BMW M550i 2021 review – see why it's better than an M5!
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BMW’s finally brought the M550i to the UK, so of course, we had to get it in for a review!
We’re sure it’ll come as no surprise to any of you that the M550i doesn’t come cheap though (at least, compared to the regular 5 Series), with the price kicking off from around £70,000! That’s over £30,000 more than the starting price for an entry-level 5 Series.
So is it worth it? Well, if you choose to pay the larger price tag, you’ll be graced with a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 under the bonnet, which will put down an impressive 530hp and 750Nm of torque! Not only that, but it’ll shoot you to 60mph in just 3.8 seconds.
So, it sounds mighty impressive, right? Which leaves us with just one question – with such strong performance stats, should you bother spending the extra £30,000 and go for the BMW M5? There’s only one way to find out… Keep watching to see what Mat thinks!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:55 Price
01:34 Exterior Design
02:50 Interior
05:55 Back Seats
07:58 Boot
08:47 Five Annoying Things
09:50 Five Good Things
11:35 Engines
12:38 0 – 60mph
13:09 Town Driving
14:28 Motorway Driving
16:17 Twisty Road Driving
17:18 Verdict
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Hi Mat here: do you think there is no need to buy an M5 as this M550i gets so close yet is much less expensive? Or would you always rather just pay the extra for the proper M car?
hugdeath929
I like exterior look of that vehicle much better than the other two German cars. I don't know that I would classify it as a large vehicle. It's larger than the 3 series but that doesn't say much. Your driver's seat looks to be really close to the dash. With that being said the rear seat knee/leg room still looks snug. If you were to push that seat back a few inches that rear seat passenger is now pinned. I know the vehicle is sized this way so that the driving dynamics hold up to the BMW standard but to me it's not a 4 seater. It's more like a 2 and a possible seater. The exhaust sounds really good. If my primary mission is bashing this would be the way to go. If I want a luxury cruiser I'd opt for the A6 instead. It has a more compliant ride and it's more comfortable for 4-5 people.
Hassan iqbal Khan
Wash it
Reuben Mclord
I actually don't like the new straight headlights. I prefer the (w) shape.
Ammar Yassin
am I the only person really annoyed by the dirt in a car
bbkg1979
Anyone know the brands name of the sweater Matt’s wearing?
Valdemar Nyman Östlund
The problem with this is that it will lose it's value a lot faster than the m5
Seturone
Mat and My GF:
Extra two inches, definitely welcome!
Şahin Arıcı
Nasip olur mu be
Simon Kramsky
2 more inches are welcome 2:58 – that's what she said 😆
Off The Runway
When Mercedes softens it design BMW keeps getting wild
Off The Runway
I finally want an M5🥵
Asphalt
Wait you don't get the 540i in the UK?
Arburon Morina
I would like to have Mercedes's exterior and interior design and BMW's driving performance in one car
Community Grow
really like the look of this car
# F R A N J I
Do some Budject Cars From India
Simply JK Vlogs
The design of these cars remind me of Alfa Romeo
Vytautas Gečas
Fuck Toyota Corolla, please never mention it here again
Usman123391
E class is better
Dadangk Kurniawan
Where is this filming location at ?
So many memories 🤣.
fredericoamigo
So glad BMW didn’t ruin the grill
josmau12
39k pounds for a entry level 5 series?
In the Netherlands (converted to pounds) it's 53,7K for the entry level.
Thats sad..
Dioscoro Roble
Carwow with no carwash 🌊
Mohammed Saqfalhait
Why most of the BMW's featured on carwow are registered in Yorkshire?
Max
gotta say showing a dirty m550i is stupid, wtf. carwow is desperate, i'm not even a bmw guy. but shame to them.
N. Naovaratpong
Lexus IS and the new LS please
Vegard Hagen
this car is just perfect
Rossano Boscolo
Because it's cheaper
Suleiman Abdul Basit
Bmw sponsored by Goat…
Greatest Of All Time. 🤣
Lbnewell 23
See bmw you can do it, it is possible to design a new car without slapping a massive grille on the front. Also I haven’t seen a single review where they say it looks bad. But with the 4 series it’s all they talk about, what does that show you, we don’t want those ridiculously huge grilles
Shery Khan
Give cars a wash before a review so we can see the curves clearly…
Gottlieb Dee
I don't get where people come up with this tripe.
The M5 was built to be something specific. The M550i does not exceed or meet those specifications.
If the M5 has a brief to do 0-60 in 5 and the M550i does it in 4 then yes, it's better.
But to say it's better when it's not actually meant to be an M car is just BS.
JTK
7: 19 looks suspicious and very experienced 😂😂😂
Abhijit Shetty
Review latest Nissan GTR Nismo
Jonny HD
BMW 5 Series > All
Josh Bacon
8:42 – Why do the luxury car brands like BMW, Audi and Mercedes always feel the need to charge buyers extra for things that might be standard on less expensive cars, like simple things like these set release levers in the boot and adaptive cruise control, both of which you’d expect to be standard on a car costing this much, but apparently not! Even a Toyota Corolla has the adaptive cruise control as standard, like Mat said in the video!
Icewinds
I owned a 2007 550i and loved every second of driving it. Amazing how dull and watered-down the new version feels compared to the old V8 litre beast.
dzon1cod4
Matt is half human, half link in top right corner.
Ladislav Havelka
Why is the economy problem? i dont think there is anyone who is buying 4.4 V8 and want economy from the car. Not to mention that this 23 mpg (around 10l / 100km) is briliant for car like this
fatsharks
Bmw's line up is so confusing. Unreliable + overhyped + overpriced cars? God, no thanks.
Koren O'Sullivan
I bet its better before than its competitors before he got into details
EarlyKarma
Matt is the G(CR)OAT (greatest car reviewer of all time)
Trung Nguyen
I hope one day he talks about Tesla's full self driving
Martini V8
Great Q car 👌🏻😎
teen bumhol
its a german piece of sht, you have no loyalty.
Muhammad Asad
3:00 "That's what she said"