BMW i4 M50 review - quicker 0-60mph than an M3
The BMW I4 M50: A Review of its Practicality and Performance
As I began my test drive of the new BMW I4 M50, I was excited to see how this electric car would fare on a variety of terrain. The first thing that struck me was the lack of space under the seat, which is perfectly fine if you're not planning to fold down the seats, but can be a bit restrictive otherwise. To make matters easier, I folded down the seats and was able to access a relatively flat floor with plenty of room for my charging cables.
As I continued to explore the car's features, I discovered that it has an impressive usable battery capacity of 80 KW hours. This means that it will take around 13 hours to fully charge using a basic 7 KW charger at home, although this time can be significantly reduced with faster charging options. For instance, if you use a DC charger at 50 KW, the car can go from 10% to 80% capacity in just 71 minutes, while a 150 KW charger can achieve the same result in a mere 30 minutes.
I decided to test the car's capabilities on some of the poorer surfaces that are common in rural areas. I put the car into Comfort mode and was pleased to find that it handled bumps and potholes with ease, even when driving over manhole covers and other obstacles. The suspension system proved to be stiffer than I expected, but even in this sporty model, BMW has managed to make it comfortable enough for everyday use.
However, one area where the car falls short is its forward visibility. With a high and long bonnet, it can be difficult to see what's ahead, particularly when driving on narrow roads or navigating tight corners. This may require additional attention from the driver to avoid accidents.
As I continued my test drive, I decided to put the car into B mode, which provides extra regenerative braking. When lifting off the accelerator, the car slows down even more rapidly than usual, making it possible to drive for extended periods on one pedal alone. This feature is particularly useful in hilly terrain or when approaching a stop.
If there's one minor complaint I have about this car, it's the forward visibility issue mentioned earlier. However, aside from that, I was impressed with the overall performance and practicality of the BMW I4 M50. With its impressive range and fast charging capabilities, it's an attractive option for those looking to switch to electric.
As I arrived at my final destination after driving for 185 kilometers, I had only used up 37% of the battery. According to calculations, this means that a full charge should take me around 293 kilometers, although in reality, my test drive has shown that the car's actual range is significantly lower than BMW's claimed figure.
I had initially planned to launch the car from standstill to 60 MPH with only 37% of the battery remaining, but unfortunately, I found that it was not possible to do so without exceeding the predicted range. This was due in part to the poor road conditions, which featured a lot of twisty roads and narrow lanes. Despite this, I still managed to get an idea of how the car would perform under different driving conditions.
Ultimately, my final verdict on the BMW I4 M50 is that it's a solid addition to any electric vehicle lineup. While it may not be as exciting as a traditional internal combustion engine car, it offers many benefits that make it an attractive option for those looking to switch to electric. With its impressive range and fast charging capabilities, combined with its comfortable ride and practical features, the BMW I4 M50 is definitely worth considering.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the new BMW I4 in fact it's the M50 version it is the first ever electric car worked on by BMW's M Division and in this video I'm going to review it by driving it from here Munich Airport all the way to zarian mountains yeah so it's a distance of about 200 km but this car has a range of 500 km however I think I'm going to take it via the auto and Max it out and see what doing that does to the range also going to launch the car to how quick it is from not to 60 mph see if it's quicker than my BMW M3 it could be also after the journey I'm going to launch it again to see if using the battery actually reduces the performance anyway I'm M Watson when you're watching carwow buying a new car then head to carwow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price carwow your One-Stop car buying comparison site okay now I'm leaving the airport of munchs and I've got 99% of the battery I've reset the trick computer and we have ACC claimed range of 377 km which isn't quite the 500 I was hoping for that's obviously calculated based on how people have been driving this car and that's motoring journalist for you anyway V Gates all right Al V name enjoy your day yeah bye that was awkward anyway let's um let's launch it see if we can get that expected range down even further right I found an open stretch of road so I'm going to launch this car I'm going to put it into sport boost mode which gives me full 544 horsepower and 795 Newt M of torque this thing's supposed to do not 60 in 3.9 seconds however can it go quicker than the best time I've had out of a BMW N3 launching which is 3.6 seconds here we go what will the specialist timing gear say Christ not to 60 in 3.6 seconds so exactly the same as the M3 wow that is impressive now I launched the car with the battery charge over 90% then you get full power once it goes below 90% the amount of power you get slowly starts to reduce I'm actually going to do another launch later