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A few days ago, a new generation of BMW 5 series camouflage test car appeared in China, which is the first exposure in China since the emergence of the new BMW 5 series overseas test car half a year ago, according to overseas media reports, the new generation of BMW 5 series codename: G60/G61 new car will be officially put into production overseas in July 2023.
This means that the 7th generation BMW 5 Series on sale will be delisted in mid-2023, and along with the new generation of BMW 5 Series, there is also bmw's electrified and transformed new BMW i5 Series, in the same form and relationship as the new BMW 7 Series and i7 Series.
The new generation of BMW 5 Series is based on the CLAR platform development, the appearance of the rendering from the road test spy car shows that it does not use the latest styling on the new generation of BMW 7 Series flagship models, especially the split headlight design that is said to be the BMW flagship, and does not appear on the new generation of BMW 5 Series models, the overall styling design tends to be BMW-style conservative, which is less unnecessary criticism...
In terms of interior, BMW's future new models will undoubtedly adopt a new signature "double curved screen" design, cancel the crystal gear lever transposition dial-type electronic gear lever, integrate more physical buttons in the LCD screen, the overall interior meaning is more or less to the flagship new 7 series closer, but as for the rear video entertainment system hindered by the difference in models should not be able to!
The new generation of BMW 5 Series will have the traditional fuel-powered version, plug-in hybrid version and pure electric i5 version, but also will continue to launch high-performance M5 models with V8 engines, the new generation of BMW 5 Series is expected to be launched worldwide in early 2023, and officially put into production in July in the middle of the year, while the new generation of BMW M5 will be released later in 2024.
The new generation bmw i5 series as the BMW 5 series of pure electric version of the model, will have the same as the i4 fifth generation eDrive electric drive system power and battery pack configuration, it is reported that the BMW i5 series range will be more than 480 kilometers, the main competitors are Mercedes-Benz EQE models, as well as the future Audi A6 e-tron model.
Whether it is a new generation of BMW 5 Series or i5 Series will be put into production in China in the form of an extended version of the model, according to the previous BMW China's latest plant scheduling plan is to put into production in 2025 about 200,000 BMW 5 Series extended version, and about 100,000 BMW i5 models, now it seems that 2025 will also be put into production in the old factory...