Ben Whitworth has contributed to CAR magazine for longer than he cares to remember. Having worked in Autocar magazine’s road test department in the early 2000s, he went freelance and found a regular berth in CAR where he can be found to this day.
There’s much to enjoy about i5 ownership. It’s utterly intuitive to drive, with superb refinement. The ride quality is impressively relaxed and smooth, with only the worst ruts and ridges disturbing the calm of the cabin. The steering and pedals are perfectly calibrated, the seats delightfully soothing.
The cycle-swallowing loadbay makes me wonder why we flocked toward SUVs when estates offer greater versatility and tend to be more engaging to drive. Then there’s the performance. Quick off the mark, married to slingshot in-gear go. And an electro-mechanical brake set-up as adept at low- speed parking manoeuvres as it is at repeatedly hauling down two-and-a-bit tonnes of fast-moving metal.
Let’s take the range. BMW quotes a 301-mile range. No matter how timidly I drive it, I’ve never achieved more than 220 miles on a full charge. That’s an 80-mile disconnect between reality and laboratory.
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