2021 BMW 5-Series Review, Ratings, Specs, Prices, and Photos

With the 2021 5-Collection luxurious mid-sizing sedan, BMW proves that fewer is more—except when much more is much more. 

The new sedan comes this July with much more electricity in some versions, much more electrified possibilities, and much more screens. Its grille will take up comparably fewer area on its snout than some other BMWs (seven-Collection, we’re hunting at you) and the new 5-Collection consumes fewer gasoline, in some products. We’ll give you two guesses if the new 5-Collection expenses much more or fewer than previous year’s version, although we’re betting you only will need a single. 

Like previous yr, BMW presents the 5-Collection in 530i, 540i, 530e, and M550i drive configurations with a dizzying array of powertrains: 4-, 6-, and 8-cylinder electricity are available, with or with out hybrid batteries. The base 2021 530i expenses $fifty five,195, which includes vacation spot, which is $300 much more than the 2020 version. 

Overview carries on below

Fashion and performance

If you’ve seen a new BMW 5-Collection, you’ve presently seen the 2021 5-Collection. That’s the most polite way we can say: Not substantially has improved for this yr. The new 5-Series’ beak is a minimal sharper, its headlights are a minimal narrower, and its grille is a minimal bigger—although not as large as other BMW sedans. 

In again, the trapezoidal tailpipe finishers go in opposition to the grain (other automakers are now hiding their tailpipes) and the taillights are a minimal much more vertical. 

Within, twin twelve.three-inch screens dominate the interior in superior and poor techniques. The superior? It keeps rate with the tech arms race from other luxurious automakers this sort of as Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The poor? It clutters an normally modern interior that is thoroughly clean and common. 

Like previous yr, the 5-Collection is available in a stupefying number of configurations that climb up the value and performance ladder. 

The 2021 5-Collection commences with the 530i, which takes advantage of a proficient 2.-liter turbo-4 that can make 248 hp. Rear-wheel drive is common, and all-wheel drive is available on those people products. 

The up coming step up is the most productive 5-Collection. The 530e pairs a turbo-4 with electrical motors and a hybrid battery pack to make 288 hp merged. When compared to previous year’s 530e, the 2021 version is much more potent by 40 hp and its battery is about 33% more substantial than 2019 versions. (The 2020 battery was the exact same sizing as the new 2021 version). The EPA has not nonetheless tallied the new 530e’s mileage, but the previous product traveled about 20 miles on electrical power alone. The 530e also provides a 40 hp improve in 10-second sprints, which is new this yr.

The up coming step up is the 2021 540i that takes advantage of a turbo inline-6 spinning out 335 hp that is paired to a gentle-hybrid system that is new this yr. The starter-generator works in the background for far better gasoline efficiency at lessen speeds, although official EPA figures are not nonetheless available. 

The top, for now, is the M550i xDrive that is outfitted with a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 that can make 523 hp. It’s the only 5-Collection with common all-wheel drive and it wants it—the sedan springs to sixty mph in just three.6 seconds.

Like its predecessors, the 2021 5-Collection rides on an unbiased suspension with double wishbones up front and a rear multilink. Some vehicles increase adaptive dampers (some make it common, much too) that can toggle amongst convenience and sporty options. 

Convenience, safety and capabilities

The new 5-Collection provides about an inch to its over-all duration, although interior area is unchanged. That’s a superior point all 5-Collection were relaxed for grown ups, up to five. 

BMW manufactured synthetic leather common on 530 and 540 products, which raises our eyebrow. We’d choose true hides common on vehicles that price tag upward of $sixty,000 to start—Audi consists of it as common on vehicles that price tag fewer, right after all. 

Serious leather is available on all trims and common on top products, and we counsel it. Several seating possibilities are available which includes heated and cooled nappa buckets with massagers—good, far better, ideal. 

The trunk holds 14 cubic toes of cargo, which is on the smaller aspect for its class. (Plug-in hybrids make do with only 10 cubic toes because of to the batteries.)

In addition to common automatic emergency braking, the 5-Collection is outfitted with blind-place displays with rear cross-website traffic alerts. Adaptive cruise management, a encompass-perspective digital camera system, and active lane management are on the possibilities list—as is BMW’s driver-assistance capabilities that can pilot the car or truck with out driver conversation at speeds slower than 40 mph. 

All 5-Collection are outfitted with eighteen-inch wheels, synthetic leather upholstery, a moonroof, twin twelve.three-inch displays for devices and infotainment, Apple CarPlay and Android Vehicle compatibility, and Bluetooth. Alternatives involve leather, more substantial wheels, adaptive dampers, and comfort capabilities. 

The 2021 BMW 5-Collection goes on sale in July 2020.