Glad you asked. They do. They actually focus group their actual customers. As a result of this, look at their sales. The new split headlights G70 7 series for example in the first half of the year outsold the mighty S Class for the first time. So yeah.
The previous model looks better, period. This one isn't "ugly" like the XM/M4/7, but it does not have the elegant proportions of the 2023 generation. The harshly raked character line across the "face" of the vehicle is NOT an improvement over the clean front appearance of the G30. The rear and sides are meh, generic 4-door, and please tell us why the steering wheel had to be shaped so stupidly? To be "different"? Finally, PLEASE integrate the screens if you're going to put them in our cars!!! I despise the "flat panel stuck on my dash" look I actually sought out a '22 330i, just to avoid it in the '23 330i.
I like the exterior because it reminds me of the E60, which, in my opinion, was the most beautiful 5 Series BMW. However, when it comes to the interior, this G60 is awful, with a poor design that doesn’t stand out at all and looks too generic like any other car. The material quality is not up to par, and those gauges are just terrible.
Calling the m4 ugly is just delusional look it up with aftermarket parts. Just needs to be lowered and have performance parts .. front lip.. yellow drls
Just thought the same! The front, cabin and rear don't fit. Its as though all three areas of the car were designed by different teams who barely spoke and only met at the very end of the project.
Nice to see it with a real Engine even tho its a 4cyl. Here in Norway were basically forced to buy electric im considering move across the pond because of it.
I have to admit that the new g60 is now my dream car. Before it was VW passat B8 since it was revealed in 2014. In 2017 I bought one. I still think that it’s one of the best looking cars. So after 9 years a new dream car appeared. One day I will buy it.
@@h4zard_ It doesn’t matter whether you have bmw or not. G60 looks much better than predecessor. I don’t need to be an owner of any bmw to understand that
The G60 is an abomination! Rear end looks like a Toyota camary and thr front is hideous. The interior looks an Audi! G30 is probably the last good car that bmw made
I saw it at the bmw dealer. I totally agree with the presenter in the video, this car could be deemed a flagship like a 7 or S class. It is larger than the older 5 series and has a big and regal presence. It’s one of the most beautiful, modern, sexy, and technologically advanced cars I’ve seen. Absolutely beautiful, especially in blue.
Nice review! I think I will stick with my M550i with no, expensive to fix, hybrid system. It looks too generic. I am sure it rides well. Just not visually appealing to my eye.
I like the exterior because it reminds me of the E60, which, in my opinion, was the most beautiful 5 Series BMW. However, when it comes to the interior, this G60 is awful, with a poor design that doesn’t stand out at all and looks too generic like any other car. The material quality is not up to par, and those gauges are just terrible.
It looks like a 3 year old designed this car with crayons and BMW actually went thru with the design. This car does not scream BMW to me. It looks like a mixture of a KIA on the front end and a Ford on the back. Very similar to the early 90s Ford Taurus in the back. No consistency with the design overall, just slapped together with a bunch of parts. Interior is nice, I'll give them that but the exterior is what I'm buying a car for initially. Everything inside is negotiable. Can't argue with the exterior, it either looks good or bad. For what they're charging there is no eh I'll get used to it. The car better match what I expect not what BMW expects me to like. Listen to the customer instead of telling them what they want. I've owned 2008 5 series for awhile now and that car is beautiful. Evolved from its previous design you can still see the BMW in it. Where is the evolution in this car. I don't see BMW when I look at this vehicle. It's a pathetic attempt to try to be different rather than consistent. If this is EV effect on the design of BMW cars then we can only expect it to get worse from here.
I love my 2023 530e. It still kinda feels/Looks like a BMW. I hope that BMW has an “update” that takes it back to what we love about it. Hopefully they will give and option to split the screens.
I think it was to offset BMW releasing the i5 M60 first. BMW is pushing the i5 which is why so many of the early reviews are focused on the EV at launch rather than the ICE models. 540i should be arriving soon
Great review; first 530i review I've seen. Unfortunately, iDrive 8 is an abomination. The 8 shortcut buttons are gone. Climate control buttons are gone. Heated seats and ventilated seats are now have to be turned on / off in software. Even the HEATED STEERING WHEEL BUTTON is gone. No one can dispute that having to navigate a software menu to do simple tasks is easier and safer than a switch you can locate and turn on, without looking, by memory. The fact the common sense has been lost around this is totally mind boggling. And what's up with all the touch capacitive, high gloss, dust-magnet, finger-print, garbage? Was the turn-style headlight switch too complicated, for BMW?
