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 non-compulsory BMW Service & Restore Inclusive package deal at RM20,300 that brings an prolonged, five-year guarantee and repair package deal. Launched for the Malaysian market in Could, the i5 M60 xDrive first arrived domestically 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 non-compulsory prolonged guarantee package deal.
The i5 M60 xDrive is obtainable with the Simple Drive Financing Plan from BMW Group Monetary Providers Malaysia in a month-to-month instalment plan from RM6,295, based mostly on a 80% mortgage throughout a five-year tenure, and prospects who go for Simple 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, nevertheless, there’s extra.
Choose Sport mode and with both M Sport Increase or M Launch Management activated, the complete complement of 601 PS and 820 Nm of torque will probably be deployed, propelling the i5 M60 xDrive from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, and a prime pace 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 commonplace, 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 embody Adaptive M Suspension Skilled with M-tuned dampers in addition to 48-volt energetic roll stabilisation to convey an Lively Roll Consolation operate to maintain the automobile degree over uneven roads, and rear-wheel steering so as to add agility or stability relying on scenario.
Additional figuring out the i5 M60 xDrive from its extra modest stablemates embody the M Sport Professional package deal 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.
Lively security equipment on the i5 M60 xDrive is comprised of the Driving Assistant Skilled package deal 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 digital camera and Distant 3D View.
GALLERY: BMW i5 M60 xDrive in Malaysia
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