{"id":50516,"date":"2023-05-25T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50516"},"modified":"2023-05-25T08:00:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:00:03","slug":"bmw-i5-photos-villa-deste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50516","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Photos of the BMW i5 at the Gorgeous Villa d’Este on Lake Como"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new BMW i5<\/a> hasn\u2019t exactly received unanimous praise, as opinions seem to be mixed, however its receptions has been far better than many of BMW\u2019s other recent releases. I personally think it looks rather good and is certainly a massive step up from cars like the 7 Series<\/a>, XM, and even the 4 Series. With a sharp design, normal looking kidney grilles, and a fabulous interior, the new 5er is one of the best designs from BMW in ages. Thankfully, we had the chance to see it in person at the absolutely jaw-dropping Villa d\u2019Este<\/a> on Lake Como.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t already noticed by these photos, Lake Como is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. In fact, as I write this I\u2019m looking up real estate listings near Lake Como and figuring out how much my non-essential internal organs are worth on the black market. So, as you can imagine, it\u2019s the perfect place to debut a car because the backdrop helps make any car look good.<\/p>\n

More specifically, one of the cars you see in this photo gallery is the BMW i5 M60, which will be the fastest, most exciting version of the electric 5 Series. It\u2019s also going to be the fastest 5 Series of any kind until the G90-generation BMW M5<\/a> debuts. Oddly, that car will be a plug-in hybrid and not a full battery-electric vehicle (BEV) like the i5 M60.<\/p>\n

In its max power launch mode, the i5 M60 makes 590 horsepower and 605 lb-ft of torque, which makes it almost as powerful as the F90-generation BMW M5. According to BMW, it can get from 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds but we suspect, as with most BMWs, it will be quite a bit quicker than that. So a 3.5-second time but be realistic. It is frustrating to see BMW keep some sort of arbitrary hierarchy alive by making the iX M60 more powerful than the i5 M60, despite them having the same powertrain. If anything, the 5 Series\u2014the model that\u2019s existed for decades\u2014deserves to make more power than the iX, which just got here five minutes ago. The i5 M60 is capable of more power and performance and it\u2019s a shame BMW hamstrung it.<\/p>\n

Still, we\u2019re just happy that it\u2019s here and good looking. It isn\u2019t perfect and I wouldn\u2019t call it beautiful but it\u2019s cool and interesting looking, which can\u2019t be said of the 7 Series or XM. So let\u2019s take what we can get and appreciate the BMW i5 for what it is\u2014a handsome looking, high-performance, electric sedan with a superb interior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new BMW i5 hasn\u2019t exactly received unanimous praise, as opinions seem to be mixed, however its receptions has been far better than many of BMW\u2019s other recent releases. I personally think it looks rather good and is certainly a massive step up from cars like the 7 Series, XM, and even the 4 Series. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50517,"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-50516","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\/50516","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=50516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}