I was looking to buy a 2024 X5 xDrive40i to replace my 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 6 speed manual wagon I bought new in late 2010. The new interior design is a COMPLETE deal breaker. I’ll be buying a Porsche Cayenne or Porsche Macan instead! Never buying a new BMW ever again
@@JRB41 -- I get it. I just sold my 2016 BMW 328i xDrive. I love BMW and was hoping to buy another, but their new interiors and lack of buttons are are so disappointing.
I drove the new 2024 530i the other day. I loved it! The only thing I don’t love is the back end. I love the big grills. I have a 440i m convertible and love it on that car. I am planning on ordering the 540i m sport when it’s available.
The 2024 Mercedes E-Class looks way better, but the prices of the BMW 5 series, and the E-Class are too expensive compared to the new Lexus ES that coming.
Design language both internally and externally doesn't speak to me at all... with everything else mentioned already, one cannot notice how intrusive that self-reflection occurs on the display in a sunny weather - almost asking for trouble and potential risk 😵 Back seat looks nice though, but then rims.... oh my how opposite of elegant they seem to look... i bet they are heavy too and impractical to clean and inconvenient to transport given their suspected weight. If it were free, it would be just "MEH", but given it's premium price point and God forbid maintenance costs and potentially yet undisclosed certain subscription costs for novelty features, then all you got to think is "what the family" in your head - this smells such a miss 😧
The idrive 8 screens are not reflective at all. This one still has the plastic screen protector. That being said the rest of this car looks horrid. Inside and out
yes, they went too far - the car is too big for european standards for daily family use. i own current g31, and g61 which is 10cm longer (!!) and 3cm wider makes it much more difficult to use in the town, shopping centers, etc. So, if the next G81(...) does not go back to just below 5m, this is my last 5-series... which is a pity, i love the car, but the new one became just too big...
G60 is the generation. For instance, many BMW enthusiasts love the 5 Series from 1997-2003 but instead of referencing the model years we refer to it as the E39.
This is easily the worst looking bmw right now. At least the XM, M2, and M3/4 looks cool and aggressive and look better as you keeping looking at.. This just looks extremely awkwardly proportioned and looks nothing like a bmw.
In my opinion the design is not my cup of tea. More cheap plastic in the interior compared to previous generation G30. The screens look misplaced, and I would miss the physical buttons to change settings for e.g. climate control. I'm a BMW driver for over 30 years since I was 19 back then. Unfortunately their new desings do not tick any boxes for me.
It is so unattractive. Additionally the interior is not conducive to intuitive safe driving. It needs to work and feel analog. Plus the real elephant in the room is that BMW excels with chassis, suspension and drivetrain. What it sucks at is technology, electronics and anything plastics. Everyone knows modern BMW vehicles are junk as you have to deal with the electronics and plastics. So what does BMW do? Yup, flee from the drivetrain and go far more dependent on their weak areas of technology, general electronics and cheap plastics. You don't think the consumer is paying attention?
The 2010 E60 LCI M-sport is so much more beautiful. It has much nicer and unique tail lights. This car looks like hideous and bloated wannabe in comparison.
BMW literally killed their entire brand. They killed everything that was iconically BMW and replaced it with this Chinese shit. One of the biggest falls from grace of any brand.
Exterior is something that i could live with,but interior...my god,its so disturbingly ugly. Two spoke steering wheel and tablet style dash is just...ugly.
Finally, a new 5 series review that's not the i5 M60
I love this new design. The interior is amazing. I just bought it. Excited to drive it.
It makes me wonder if BMW listen to their customers at all before putting their designs in production
Glad you asked. They do. They actually focus group their actual customers. As a result of this, look at their sales. The new split headlights G70 7 series for example in the first half of the year outsold the mighty S Class for the first time. So yeah.
@@willblack2306that’s because a lot of people don’t like the new s class.
@@GMC2500DENALI That'd be a shame cos I think it's a fantastic car .
@@willblack2306 yeah it’s nice, people who buy those cars tend to be older and I think that they made this new one more appealing to younger buyers
Yes, they listen to... Chinese.
The previous model looks better, period. This one isn't "ugly" like the XM/M4/7, but it does not have the elegant proportions of the 2023 generation. The harshly raked character line across the "face" of the vehicle is NOT an improvement over the clean front appearance of the G30. The rear and sides are meh, generic 4-door, and please tell us why the steering wheel had to be shaped so stupidly? To be "different"? Finally, PLEASE integrate the screens if you're going to put them in our cars!!! I despise the "flat panel stuck on my dash" look I actually sought out a '22 330i, just to avoid it in the '23 330i.
i like the new 5 series and i had the g30 m550i. ill prolly get one when my current lease is up.
