Add the M Sport front seats and laser headlight package, towbar and sunroof and this car passes £80k really quickly. I’ve had mine for 9 months (I also drive an X6) and the M50 is a fantastic package. Never used public charging as home charging is good enough. DCFC charge rates only apply for a short period with a very low battery SOC, so are almost irrelevant. In 9 months, having an M50 has saved me more than £2,500 in fuel costs alone. That’s significant. It also looks like a proper car rather than an iPad in wheels.
I've driven a model that was optioned up to about £86k - it is terrifying how fast the costs stack up! Great savings available on running costs by only using home charging, which is absolutely the best way to run an EV 😄
I have Ir M50 gran coupe...in green and cognac interior. No complaints so far...in wintere it gives about 200 miles with 80 percent charge in 45-50 degree F .
That's good range for chilly weather. When we filmed this it was similar temperatures and we had a full charge of around 280 miles - though we did use sport mode quite a bit for the review!
While I love my i4 EV, I miss the feel and sound coming from the engine of my X6. It was hard enough going from a manual transmission to an automatic over the years. Taking away the sounds of an ICE and the transmission shifts well, it's a different experience, not a bad one, just different. Love the new styling! Nice video.
@littlerocksolid they are both very well assembled but the 5N is such a good drive. At the time of filming this review the 5N hadn't been released - we've since all driven that and can hands down say it's the best driving EV there is
I actually love and prefer the BMW Series 4 front grille. Not sure why there is so much hate and dislike on the design. That was the whole reason why I purchased an i4 eDrive40 model. It’s a gorgeous design.
It might well be very fast, capable, etc, but it’s as ugly as sin, like most current BMWs, and there’s no way I’d part with that much money for such a mundane looking car.
Lmao, there is NO WAY you get 310 miles in winter.. The absolute best someone got out of this in summer, during hypermiling (90kmh behind a truck) was 300 miles.
@@BuckleUpShow RSymons RSEV did a real world cold weather test and the I4 M50 did 198 miles at 2.5 miles per kWh. That's a real world test. Not your BMW marketing bullshit.
@BuckleUpShow plenty of other real world usage tests mate. But arguing with you is pointless you clearly know you're wrong and have no facts to back up so now ur just throwing shit like a monkey
To be fair there aren't many EVs out there that compare to this in terms of how EVs go. I'm a JDM lover myself. Had GTRs, RX7s and even an 4g63t powered widebody RX8. But this is my car in the video too. It's far more capable than the previously mentioned vehicles I've had (when they were in factory form). All I can say is you really need to experience the M50 to believe it. It doesn't look as cool as those JDM cars, it doesn't have the wow factor and street cred. But it doubles up as a family car. For me as a father of two changes to my car choice had to be made. Covering 30,000 miles a year in a JDM car getting 20mpg Vs £600 total charging costs in an EV is a no brainer. Whilst at the same time I didn't have to give up performance.
HOLY TOLEDO, quite the bump up in production quality since I last watched; welldone!
Does "holy Toledo" refer to the sanctity of the city or an old Seat Leon based saloon with a rust issue?
@@BuckleUpShow the latter. Toledo is in Ohio and therefore has no such status of sanctity!
@@BuckleUpShowll😊
Add the M Sport front seats and laser headlight package, towbar and sunroof and this car passes £80k really quickly. I’ve had mine for 9 months (I also drive an X6) and the M50 is a fantastic package. Never used public charging as home charging is good enough. DCFC charge rates only apply for a short period with a very low battery SOC, so are almost irrelevant. In 9 months, having an M50 has saved me more than £2,500 in fuel costs alone. That’s significant. It also looks like a proper car rather than an iPad in wheels.
I've driven a model that was optioned up to about £86k - it is terrifying how fast the costs stack up! Great savings available on running costs by only using home charging, which is absolutely the best way to run an EV 😄
I have Ir M50 gran coupe...in green and cognac interior. No complaints so far...in wintere it gives about 200 miles with 80 percent charge in 45-50 degree F .
That's good range for chilly weather. When we filmed this it was similar temperatures and we had a full charge of around 280 miles - though we did use sport mode quite a bit for the review!