on in the video when I've got a lot less battery charge remaining to see how that affects the performance now we're on the autoban it's derestricted I've got 84% of battery we've done 48.7 km 330 km of range let's reduce that now so top speed of this car 225 km an hour which is 140 mph weird restriction on that other BMW cars 155 milph 250 km an hour but there we go cruising along at 150 I haven't gone too far and my charge level is decreasing rather quickly it's a little bit rainy so I don't want to do sustained high speed really I just don't feel comfortable still I'll tell you what you notice zooming along the auto bar at highs speed an electric car just how quiet it is in fact it's so quiet I'm really noticing the rain hitting the wind screen that's the only sound I'm getting really and the noise of the trucks I'm over taking right that's the derestriction section over show me how to do it in the wet I'm sure there's more to come later I I just put the cruise control on the auto steering yes it's Auto steering is he going to recognize the reduced speed limit oh yeah yes that's good it just sent me to the new low speed limit which is obviously for this tunnel in fact this is that thing that everyone does in a tunnel let's roll down the window and accelerate looks like that's one thing we won't all be doing in future one spectral cars are banned there's no point in electric car unless you want to hear slightly more tire noise oh my God what is that smell wish shouldn't put the window down now it's like we're just driven through a load of cow NE Bavaria let's talk about the design so I quite out the front of this car I'm getting used to BMW's kidney gr and they look quite good blanked in cuz obviously you don't need engine Cooling and the has the sensors as well not sure about this though they stuck on M badge it looks like someone with some basic diesel BMW found an M badge on someone else's car and stuck it on their car to pretend that they got the performance model don't know why they've done that it just looks bit odd this being the M50 has a sportier low bumper than the standard I4 moving down the sze we start off with 7 For Whom the belt TOS anyway you start off with 17-in alloy wheels thankfully these are the top of the range 20s you're going to need 20 is once again M50 model gets blue sporty brake calipers got an air breather here it's not fake another M badge though this doesn't look fake the M50 also gets fist B mstar door mirrors sorry about that side skirts on this M50 model to make it look more sporty I'm liking the flush door handles they're nice and the swooping roof line that kind of Coupe design looks cool but what does it do for practicality we'll find out later I quite like the back of this you got sculptured tail lights a little bit of a bootlets spoiler rather than having fake exhaust pipes on this M50 version you have a diffuser I'm not sure if that's fake it's a bit odd though weirdly I kind of like the look of the rear of this car in terms of pricing the I4 starts from £52,000 the M50 though that starts from £64,000 now if you want to make sure you're paying a fair price for your next new car click on the pop out banner up there to go a car white or follow the link in the description you can also sell your car through carw now we'll make sure you get a fair price for that as well alternative if you want to do that after the video Simply Google help me carw and my team and I we'll sort you out so we've done 110 km and we've got 65% battery remaining we've come off the autobom but we'll be rejoining it again shortly but I want to show you something first it's the acceleration that you get from this car it's as brutal as I've felt in any electric car I'm going to illustrate it with Jack so just relax Jack ready now I'm going to floor it and shock Jack actually before that let's put it into sport boost ready no just relax actually don't be ready don't be ready we're not going to do it what's that like it's okay when I'm expecting it but not so much okay so I actually think that it's probably not worth us doing it anymore I'm going to show people now the hands Zim and noises so this is is really interesting so what I'm going to do is put the car in two you knew that was coming didn't you yeah yeah damn it anyway you might be able to hear this I've got what's known as iconic sound set on this car so you got this weird noise when you accelerate and decelerate which has been created by Han Zimmer and it's different depending on if you're in sports mode or Comfort mode so this is it in sports mode and then when you break it what do you think of that Jack it sounds happy and then sad okay we're going to put it into Comfort mode it's the same but quite right happy than sad happy than sad it's almost like he's just blowing down some kind of tube and he's just changed the length of the tube for Comfort compared to Sport and if you have in Eco Pro mode silent does that mean that the noise actually uses energy maybe insightful right let's get back on the auto thanks for your help here Jack it's been really really useful if you're wondering why I'm now sat in the back of the car it's because I made Jack feels sick with all this sudden accelerating so he said the only way to get over that was to drive so let him drive and I'm taking the opportunity to see what this car is like in the back seats so knee room is okay and Jack's quite a tall guy he over 64 head room in the back is okay for me because I'm under 64 but I think a taller person might struggle a little bit it's cuz a car's got a sloping roof line one