I like the exterior because it reminds me of the E60, which, in my opinion, was the most beautiful 5 Series BMW. However, when it comes to the interior, this G60 is awful, with a poor design that doesn’t stand out at all and looks too generic like any other car. The material quality is not up to par, and those gauges are just terrible.
@@Salyar a crystal light bar around the entire car doesn't stand out?! maybe u grew up in a swarovski factory...
Calling the m4 ugly is just delusional look it up with aftermarket parts. Just needs to be lowered and have performance parts .. front lip.. yellow drls
@@japanwatchconnection ye 300$ to lower the suspension and a front splitter for 400$
This styling is awful. That downward angle on the hood is insane.
Just thought the same! The front, cabin and rear don't fit. Its as though all three areas of the car were designed by different teams who barely spoke and only met at the very end of the project.
Nice to see it with a real Engine even tho its a 4cyl. Here in Norway were basically forced to buy electric im considering move across the pond because of it.
I have to admit that the new g60 is now my dream car. Before it was VW passat B8 since it was revealed in 2014. In 2017 I bought one. I still think that it’s one of the best looking cars. So after 9 years a new dream car appeared. One day I will buy it.
You are sick, mate. This car looks very bad. I own 2017 530i and I know what I’m saying.
@@h4zard_ It doesn’t matter whether you have bmw or not. G60 looks much better than predecessor. I don’t need to be an owner of any bmw to understand that
@@mrSvob75A g60 > g30? Umm... wtf?
The G60 is an abomination! Rear end looks like a Toyota camary and thr front is hideous. The interior looks an Audi! G30 is probably the last good car that bmw made
@@ij1014 new 3-series looks good, but bmw didn`t do any major changes really, the same situation with the new x6
I’m speechless, it looks like a KIA from the back, the gray plastic brushed aluminum accent that “creeps” up the sides is so bizarre, wtf #BMW ?
Doing the reviews we need!
Seems so complicated. I would be exhausted trying to figure out what everything does.
I saw it at the bmw dealer. I totally agree with the presenter in the video, this car could be deemed a flagship like a 7 or S class. It is larger than the older 5 series and has a big and regal presence. It’s one of the most beautiful, modern, sexy, and technologically advanced cars I’ve seen. Absolutely beautiful, especially in blue.
There have been laments about BMW designs since the 2002 BMW 7 Series (E65) yet they always sell cars and the designs always grow on people
E39, last of the good BMW 5 series
Nice review! I think I will stick with my M550i with no, expensive to fix, hybrid system.
It looks too generic. I am sure it rides well. Just not visually appealing to my eye.
I kinda find it ironic that It's called the G60. It's basically the E60 2.0. A t least the E60 has some elegance to it's design.
Very professional presentation by the RUclipsr
Lets hope the next generation does it right...
Almost perfect car except for tight second row and boot space
I've owned BMW sedans since 1974. I must say, BMW has become a disaster in design and purpose; overwrought, overweight and overpriced.
I like the exterior because it reminds me of the E60, which, in my opinion, was the most beautiful 5 Series BMW. However, when it comes to the interior, this G60 is awful, with a poor design that doesn’t stand out at all and looks too generic like any other car. The material quality is not up to par, and those gauges are just terrible.
@jonw8205Exactly - I prefer the 2017 - 2020 5 Series
Stop living in the past big man. BMW is keeping up with the times.
Is the 2-spoke steering wheel standard now? 😢
Yes it is. You can, however, get a three spoke steering wheel with the M Package. 😎
how did u travel to the future to 2024??
When Fiat Multipla is back...in other brand😂
It looks like a 3 year old designed this car with crayons and BMW actually went thru with the design. This car does not scream BMW to me. It looks like a mixture of a KIA on the front end and a Ford on the back. Very similar to the early 90s Ford Taurus in the back. No consistency with the design overall, just slapped together with a bunch of parts. Interior is nice, I'll give them that but the exterior is what I'm buying a car for initially. Everything inside is negotiable. Can't argue with the exterior, it either looks good or bad. For what they're charging there is no eh I'll get used to it. The car better match what I expect not what BMW expects me to like. Listen to the customer instead of telling them what they want. I've owned 2008 5 series for awhile now and that car is beautiful. Evolved from its previous design you can still see the BMW in it. Where is the evolution in this car. I don't see BMW when I look at this vehicle. It's a pathetic attempt to try to be different rather than consistent. If this is EV effect on the design of BMW cars then we can only expect it to get worse from here.
