BMW Group Malaysia has formally revealed pricing for the BMW i5 M60 xDrive, which is priced from RM478,800, with an eight-year, 160,000 km battery guarantee, whereas the optionally available BMW Service & Restore Inclusive bundle at RM20,300 that brings an prolonged, five-year guarantee and repair bundle. Launched for the Malaysian market in Could, the i5 M60 xDrive first arrived regionally with indicative pricing of RM480k.
As such, official pricing for this M Efficiency variant of the i5 is round RM80k increased than that of the i5 eDrive40 which introduced the G60-generation 5 Sequence to the Malaysian market, arriving at RM399,500 earlier than the optionally available prolonged guarantee bundle.
The i5 M60 xDrive is obtainable with the Straightforward Drive Financing Plan from BMW Group Monetary Companies Malaysia in a month-to-month instalment plan from RM6,295, primarily based on a 80% mortgage throughout a five-year tenure, and clients who go for Straightforward Drive Financing from now till June 30, 2024 additionally get a RM10,000 money rebate.
Paying the premium for the i5 M60 over the eDrive40 brings a substantial uptick in powertrain output figures, and this M Efficiency variant packs a 340 PS rear motor – matching the output of the eDrive40 – that’s joined by a 261 PS entrance axle motor for 517 PS and 795 Nm of torque, mixed, nonetheless, there’s extra.
Choose Sport mode and with both M Sport Enhance or M Launch Management activated, the complete complement of 601 PS and 820 Nm of torque shall be deployed, propelling the i5 M60 xDrive from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, and a high velocity of 230 km/h.
Feeding the powertrain of the i5 M60 xDrive is a 83.9 kWh battery that provides a claimed 455-516 km of vary on the WLTP testing normal, and just like the eDrive40, can take as much as 205 kW in DC quick charging. It will yield a 0-80% cost in 34 minutes, or 156 km of vary added each 10 minutes. on the AC charging entrance, as much as 22 kW is feasible, which is able to yield a full cost in 4 hours and quarter-hour.
Chassis highlights for the i5 M60 xDrive embrace Adaptive M Suspension Skilled with M-tuned dampers in addition to 48-volt energetic roll stabilisation to carry an Energetic Roll Consolation perform to maintain the car degree over uneven roads, and rear-wheel steering so as to add agility or stability relying on state of affairs.
Additional figuring out the i5 M60 xDrive from its extra modest stablemates embrace the M Sport Professional bundle that brings a gloss black grille and door mirrors, black M Shadow Line adaptive LED headlights, darkened taillights and a boot lid lip spoiler. Wheels are a set of 21-inch BMW Particular person model 954 two-tone alloys, which home M Sport brakes with purple calipers.
The cabin of the i5 M60 xDrive brings a 12.3-inch digital instrument show with a head-up show, alongside a 14.9-inch infotainment touchscreen. Wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard-fit, as is a Bowers & Wilkins 18-speaker, 655-watt audio system.
Energetic security package on the i5 M60 xDrive is comprised of the Driving Assistant Skilled bundle that brings autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management with cease and go, lane centring help, visitors signal recognition, blind spot monitoring with collision prevention, entrance and rear cross visitors alert with auto brake, emergency lane help and emergency cease help, plus Parking Assistant Plus with a 360-degree digicam and Distant 3D View.
GALLERY: BMW i5 M60 xDrive in Malaysia
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