thing that's interesting about this is the earn light something like a Tesla Model 3 it's not based on a pure EV platform it shares its underpinnings with the three series and as a result you have this lump in the floor there which is designed for a prop shaft and all exhaust and stuff like that which you get with an internal combustion engine car you don't have a flat floor which means that if I I can do it while he's driving sit in the middle seat I have to go legs a Kimbo darling so it's not so conf carrying three in the back probably as a Tesla Model 3 well I can't fault though is this look you have through loading there it's good and then you have an armrest here and BMW do bother to cover up the cup holders so you don't put your arm in them when you're resting on them you've also got handy flip up I suffix anchor cover so you won't lose those when you decide to fit a baby seat in the car which I would have to and now I'm doing all the looking about myself and Jack's going around the corners it's like he's getting his revenge cuz I'm starting to feel sick I think electric cars are slightly more sickness inducing because they're just silent and you get that sudden surge of acceleration anyway I'm going to continue so this car's got climate control in the back and two USBC ports for charging phones decent Siz door bins and quality back here is actually pretty good click up there if you want to see a full in depth video review of the Tesla Model 3 Jack and I have decided to pull over at the side of the road to try and let sickness pass so if you see some cars going past that's why anyway I'm going to use this as an opportunity to talk you through the interior of this new I4 and it has a very similar feel to a normal 4 Series the design is slightly different it's not quite as showy as an Audi or a Mercedes but the quality is better and it has a sporty feel so being a BMW sit nice and low steering wheels in the perfect position obviously there's plenty of adjustment in it as well and in the seating position which you can get high if you need it to be however you've also got blue on the steer steing wheel more blue here you've got blue stitching blue on the gear selector and a blue stop start button which signifies this car is indeed electric you're also separated from your front passenger by this large center console here which is nice and this car is the M50 so you do have sporty upgrades like these M seat belts and the M steering wheel thing that stands out though this huge screen and it's curved and the detail on them is incredible it's as good as my phone and it's super super responsive as well runs BMW's latest iDrive now there's lots you can do with it there's loads of different features apps and menus and blah blah blah which will probably take an age to learn one thing that have definitely improved is the digital drivers display the layout sort of the same as before but there's way more information on it so you can scroll through different views you can display various types of information that you want I much prefer it still not my favorite system but I like it much more than the system that I have in my M3 however there's one thing I prefer in the M3 and it's the physical climate control buttons they're now just on the screen there like that not ideal but still better than that weird slidy thing you have in Volkswagen's latest cars which quite frankly is there's also voice commands do they work hey BMW set temperature to 25° hey BMW set temperature to 25° I found several destinations which one shall I select they still need to do some work on that I think brilliant anyway Let's Talk About Storage cuz that's embarrassing so you got some storage under here USBC you have some storage under here with your cup holders big wir it's charging pad where you can fit your Galaxy fold hashtag now add there's also a decent size glove box there there's big door bins fit a bottle in there a um BMW launch lanyard there and then some things that you need to carry in a car for German regulations it's all good all practical or fairly nice good news Jack and I aren't feeling quite so sick anymore the bad news is we've encountered a twisty road so I'm compelled to do my job and test this car's handling so we might start feeling sick again very soon the first thing to notice is the steering it's precise puts the car exactly where you want it to go but there's not much fear through the wheel the next thing is the performance response you get from the dual motors is incredible it really Rockets you out the corners and because you got four-wheel drive grip even though it's fairly slippery it's doing a decent job of putting the power down though eventually oh the tires do start to break traction you get the stability control just raining in the power whoa I tell you what good it really does stay nice and flat when you're going around the bend so that's impressive but you do notice when you start going really quickly into a corner maybe a little bit too quick you start to see that this car is quite heavy it disguises its weight really well most of the time but then when you're really pushing it hard it just doesn't have the outright agility of something like an M3 or even an m340i so it's fun for an electric car but not as fun as a proper petrol M car one of the great things about the I4 is that look it is a hatchback so the boot capacity is 470 L which is pretty large it may be 10 L less than a BMW 3 Series but the hatchback tailgate really does improve the practicality and it's quite easy to load look so I've got a a selection of stuff