This one is nicer than M Sport version. The hideous front grill on M Sport ruins the car
I love my 2023 530e. It still kinda feels/Looks like a BMW. I hope that BMW has an “update” that takes it back to what we love about it. Hopefully they will give and option to split the screens.
Traded my G30 about 4 months ago. Why bring the 4 cylinder first? The B58 engine is a must!
I think it was to offset BMW releasing the i5 M60 first. BMW is pushing the i5 which is why so many of the early reviews are focused on the EV at launch rather than the ICE models. 540i should be arriving soon
This car makes me cry.
Great review; first 530i review I've seen. Unfortunately, iDrive 8 is an abomination. The 8 shortcut buttons are gone. Climate control buttons are gone. Heated seats and ventilated seats are now have to be turned on / off in software. Even the HEATED STEERING WHEEL BUTTON is gone. No one can dispute that having to navigate a software menu to do simple tasks is easier and safer than a switch you can locate and turn on, without looking, by memory. The fact the common sense has been lost around this is totally mind boggling. And what's up with all the touch capacitive, high gloss, dust-magnet, finger-print, garbage? Was the turn-style headlight switch too complicated, for BMW?
I was looking to buy a 2024 X5 xDrive40i to replace my 2011 BMW 328i xDrive 6 speed manual wagon I bought new in late 2010. The new interior design is a COMPLETE deal breaker. I’ll be buying a Porsche Cayenne or Porsche Macan instead! Never buying a new BMW ever again
@@JRB41 -- I get it. I just sold my 2016 BMW 328i xDrive. I love BMW and was hoping to buy another, but their new interiors and lack of buttons are are so disappointing.
17:45 ‘It will grow on you’… You mean like a wart ??
Basic controls need to be placed back into the console.
i love it.
I drove the new 2024 530i the other day. I loved it! The only thing I don’t love is the back end. I love the big grills. I have a 440i m convertible and love it on that car. I am planning on ordering the 540i m sport when it’s available.
What color are you getting? I have built it online in every color!😀
That will be beautiful!
@@Mugsy-14 Oh please, they will cancel this ugly design in 2 years and return a proper V8,no hybrid . Or else , BMW.
@rachelgreen1368 if you think V8s are the future...you are confused.
You have to pay for the m package if buying this car. Makes it look at least half way decent.
Would be great to see your review of the G60 540i
It's better looking than the 7, which doesn't say much tbh
Horrible Front, Rear & Alloys
Bmw give those taillight back to totota
The 2024 540i with the six cylinder is now available on car lots in the U.S. Can you please provide a review of the 540i? Thanks!
They could've made the design so much better with the price but I don't mind this one classy.
Great review as always! Thank you!
I’ve owned BMWs in the past. All I know and experienced is you MUST sell it after the warranty expires.
I still drive my 325i from 2001.
The thumbnail reminded me of the 4 door 2 series 😂
Excellent review!
The exterior color is a beautiful shade of blue. What is that color called?
Good review, thanks!
Really has no soul
The 2024 Mercedes E-Class looks way better, but the prices of the BMW 5 series, and the E-Class are too expensive compared to the new Lexus ES that coming.
I'm looking forward to the updated ES.
One day... I buy a 2024 BMW 5-series sedan.
Wow, this looks horrible. BMW continues to ruin new models in different ways.
So incredibly ugly, and the interior materials are way too plasticky. Miss the old days of BMW luxury materials.
G30>G60 anyday
Test drive : many words without any content
Please review the x1 m35i
Ironically that’s what I was supposed to review instead of the 530i but it sold. Hoping to get my hands on one in December.
Is that a tank?. No. A truck? No . A pig? Yup. :)
Dog, Pig, Dog, Pig, Dog, Pig, New BMW 5 Series - The Mitchells vs The Machines
As far as I know 2024 530i with b48 engine doesn't have 48v mild hybrid system just like any other bmw with b48 engine
While it’s buried in BMW’s press release for the 5 series, all gas powered models including the 530i receive a 48 volt mild hybrid system.
2024 BMW 5-series sedan is my better buy.
The opposite of what BMW stood for
I find the interior design generic. The curved screen looks like the current Huyandai/Kia's Layout...basic versus luxurious.
For 62k i can think of other BMW's to get.
