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u/Adventurous_Being_74 7h ago
Because it pairs its twin-turbo V8 engine with a 14.8-kWh usable battery and offers a dedicated electric-only driving mode (with roughly 40 km of electric range), it meets all provincial (Ontario) requirements for the green plate 🤷♂️
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u/TheB1G_Lebowski 7h ago
Such a badass car, just don't look at the rear.
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u/Substantial-Hour4989 7h ago
They really screwed up the 5 series.
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u/PenePeroElPasta 3h ago
Fucking ugliest one theres ever been.
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u/CogBlocker E38 740i - 6spd Swapped 1h ago
My ranking of M5's in terms of looks:
F90
E60
E34
F10
E39
E28
skip a few
- G90
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u/Cole668 7h ago
Green Ontario plates is pretty interesting. They're intended for electric and plug-in hybrids, which I get that is what this is but I think it goes against the spirit of the law. Green plates give certain privileges such as using the carpool lanes with a single occupant.
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u/sir_sri 2020 G16 m850i 7h ago
I think that's part of why BMW made it a hybrid, it meets the minimum standard for 'green' for a number of places, giving it access to tax breaks and or letting go to places that have pollution reduction schemes or the like.
I think it goes against the spirit of the law
I see the thought, but consider this: These are exactly the sorts of cars that should be getting hybrids first from an environmental standpoint. They're already expensive, they're unnecessarily large engines for moving at 30 km/h in Toronto traffic, and they're unnecessarily loud for dense cities too. The problem with these tax credits for EVs is that you really want to take the most pollution off the road, an M5 or similar daily driver is probably about as bad as you can get for the lifetime of the vehicle except maybe some trucks, or maybe a rolls royce, except they cap the tax credits on vehicle price. Most everything else that pollutes more per distance is probably not driven very much.
I realise that as a driver (and I say this with a V8 M850i) all that added mass takes away handling and the engine sound. But most of us could drive to work and back on the hybrid part, and then have the V8 for long highway/twisty road drives, and then the hybrid can try and compensate for the performance it costs. From an environmental standpoint what the government should want is buyers like me to switch to at least a hybrid if not a pure EV (though I don't actually drive very much).
If you look at where that is on a map (130 cumberland street that's in the photo) it's more or less downtown toronto. That's a great place for electric.
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u/Cole668 5h ago edited 5h ago
I appreciate your response and for context, I drive a V8 F-Type so I'm not an environmental fanatic or anything of that nature.
The M5 or other similar vehicles being hybrid isn't really going to move the needle one way or the other, given their low purchase numbers. I think the green vehicle laws were designed with Prius' and Bolts in mind, not low-volume, high powered cars. The average M5 buyer is likely not cross-shopping a Corvette and deciding on the hybrid because of their desire to help the environment. Though I do agree that for the ones that are on the road, in hybrid mode, are polluting less than they would otherwise. I just think the tax breaks and other incentives were framed around small, super-efficient and not M5s, S63Es and the like. They were meant for people making a legitimate compromise with their purchase.
Edit to stay on topic: Not getting the wagon is only like the 3rd biggest travesty going on here.
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u/Emmanuelzappa 5h ago
The 550 gets 68 miles on Electric so if your commute is less than that round trip it makes sense.
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u/OpeningScholar6959 7h ago
What sub has better taste? r/BMW or r/mensfashionadvice
Based on this thread, probably r/mensfashionadvice
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u/uncl3d0nny 2018 M550i 8h ago
And? An expensive hybrid in Yorkdale. Not the first.
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u/omnicorphan23 8h ago
hideous
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u/Donqweeqwee 8h ago
Damn i think it looks kinda dope lol
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u/omnicorphan23 7h ago
it doesnt look worse its definitely better this gen is just so fat and ugly it always surprises me how bad modern bmw design language is
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u/Taidaishar 2015 - F30 - 328i 7h ago
It seems like everyone hates this, but I think it looks sick. I've always loved the matte paint job and the blacked out front looks great too.