BMW M5 vs Deepal E07

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BMW M5
BMW M5

$261,700 - $265,700

2025 price

Deepal E07
Deepal E07

$64,900 - $73,900

2025 price

Summary

2025 BMW M5
2025 Deepal E07
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Bi Turbo V8, 4.4L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
3.0L/100km (combined)

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Seating
5

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Dislikes
  • Awkward boot
  • Brake and steering feel
  • Low on hooliganism

  • Wallowy ride
  • No buttons
  • Annoying safety tech
2025 BMW M5 Summary

Balancing luxury car comfort, hot hatch agility and supercar speed is no easy task, yet that is what made the six previous generations of BMW's M5 so iconic. 

In seventh-generation ‘G90’ guise, the M5 has another skeleton in the cupboard: the toughest emissions regulations that Europe, and now Australia, have ever seen.

A twin-turbo V8 was untenable and going battery electric was not an option. Plug-in hybrid was the only answer. For the new M5, BMW combined a revised 4.4-litre ‘S68’ bent eight with a punchy electric motor for 535kW and 1000Nm

Problem is, the G90 is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest BMW M cars of all time, especially in CS trim. And thanks to a circa-600kg weight hike to nearly 2500kg, the new M5's 0-100km/h claim is actually slower than the old 'F90' M5. 

Doesn’t exactly sound like a big leap forward, does it?

A drive through the Central West of NSW and around the iconic Mount Panorama racing circuit gave us answers to two questions. Does the M5 work on Australia roads, and does BMW M's latest super-sedan represent progress?

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2025 Deepal E07 Summary

Segment-bender, model-mash-up, mold breaker, franken-ute: there are many odd ways to describe the new electric Deepal E07 large 'SUV'.

I prefer to think of it as the mullet haircut of cars — business up front but a party at the back — but Deepal has settled on Multitruck to describe its new SUV-ute mash-up.

There isn’t anything like this vehicle on sale in Australia right now. The most similar vehicle on the global stage would be the Tesla Cybertruck, but the E07 is smaller and much less gaudy.

We got to have our first taste of the new adventure ready machine on Australian roads, and this is what you need to know.

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