I can illustrate that with so the load lip isn't too big so it's easy to lift heavy things like a camera case out and Jack's Tatty Rock sack and my Posh Rock sack Burberry hash now add again oh look we got don't know about that you've got some hooks to hang things off you got 12vt socket there's places to store stuff in those Nets there's no room under there really apart from for your charging cables which is okay if you need to fold down the seats unfortunately you do have to bucker it go around but first I've done that you can just about reach it from here if you want to and look there there's your space in fact I'm going to do the lot so you can see what it's like with the seats folded ow it's harder to do it this way around see relatively flat Le bed very very practical the usable battery capacity on the BMW I4 M50 is 80 KW hours it's going to take you 13 hours to charge it using a basic 7 Kow War charger at home however if you can use a DC charger if you charge it at 50 KW you can go from 10% to 80% for in 71 minutes and if you find a 150 KW charger you can charge it the same in just 30 minutes find yourself a 150 Kow charger right I've decided to leave the sweeping Country Roads because they're are smooth as a baby's bottom and I want to see what this car is like when you drive it on some poorest surfaces and I found some in this residential area so I'm going to put the car's systems into Comfort mode and that's slackened off the suspension now this M50 has actually stiffer suspension the standard I4 you got stiff Springs at the front and you got air suspension at the back but in Comfort mode even though this is a sporty model it deals with bumps really well I'm actually seeking out poor surfaces and manhole covers and stuff like to drive over and even then this car is not phased it is comfortable and when you have it in Comfort mode the steering goes lighter so it's easier to do necessary Maneuvers when you're reaching a dead end like this go around manyi roundabouts and uh yeah go back on yourself H embarrassing hope no one's watching me they probably think I'm casing The Joint anyhow I'm going to put this car into B mode and then you get extra regenerative braking so when you lift off the accelerator the car slows even more than normal in fact you can drive it on one pedal alone because you can bring it to a complete stop by lifting off the accelerator I'll show you now so I'm doing 30 km an hour lifting off and you can see how quickly I come to a halt easy and I can drive away again if there there is one minor complaint I have about this car it's the forward visibility you see the Bonnet is really quite high and long so if you want something we can get a better view forwards you probably want to check out an electric SUV and I've picked one of my favorite ones up there so if you click on that pop out Banner you can check out what it is there's also a link in the description okay I'm finally arriving at my destination look there's all the BMW guys here so I've been driving for 185 kilm I've got 37% of the battery remaining which means if I do the maths a full battery should take me 293 Mi based on how I've been driving which is way off what BMW claims I have been driving quickly on the auto bar launching the car and hooning it up the mountain now what I going to do is see what happens when I launch it from nor to 60 MPH with battery only at 37% will I get a slower time will it reduce the power and how much by I just need to find a straight road where I can launch the car around here but I think I've plan this rather badly because I'm looking at the map here and um it's all a bunch of twisty roads because surprise surprise that's how the roads are in the Alps I'm sorry guys this wasn't supposed to be clickbait I really wanted to do it I just haven't thought this through particularly well at all I'd have to drive another 200 kmers that way and I don't think I've got the range for that anymore sorry so then what's my final verdict on the new BMW I4 M50 should you avoid it should you consider it should you short list it or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should shortlist the I4 M50 it's a really nice electric car that does so many things very well and it's fun to drive just not quite as fun as an internal combustion engine car I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me in the comments whether you agree with my final verdict if you click on those windows there you can watch some more videos and if you click on that box there you can get a special prize it's not a special prize but I'm not going to tell you what it is Clickthis is the new BMW I4 in fact it's the M50 version it is the first ever electric car worked on by BMW's M Division and in this video I'm going to review it by driving it from here Munich Airport all the way to zarian mountains yeah so it's a distance of about 200 km but this car has a range of 500 km however I think I'm going to take it via the auto and Max it out and see what doing that does to the range also going to launch the car to how quick it is from not to 60 mph see if it's quicker than my BMW M3 it could be also after the journey I'm going to launch it again to see if using the battery actually reduces the performance anyway I'm M Watson when you're watching carwow buying a new car then head to carwow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price carwow your One-Stop car buying comparison site okay now I'm leaving the airport of munchs and I've got 99% of the battery I've reset the trick computer and we have ACC claimed range of 377 km which