@BuckleUpShow same (S+) and i mean at about 80 percent charge
Average of speed (10%->80%) of a model 3 is 120kW while this has 130kW, the peak speed of charge is meaningless.
That is true, and realistically the best way to charge EVs like this is at home overnight as it is much cheaper than Public Fast Charging.
While I love my i4 EV, I miss the feel and sound coming from the engine of my X6. It was hard enough going from a manual transmission to an automatic over the years. Taking away the sounds of an ICE and the transmission shifts well, it's a different experience, not a bad one, just different. Love the new styling! Nice video.
I enjoy the fact the car doesn't try and mimic an ICE powerplant, but instead forges its own noises - seems more futuristic!
Very cinematic
You should pay to hire out a cinema and show it to all your friends
@@BuckleUpShow I'll be playing this at my local drive-in movie theater on Saturday night
Ýou are really tempting me to go for one..monthly cost over the i4 e40 is minimal..only thing is the range difference between the two
How far is your commute?
@@BuckleUpShow 60 miles round trip daily so 300 per week on average
I’m in the middle of choosing between this car and a Hyundai ionic 5 N! Any thoughts?
Get the 5n
What about quality issues?? I mean are they both well assembled?
@littlerocksolid they are both very well assembled but the 5N is such a good drive. At the time of filming this review the 5N hadn't been released - we've since all driven that and can hands down say it's the best driving EV there is
No, it is not. Even though I love my i4 M50. The best EV for petrol heads would be the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.
Can you currently buy one of those?
@@BuckleUpShow Yes. I’ve seen a couple of them here in Norway. I guess someone got them early, since they were expecting delivery in April
I actually love and prefer the BMW Series 4 front grille. Not sure why there is so much hate and dislike on the design. That was the whole reason why I purchased an i4 eDrive40 model. It’s a gorgeous design.
You’re on your own there pal
@@BuckleUpShowno he isn’t i like it
Ah, so there’s two of you, our mistake.
what kind of EV has transmission tunnel/hump between rear passenger legs? stupid ones
Or one that uses the space for batteries to maximize range. A flat floor is not a given with an EV.
It might well be very fast, capable, etc, but it’s as ugly as sin, like most current BMWs, and there’s no way I’d part with that much money for such a mundane looking car.
what car are you driving? It must be fantastic.
@@kingsterre 2018 M3 CS and a 2021
M5 Competition (from the era when BMW built good looking cars)
The G30 M5 and G26 i4's production runs have overlapped, you can't really claim the M5 comes from a different "era"
@@BuckleUpShow do for me as they’re from the ICE era
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Lmao, there is NO WAY you get 310 miles in winter.. The absolute best someone got out of this in summer, during hypermiling (90kmh behind a truck) was 300 miles.
It's not that hard to drive it in a way that means it's returning 4 miles per kWh
@@BuckleUpShow RSymons RSEV did a real world cold weather test and the I4 M50 did 198 miles at 2.5 miles per kWh. That's a real world test. Not your BMW marketing bullshit.
Richard Symonds the used Tesla salesman? what a credible and independent source of information
@BuckleUpShow plenty of other real world usage tests mate. But arguing with you is pointless you clearly know you're wrong and have no facts to back up so now ur just throwing shit like a monkey
Apart from the video, where the car was comfortably doing over 4 miles per kWh all day in winter. It’s just maths.
worst EV and car ever made
Germany never made a good car
JDM billion times better in every way
The worst car ever made is the lexus SC430
LOL
To be fair there aren't many EVs out there that compare to this in terms of how EVs go. I'm a JDM lover myself. Had GTRs, RX7s and even an 4g63t powered widebody RX8. But this is my car in the video too. It's far more capable than the previously mentioned vehicles I've had (when they were in factory form). All I can say is you really need to experience the M50 to believe it. It doesn't look as cool as those JDM cars, it doesn't have the wow factor and street cred. But it doubles up as a family car. For me as a father of two changes to my car choice had to be made. Covering 30,000 miles a year in a JDM car getting 20mpg Vs £600 total charging costs in an EV is a no brainer. Whilst at the same time I didn't have to give up performance.
It really is a jack of all trades!