dual-motor powertrain, potentially the same 610 horsepower as the iX M60. When it debuts, it will be a shockingly fast car and we can\u2019t wait to see it. Until then, though, we\u2019re gonna have to wait for whatever BMW is filming here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BMW i5 is coming and we\u2019re getting closer and closer to its release date. As we near the i5\u2019s official unveiling, BMW must be doing some promotional work with the camouflaged test mule, as it was recently spotted at the BMW Welt. In the spy photos, you can clearly see the BMW i5 sitting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}