isn't quite the 500 I was hoping for that's obviously calculated based on how people have been driving this car and that's motoring journalist for you anyway V Gates all right Al V name enjoy your day yeah bye that was awkward anyway let's um let's launch it see if we can get that expected range down even further right I found an open stretch of road so I'm going to launch this car I'm going to put it into sport boost mode which gives me full 544 horsepower and 795 Newt M of torque this thing's supposed to do not 60 in 3.9 seconds however can it go quicker than the best time I've had out of a BMW N3 launching which is 3.6 seconds here we go what will the specialist timing gear say Christ not to 60 in 3.6 seconds so exactly the same as the M3 wow that is impressive now I launched the car with the battery charge over 90% then you get full power once it goes below 90% the amount of power you get slowly starts to reduce I'm actually going to do another launch later on in the video when I've got a lot less battery charge remaining to see how that affects the performance now we're on the autoban it's derestricted I've got 84% of battery we've done 48.7 km 330 km of range let's reduce that now so top speed of this car 225 km an hour which is 140 mph weird restriction on that other BMW cars 155 milph 250 km an hour but there we go cruising along at 150 I haven't gone too far and my charge level is decreasing rather quickly it's a little bit rainy so I don't want to do sustained high speed really I just don't feel comfortable still I'll tell you what you notice zooming along the auto bar at highs speed an electric car just how quiet it is in fact it's so quiet I'm really noticing the rain hitting the wind screen that's the only sound I'm getting really and the noise of the trucks I'm over taking right that's the derestriction section over show me how to do it in the wet I'm sure there's more to come later I I just put the cruise control on the auto steering yes it's Auto steering is he going to recognize the reduced speed limit oh yeah yes that's good it just sent me to the new low speed limit which is obviously for this tunnel in fact this is that thing that everyone does in a tunnel let's roll down the window and accelerate looks like that's one thing we won't all be doing in future one spectral cars are banned there's no point in electric car unless you want to hear slightly more tire noise oh my God what is that smell wish shouldn't put the window down now it's like we're just driven through a load of cow NE Bavaria let's talk about the design so I quite out the front of this car I'm getting used to BMW's kidney gr and they look quite good blanked in cuz obviously you don't need engine Cooling and the has the sensors as well not sure about this though they stuck on M badge it looks like someone with some basic diesel BMW found an M badge on someone else's car and stuck it on their car to pretend that they got the performance model don't know why they've done that it just looks bit odd this being the M50 has a sportier low bumper than the standard I4 moving down the sze we start off with 7 For Whom the belt TOS anyway you start off with 17-in alloy wheels thankfully these are the top of the range 20s you're going to need 20 is once again M50 model gets blue sporty brake calipers got an air breather here it's not fake another M badge though this doesn't look fake the M50 also gets fist B mstar door mirrors sorry about that side skirts on this M50 model to make it look more sporty I'm liking the flush door handles they're nice and the swooping roof line that kind of Coupe design looks cool but what does it do for practicality we'll find out later I quite like the back of this you got sculptured tail lights a little bit of a bootlets spoiler rather than having fake exhaust pipes on this M50 version you have a diffuser I'm not sure if that's fake it's a bit odd though weirdly I kind of like the look of the rear of this car in terms of pricing the I4 starts from £52,000 the M50 though that starts from £64,000 now if you want to make sure you're paying a fair price for your next new car click on the pop out banner up there to go a car white or follow the link in the description you can also sell your car through carw now we'll make sure you get a fair price for that as well alternative if you want to do that after the video Simply Google help me carw and my team and I we'll sort you out so we've done 110 km and we've got 65% battery remaining we've come off the autobom but we'll be rejoining it again shortly but I want to show you something first it's the acceleration that you get from this car it's as brutal as I've felt in any electric car I'm going to illustrate it with Jack so just relax Jack ready now I'm going to floor it and shock Jack actually before that let's put it into sport boost ready no just relax actually don't be ready don't be ready we're not going to do it what's that like it's okay when I'm expecting it but not so much okay so I actually think that it's probably not worth us doing it anymore I'm going to show people now the hands Zim and noises so this is is really interesting so what I'm going to do is put the car in two you knew that was coming didn't you yeah yeah damn it anyway you might be able to hear this I've got what's known as iconic sound set on this car so you got this weird noise when you accelerate and decelerate which has been created by Han Zimmer and it's different depending on if you're in sports mode or Comfort mode so this is it in sports mode and then when you break it what do you think of that