You've heard of iDrive, now there's MDrive.
Let's hope it's interface is more intuitive!
MDrive for even more comfort.
The so-called MDrive is a new function that is activated via the MDrive button on the steering wheel. This function allows the driver to turn the comfortable saloon car into a thoroughbred sports car at the push of a button and vice versa. This entails calling up the settings and drive modes previously configured in the MDrive menu of the iDrive. The preset values can be stored in the key memory system.
The following individual functions are pre-selected or activated via MDrive:
The power button with which the engine characteristics – i.e. output and response – are affected in three stages;
SMG Drivelogic with which one of six sequential or five automatic shift modes are pre-selected – the driver once again benefits from the direct selection of each desired drive or shift mode;
DSC Dynamic Stability Control featuring two modes of driving dynamics;
EDC Electronic Damper Control with the three modes – comfort, normal and sport;
Head-up-Display and
Active backrest width adjustment.
SMG selector lever with illuminated selector lever position indicator.
The selector lever illumination and gear position indicator is activated as soon as the ignition is switched on. Adjacent to the SMG selector lever, there are four buttons that facilitate direct operation of the driving dynamics functions Power, DSC, EDC and Drivelogic.
Barring just a few exceptions, the M5 client can choose from the myriad of equipment and options for individualisation offered by the BMW 5 Series. These include in particular adaptive cornering lights – headlights that follow the course of a bend as if guided by magic – as well as cruise control.