Nice and not nice at the same time . I do like the last gen better and for this price ur better off with the new x5 that's a v6
I still can't move on with the front grill, put back the crome
Front looks like 5 series GT
Design language both internally and externally doesn't speak to me at all... with everything else mentioned already, one cannot notice how intrusive that self-reflection occurs on the display in a sunny weather - almost asking for trouble and potential risk 😵 Back seat looks nice though, but then rims.... oh my how opposite of elegant they seem to look... i bet they are heavy too and impractical to clean and inconvenient to transport given their suspected weight.
If it were free, it would be just "MEH", but given it's premium price point and God forbid maintenance costs and potentially yet undisclosed certain subscription costs for novelty features, then all you got to think is "what the family" in your head - this smells such a miss 😧
The idrive 8 screens are not reflective at all. This one still has the plastic screen protector. That being said the rest of this car looks horrid. Inside and out
@@MrE.888 Thanks for clarification and agreed on the rest
That car is ugly looking, my 2021 540 with M package looks way better. I won't be getting this one when my lease is up. New E class looks much better
yes, they went too far - the car is too big for european standards for daily family use. i own current g31, and g61 which is 10cm longer (!!) and 3cm wider makes it much more difficult to use in the town, shopping centers, etc. So, if the next G81(...) does not go back to just below 5m, this is my last 5-series... which is a pity, i love the car, but the new one became just too big...
I’ve got a 640i GT which is the same size as the new 5 series and I can confirm it is too big for normal UK roads, although the car itself is superb.
Yes. Too far into the air with the rear end. All sportiness is gone.
This is honestly ugly :( what happened?
The frontend is homage to the e60(g60)-even in the name.
Wht about 540i is coming or no
540i is arriving soon. BMW launched the 530i first
@@BostonAutoBlog pls make a review when ever its available
@@BostonAutoBlog Great Review! Really excited about the 540ix. I think that's the one I'm going to put the money on.
So ugly inside and out. Not luxurious at all . BMW had lost its ways . Bring back real European designers.
g30>g60
G60?!? What do u mean
G60 is the generation. For instance, many BMW enthusiasts love the 5 Series from 1997-2003 but instead of referencing the model years we refer to it as the E39.
@@BostonAutoBlog thanks buddy 🙏
This is easily the worst looking bmw right now. At least the XM, M2, and M3/4 looks cool and aggressive and look better as you keeping looking at.. This just looks extremely awkwardly proportioned and looks nothing like a bmw.
In my opinion the design is not my cup of tea. More cheap plastic in the interior compared to previous generation G30. The screens look misplaced, and I would miss the physical buttons to change settings for e.g. climate control. I'm a BMW driver for over 30 years since I was 19 back then. Unfortunately their new desings do not tick any boxes for me.
That's one UGLY BMW.... it looks li,e an old Honda Accord
It's basically a modern e60.
It is so unattractive. Additionally the interior is not conducive to intuitive safe driving. It needs to work and feel analog. Plus the real elephant in the room is that BMW excels with chassis, suspension and drivetrain. What it sucks at is technology, electronics and anything plastics. Everyone knows modern BMW vehicles are junk as you have to deal with the electronics and plastics. So what does BMW do? Yup, flee from the drivetrain and go far more dependent on their weak areas of technology, general electronics and cheap plastics. You don't think the consumer is paying attention?
The 2010 E60 LCI M-sport is so much more beautiful. It has much nicer and unique tail lights. This car looks like hideous and bloated wannabe in comparison.
Just don't look balanced. 2023 face-lifted Hyundai Sonata (in Korea) looks better.
BMW literally killed their entire brand. They killed everything that was iconically BMW and replaced it with this Chinese shit.
One of the biggest falls from grace of any brand.
I’m glad BMWs are ugly cuz otherwise I’d be tempted to buy one
Exterior is something that i could live with,but interior...my god,its so disturbingly ugly. Two spoke steering wheel and tablet style dash is just...ugly.
This car looks like Peppa pig from the front 🤢
So ugly. They'd need to pay me to get one
People said the same about the E60, and F10… in fact people say it about every new bmw generation
The new 5 series is pretty ugly.
If you are buying electric, that is fine. If you are buyind an ice version of the new 5, u r fucked..
Idrive 8 sucks
What is this Chinese car?
It is just ugly. Simple as that.
I'll take my Lexus ES 350 any day over a Bimmer.
When did BMW decide to start making totally ugly cars😢.
Very well done review. Thank you.