Jack it sounds happy and then sad okay we're going to put it into Comfort mode it's the same but quite right happy than sad happy than sad it's almost like he's just blowing down some kind of tube and he's just changed the length of the tube for Comfort compared to Sport and if you have in Eco Pro mode silent does that mean that the noise actually uses energy maybe insightful right let's get back on the auto thanks for your help here Jack it's been really really useful if you're wondering why I'm now sat in the back of the car it's because I made Jack feels sick with all this sudden accelerating so he said the only way to get over that was to drive so let him drive and I'm taking the opportunity to see what this car is like in the back seats so knee room is okay and Jack's quite a tall guy he over 64 head room in the back is okay for me because I'm under 64 but I think a taller person might struggle a little bit it's cuz a car's got a sloping roof line one thing that's interesting about this is the earn light something like a Tesla Model 3 it's not based on a pure EV platform it shares its underpinnings with the three series and as a result you have this lump in the floor there which is designed for a prop shaft and all exhaust and stuff like that which you get with an internal combustion engine car you don't have a flat floor which means that if I I can do it while he's driving sit in the middle seat I have to go legs a Kimbo darling so it's not so conf carrying three in the back probably as a Tesla Model 3 well I can't fault though is this look you have through loading there it's good and then you have an armrest here and BMW do bother to cover up the cup holders so you don't put your arm in them when you're resting on them you've also got handy flip up I suffix anchor cover so you won't lose those when you decide to fit a baby seat in the car which I would have to and now I'm doing all the looking about myself and Jack's going around the corners it's like he's getting his revenge cuz I'm starting to feel sick I think electric cars are slightly more sickness inducing because they're just silent and you get that sudden surge of acceleration anyway I'm going to continue so this car's got climate control in the back and two USBC ports for charging phones decent Siz door bins and quality back here is actually pretty good click up there if you want to see a full in depth video review of the Tesla Model 3 Jack and I have decided to pull over at the side of the road to try and let sickness pass so if you see some cars going past that's why anyway I'm going to use this as an opportunity to talk you through the interior of this new I4 and it has a very similar feel to a normal 4 Series the design is slightly different it's not quite as showy as an Audi or a Mercedes but the quality is better and it has a sporty feel so being a BMW sit nice and low steering wheels in the perfect position obviously there's plenty of adjustment in it as well and in the seating position which you can get high if you need it to be however you've also got blue on the steer steing wheel more blue here you've got blue stitching blue on the gear selector and a blue stop start button which signifies this car is indeed electric you're also separated from your front passenger by this large center console here which is nice and this car is the M50 so you do have sporty upgrades like these M seat belts and the M steering wheel thing that stands out though this huge screen and it's curved and the detail on them is incredible it's as good as my phone and it's super super responsive as well runs BMW's latest iDrive now there's lots you can do with it there's loads of different features apps and menus and blah blah blah which will probably take an age to learn one thing that have definitely improved is the digital drivers display the layout sort of the same as before but there's way more information on it so you can scroll through different views you can display various types of information that you want I much prefer it still not my favorite system but I like it much more than the system that I have in my M3 however there's one thing I prefer in the M3 and it's the physical climate control buttons they're now just on the screen there like that not ideal but still better than that weird slidy thing you have in Volkswagen's latest cars which quite frankly is there's also voice commands do they work hey BMW set temperature to 25° hey BMW set temperature to 25° I found several destinations which one shall I select they still need to do some work on that I think brilliant anyway Let's Talk About Storage cuz that's embarrassing so you got some storage under here USBC you have some storage under here with your cup holders big wir it's charging pad where you can fit your Galaxy fold hashtag now add there's also a decent size glove box there there's big door bins fit a bottle in there a um BMW launch lanyard there and then some things that you need to carry in a car for German regulations it's all good all practical or fairly nice good news Jack and I aren't feeling quite so sick anymore the bad news is we've encountered a twisty road so I'm compelled to do my job and test this car's handling so we might start feeling sick again very soon the first thing to notice is the steering it's precise puts the car exactly where you want it to go but there's not much fear through the wheel the next thing is the performance response you get from the dual motors is incredible it really Rockets you out the corners and because you got four-wheel drive grip even though it's fairly