#Bmw x1 xline specification series#
Now in its fourth generation, the X5 has spawned an entire series of other X cars below, and now above it, too. Our review of the rest of the BMW X5 rangeĪt the beginning of its life, the BMW X5 SUV was seen as a bit of a Marmite car – you either loved the lofty driving position and ability for light off-roading, or lamented the fact that BMW stepped away from just making sleek saloons. Read on for our test of the rest of the X5 range – including the popular petrol and diesel engines.
#Bmw x1 xline specification full#
You just need to remember to charge up properly overnight to get the full benefit of this plug-in hybrid BMW X5, and the onboard charger will only accept 3.7kW, according to product manager Marco Möller – so it’s an overnight trickle charge and no fast charges for families in a rush. Performance is reasonably gentle as an EV (a modest 81kW e-motor is fitted) but quite sufficient for day-to-day duties and you can waft around town and country lanes silently and swiftly enough for keeping up with traffic. Handily, you keep the 69-litre fuel tank of regular X5s, so this PHEV has a properly long range across both power sources. And there’s a shallow cubby hidden under the loadbay for storing charging cables and suchlike. The packaging of the cells pushes the boot floor up by around 3cm, but you’d barely notice. There are some compromises: a chunky 300kg of battery packs go where a third row of seats and/or a spare wheel sits – so no seven-seater X5 plug-in hybrid is available for larger families and creche duties. And it feels good, with smooth performance, silken refinement and a subtle switchover when the 3.0-litre straight six kicks in (which it will do eventually, if you boot it or when the battery approaches empty). This changes the character of the X5, and affords a sneak peek at how future electric BMW SUVs will feel. You’ll no longer pussyfoot around, worrying you’re about to wake a dormant petrol engine – you really can drive for extended periods on full, saintly EV mode (usual caveats apply, ie don’t drag-race a Ludicrous Tesla at the traffic lights, though you can drive up to the motorway speed limit on electric power). That huge (for a PHEV) battery pack means it can purr silently along on full electric power for a jolly long way. The range is put at an impressive 53-60 miles on the latest WLTP cycle, and this is where the plug-in X5 gets interesting. How far will a BMW X5 45e go on electric drive?
Mind you, hybrid SUVs aren’t cheap it also pushes the UK price up to a stout £63,175 for an entry-level xLine. Crucially, there is now a properly chunky lithium ion battery onboard, with an impressive 24kWh capacity, so there’s a decent all-electric range. So it’s not like an early-generation Prius, where it’s always self-charging it does that regenerative braking thing, where it tops the battery up on the move – but you can also plug it in at home, so you start every journey with a full battery.
And the new BMW X5 45e is a particularly good example of the breed – it’s a full plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, or PHEV for short. If you’re not quite ready to go for a full electric vehicle (EV), the chances are that a hybrid car is a good stepping stone.
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