Hello and welcome to Car and Drivers into Cars, a podcast from I Heart Media's Ruby Studio brought to you by eBay Motors.

I'm Tony Kiroga, the editor-in-chief of Car and driver, and I'm joined by my co-host, former editor-in-chief and current chief brand and content officer Eddie Alterman, and together we're into cars.

Each episode of this podcast covers a new car we think is worthy of your attention.

The cars we select for this podcast may feature a novel design, cutting-edge engineering,

or offer something entirely new.

We'll be covering the stories behind the cars too,

answering the whys and exploring the what's.

We'll drive the cars and let you listen in.

And then we'll sit down with the people who made the cars to answer our questions about them.

Come along for the ride and you'll hear it all.

The good, the bad, and the ugly,

in the way that only current driver delivers.

So today we've got two BMWs to drive and talk about two BMWs, but they're the same

car. It's the five series, but the gas version and the EV version.

It basically comes down to a customer's choice. Do you want battery or gas tank charging station or gas station do you want a

turbo charge in line six or an electric motor I mean it's an interesting choice

and it's a choice that more and more people are going to be facing over the

next five ten years BMW has a really interesting approach here.

Within the envelope of the 5 series, you can get a mild hybrid gas engine or a full EV.

You can just pick which technology you want.

Right, it comes down to what do you want, what fits your needs.

They have both options and you get the exact same car essentially.

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