slippery it's doing a decent job of putting the power down though eventually oh the tires do start to break traction you get the stability control just raining in the power whoa I tell you what good it really does stay nice and flat when you're going around the bend so that's impressive but you do notice when you start going really quickly into a corner maybe a little bit too quick you start to see that this car is quite heavy it disguises its weight really well most of the time but then when you're really pushing it hard it just doesn't have the outright agility of something like an M3 or even an m340i so it's fun for an electric car but not as fun as a proper petrol M car one of the great things about the I4 is that look it is a hatchback so the boot capacity is 470 L which is pretty large it may be 10 L less than a BMW 3 Series but the hatchback tailgate really does improve the practicality and it's quite easy to load look so I've got a a selection of stuff I can illustrate that with so the load lip isn't too big so it's easy to lift heavy things like a camera case out and Jack's Tatty Rock sack and my Posh Rock sack Burberry hash now add again oh look we got don't know about that you've got some hooks to hang things off you got 12vt socket there's places to store stuff in those Nets there's no room under there really apart from for your charging cables which is okay if you need to fold down the seats unfortunately you do have to bucker it go around but first I've done that you can just about reach it from here if you want to and look there there's your space in fact I'm going to do the lot so you can see what it's like with the seats folded ow it's harder to do it this way around see relatively flat Le bed very very practical the usable battery capacity on the BMW I4 M50 is 80 KW hours it's going to take you 13 hours to charge it using a basic 7 Kow War charger at home however if you can use a DC charger if you charge it at 50 KW you can go from 10% to 80% for in 71 minutes and if you find a 150 KW charger you can charge it the same in just 30 minutes find yourself a 150 Kow charger right I've decided to leave the sweeping Country Roads because they're are smooth as a baby's bottom and I want to see what this car is like when you drive it on some poorest surfaces and I found some in this residential area so I'm going to put the car's systems into Comfort mode and that's slackened off the suspension now this M50 has actually stiffer suspension the standard I4 you got stiff Springs at the front and you got air suspension at the back but in Comfort mode even though this is a sporty model it deals with bumps really well I'm actually seeking out poor surfaces and manhole covers and stuff like to drive over and even then this car is not phased it is comfortable and when you have it in Comfort mode the steering goes lighter so it's easier to do necessary Maneuvers when you're reaching a dead end like this go around manyi roundabouts and uh yeah go back on yourself H embarrassing hope no one's watching me they probably think I'm casing The Joint anyhow I'm going to put this car into B mode and then you get extra regenerative braking so when you lift off the accelerator the car slows even more than normal in fact you can drive it on one pedal alone because you can bring it to a complete stop by lifting off the accelerator I'll show you now so I'm doing 30 km an hour lifting off and you can see how quickly I come to a halt easy and I can drive away again if there there is one minor complaint I have about this car it's the forward visibility you see the Bonnet is really quite high and long so if you want something we can get a better view forwards you probably want to check out an electric SUV and I've picked one of my favorite ones up there so if you click on that pop out Banner you can check out what it is there's also a link in the description okay I'm finally arriving at my destination look there's all the BMW guys here so I've been driving for 185 kilm I've got 37% of the battery remaining which means if I do the maths a full battery should take me 293 Mi based on how I've been driving which is way off what BMW claims I have been driving quickly on the auto bar launching the car and hooning it up the mountain now what I going to do is see what happens when I launch it from nor to 60 MPH with battery only at 37% will I get a slower time will it reduce the power and how much by I just need to find a straight road where I can launch the car around here but I think I've plan this rather badly because I'm looking at the map here and um it's all a bunch of twisty roads because surprise surprise that's how the roads are in the Alps I'm sorry guys this wasn't supposed to be clickbait I really wanted to do it I just haven't thought this through particularly well at all I'd have to drive another 200 kmers that way and I don't think I've got the range for that anymore sorry so then what's my final verdict on the new BMW I4 M50 should you avoid it should you consider it should you short list it or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should shortlist the I4 M50 it's a really nice electric car that does so many things very well and it's fun to drive just not quite as fun as an internal combustion engine car I hope you enjoyed the video if you did give it a like let me in the comments whether you agree with my final verdict if you click on those windows there you can watch some more videos and if you click on that box there you can get a special prize it's not a special prize but I'm not going to tell you what it is Click\n"