The 530i is decently quick and in current form is as large as older 7-series cars yet is EPA rated at 27 city / 35 hwy. Impressive mileage, performance, and comfort for a small displacement 4 cylinder

Nice interior, nice exterior lines. The reviewer is calm and unbiased.

Thank you, Kase. Good review.

Looking forward to seeing your review of the 2024 BMW 540i Xdrive. The 530 just doesn't have enough horsepower to put a smile on your face (or at least on my face). :)

Great Review - Thank You :)

Id take the ev version anytime, if i had the money

I like the design, personally! Stands out for sure. Haters will hate regardless. I reviewed the i5 M60, and it's a phenomenal driving car. Handles like a sports car and rides like a 7-series. Can't wait to drive the 540i/550e. I am not an EV fan, but the i5 is definitely my favorite EV thus far.

I loved the interior And that panoramic roof❤

"...necessary it is for a crossover" to have auto closing hatch/trunk...I'd argue it isn't necessary there either...

The 5 series is no longer a E segment car, it's a F segment. It's getting to large, it's basically a 7 series in size. (Yes, I know a 7 series to day is the size of a Crown Vic)

Bro the m5 is going to look even more insane. I love the old deisgn and the new one! New one was more classy this is more like a big bulky BMW muscle car. Things a tank. Also 3.7 sec 0-60 isnt the case as usual with bmw cars. Ive seen it do 3.3

I think 530e or 550i is the hest chooise in the new 5 series Long range and the B48/ B58😎

Good looking car - as you said the shark nose them suits it really well, its been a while since BMW brought a really good looking car to market.

BMW do a nice interior and it's much better than Tesla

I do really like the new 5

Interesting comparison Kase two nice cars, I wonder how an electric car with a battery up front would go, in the case of a full frontal collision?

So, is it better than the gas?

The 540 i please no electric thank you

The M60 delivers the performance of an M5 for the price of a nice equipped 540. That`s a no brainer.

Gas or electric, this car is ugly. It looks both geriatric yet poser-ishly modern and avant garde at the exact same time. All the fussy bending lines, bumps and creases, with proportion that are completely out of whack, it's just a mess. To think, this is the same company that made such elegantly sporty luxury cars like the E39. What the hell happened...

Way to go kase ❤

Taycan as a weekender Turo rental was fun. Then every time i get on a Pestlas, it ruins the vibe and makes me hate Bevs. Rode shotty on a Turo i4 and it was really nice at night. Overall dull... Coming from an all bimmer garage. The iX50 & M60 is probably the only bev i thought about seriously signing for. Soulless, but it felt special enough especially the M60. Tayca was special too, but that price for mediocre range. Just get a 911 S Give us the gassers! No to bevs 🙅🏻‍♂

Thank you, Kase. Good review. IMHO electric vehicles are the future, but I don't think we are there yet. the 50/50 like the Prius seems to be a great bridge

Great job on the review. 30 minutes charge is good but in the gas version it would be 5 minutes for a fiil up & be miles down the road. $80,000 for that is crazy. They tried batteries before & it failed, and I will guarantee it's gonna fail again.

What's the point to have lot's of horsepower on electric cars? It is useless. Unfortunately the rannge of electric cars are very low, tbey are way more expensive than the petrol/diesel cars, and more heavier. A lot of time to wait to charge, not ideal for long trips. So there are no advantages for electric cars.

BMW needs to hire some new designers. Smh. The interior is fine but the exterior is horrid. Especially hate those taillights. If I had to pick one it would be the 540 tho

85,000 is a BARGAIN compared to a Model S!! Much better car!!

We need 550i not EV.

Absolutely fugly. The interior looks worse than the E39 in terms of look and feel from 20-25 years ago! The trunk doesn't even have gas struts like the E39. The general design change BMW has started to go through and, the even longer term loss of soul (no longer the ultimate driving machine that perfectly balanced comfort handling) has meant they have lost a devout supporter; BMWs formed a key part of my childhood and youth from the street to the track. The rest of the family have admitted they are moving towards being with Mercedes as opposed to being with BMW given where the design of BMW is going and it missing something that they can't put their finger on

2.0L 4 cylinder in a 5 series. Pass!

BMW styling has fallen off a cliff.

Kase you do a great job on these reviews. But those little charge up Barbie jeeps gotta go.

the ppl in the comments section are clearly not the target demographic. we the wealthy realize EVs for our work and lunch meetings is so incredibly nice and the convenience of not wasting more time on maint/fill ups makes us more wealthy....

"Free charging" being doled out by these non-domestic manufactures is killing the charging infrastructure- incentivizing people to use a "free charger" instead of charging at home is a horrible idea.

Also just a side note...BMW has destroyed a huge amount of prime farming land in Woodruff, SC to build a battery plant....cut down hundreds of trees and are using diesel construction equipment to move the dirt and build the plant. Go Green!

Sooooo much wasted time, money, energy on this EV fad.

No EV for me…

I’ve considered myself a car enthusiast since the mid 70s, several years before I even had a license. Worshiped at the altar of the European sports car/sedan as evangelized by R&T and C&D. My first new car purchase was a 1983 VW Rabbit GTI. If I ran things, no one could get a license without knowing how to work a clutch and manual gearbox, trucks would be for work only, and crossovers wouldn’t exist. But even with my background, I’ve fully embraced the idea that the BMW E90 I bought new in 2009 and still use for high speed, long range duties is the last ICE vehicle I’ll buy. My daily driver since 2014 has been an EV. Two leased and now a third purchased i3. I love it because it’s so weird but perfectly engineered for its city car mission. Look no further than the chassis that’s largely carbon fiber and aluminum. It makes the i3 several hundred pounds lighter than the base 530i here. And even a decade on, the i3 interior design remains unequaled. In comparison, the i5 strikes me as several steps backwards. All of which is a long way of saying I have zero interest in any car that’s on a converted ICE platform. We’ll see if the 2025 Neue Klasse sedan is convincing enough to make me part with my E90.