Any 530e owners out there?

Really don't like the direction the new bmw are going with the Dashboard. Seats and steeringwheel look spot on as usual but the single long screen just doesn't look right for me.

have to say I’m delighted with the economy of this car- got my first electric bill last week and it’s was by no means excessive (just over €300 for what are winter months and charging the car regularly). Driving up the country got me from the far side of Kilkenny to between Tyrellspass and Mullingar on a single charge run in a busy evening traffic. You definitely get the best economy on longer runs like this as the car is up to full speed and temperature and probably saving a bit of charge from regeneration. To be honest it’s working out far more economical than previous diesel 3 series I was driving. I’ve only put petrol in three times since January despite doing lots of long spins mixed in

I am to be honest , I didn’t think I could get over 100km range from the battery and it seems very possible. I did have it in efficient mode but was driving normally and not sparing it

I’ve had a couple of M140i’s and both model of M2’s. Best cars bmw have made in the past 10 years. The M2 is way ahead of a M140i but the M140i is incredible value for what you get. I’ll definitely get another at some stage.

Resurrecting this thread to see if anyone any things to look out for in a G20 330e. Had been looking at EVs as our second car but came across these which have caught my eye, a case of heart overruling head really.

Looking at M sports, spec seems the same in 2019/20/21 years bar the odd one having the m performance pack which I'm not mad on, all the ones I've went to look at were UK imports, some had patchy service history but seemed relatively in line with the intervals I saw online. Anything particular I should be looking out for aside from that?

I'm aware the battery is tiny but our last family car was a 231 Tiguan PHEV that only did 30kms during winter but most of my trips are much less than that.

Thanks for that. I test drove the M sports and didn't find it too bad anyway nor did I notice any particular noise from the tyres. May be due to the newer versions I was in, all were 2020/21s.

No amount of insulation will help with tyre noise on rough surface at motorway speeds. But yes it’s a lot better than f30.

Replace tyres with non run flat with a lowest dB you can find and you will improve comfort even more.

Sorry your right. The thread title threw me off, thought we were talking about the G30 5 Series.

G20 3 Series came out in early 2019 and the 330e came with the bigger battery from launch. The G20 is a much better car than the previous F30.

Ended up test driving a 530e as well today along with a few 330es. It was a 191 UK import m sport model but seemed to be missing a few things that I'd have assumed was standard, reverse camera and apple CarPlay/android auto. Were these options does anyone know or why might they have been missing? It's possible CarPlay was there to be fair but I tried find it for 5 minutes and couldn't. Was much easier see it and add my phone on the 330es I test drove.

5 series was beautiful to be fair and may have won be over, torn between the two now.

Yeah I could probably survive without CarPlay but the reverse camera is a pain to go without. Wife in particular would be very nervy without one. Just a bit shocked that a 2019 5 series was even possible to come without one. I had a 2015 c class with one, just assumed they are standard on all the German premium cars since that era.

Wouldn’t buy any car that didn’t have Car Play, even budget brands have Car play now.

Reverse camera should be on all five series it's crazy.

Also I never wanted a car with 360 cameras but after using them on my g30 I bloody love them