 up you guys welcome back to another one if you are new to the channel I am Gold Pony and today we are in the new 2020 BMW M850i X-Drive Grand Coupe courtesy of Apple BMW in York PA and I am needless to say really super excited to be in this one because this thing is crackling like mad and I absolutely love it so what do you say let's go ahead and jump right into it and as always let's start with pricing it's a pricing for the 2020 M850i will start at $108,900 powering the beast will be a 4.4 liter twin power turbocharged V8 putting out 523 horsepower at 5500 rpm 553 pound feet of torque available from the power band of 1800 to 4600 rpm that power is going to be sent to all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic with paddle shifters which we will be testing out in a little bit here and that does include manual shift mode of course and launch control as well giving you a 0 to 60 time of approximately 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 155 miles per hour and MPG numbers if you're curious are going to commit at 17 in the city 25 on the highway of course taking premium unleaded fuel so do want to mention before we do any kind of accelerations or paddle shifter test or anything like that there are some driving modes located just behind the shifter there and they're going to include eco pro comfort sport and sport plus essentially what those driving modes are going to do is adjust things like the shift points the throttle response the steering sensitivity and the exhaust note quite substantially the exhaust note so for instance if you put it in eco pro or comfort driving modes the exhaust note is pretty quiet it is pretty humble if you put it in sport or sport plus it gets much much deeper and it crackles more than any other car I think I've ever experienced and I absolutely love it but if that wasn't your thing again you don't have to put it in that mode just keep it in comfort or eco pro and you don't have to hear the crackle then I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to but either way having now mentioned that let's go ahead and test out the paddle shifters I'm going to put it in that manual shift mode I was mentioning to you guys and by the way to do that simply slide the shifter to the left there but let's go ahead and test out the paddle shifters here as soon as people stop being in front of me and let's see how quickly they react for us here here we go it almost launches you forward but how shifters are ridiculously quick needless to say and they are very high quality it feels like to as expected I guess but yeah very nice paddle shifters no delay whatsoever with them but to give the control back to the m850i I simply slide the shifter to the right and I think it is time let's do a quick little acceleration here in the m850i giving the control back to the car and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed here we go oh my gosh good grief I love it nice quick as the m8 I recently drove but dang this thing is a beast 0 to 63.7 will definitely send your head into these very comfortable headrest I can attest to you now kind of acceleration was amazing I absolutely love it but to go along that acceleration as always braking is equally important and so of course you will find m sport brakes on the m850i along with the m logo on those front calipers as well and as far as the brake you feel goes it's been great certainly brings you to a very quick stop here in this thing then touching on suspension and handling a little bit up front you're going to get a double wishbone multi-link aluminum front suspension in the back of five-link aluminum rear suspension and of course twin-tube gas pressurized shock absorbers and there is also an active m suspension with active roll stabilization which is really the active m suspension that monitors each damper individually not only soaking up the road imperfections but also tightening up the suspension during heavy cornering really giving you the best of both worlds that is definitely a big plus in my book and sport differential as well that's going to help send torque to the wheel with the most traction which is going to result in better handling and better acceleration of course as well as I just attested to and as far as the steering feel goes it is great definitely heavier weight to it not quite as heavy actually as my Mustang GT but this is more of a luxury car so it is as expected but perhaps the best part about the steering feel is the grips the 10 and 2 grips are beastly and I absolutely love it definitely gives you a better feeling of being in control of the car and that's one thing BMW does on just about all of their vehicles so always a big fan of that so far in my test drive ride quality has been absolutely amazing again partly thanks to that adaptive m suspension there and as far as cabin noise goes you guys can probably hear me quite well right now because besides the exhaust crackle that I purposefully have on right now there isn't a whole lot of exterior noises coming into the cabin I choose to have that exhaust crackle on because it's freaking amazing but then touching on visibility because of its design it's not going to be as much as maybe a five series or a three series of course but visibility is just fine I can see perfectly fine out the back there did what I also mentioned I'm looking at a head up display right now it's giving me the speed limit my current speed and it's also going to adjust color ever so slightly if you change the driving mode so that's pretty cool too but do like the head up display it's going to help you better keep your eyes in the road another visibility plus there rain sensing windshield wipers also come standard so this windshield wipers are actually going to turn on automatically when the m850i detects any kind of rainfall even a drizzle so it's kind of like automatic headlights you never have to worry about it it's definitely a plus it's something you get used to very quickly if you've never had it before so big fan of that as well but that about rounds out the performance segment of this review let's now go ahead and check out the exterior of this beautiful 2020 BMW m850i all right and so here is the 2020 BMW m850i absolutely amazing silhouette to this car love how the back end tapers down I love the front end this car essentially may just be one of the best looking sedans or four doors I should say technically is a grand coupe but still an amazing looking four door but anyways let me start up front there is that active kidney front grille and I always like to mention you guys if you can see through that active kidney front grille those are active shutters they actually open and close depending on the engine cooling that's needed so I always find that interesting but yet I can never seem to get it on camera although I have seen it before it is pretty cool how that works but anyways side air curtains of course also will come standard on the m850i and that's going to help direct air around the wheel and tire also icon adaptive led headlights with laser light technology and essentially what that is is the brightest lighting allowed by law and it actually does say actually does say let me show you guys this is BMW laser on the side and that is the very brightest leds that are out there right now they absolutely look amazing of course led daytime running lights also standard automatic feature with those headlights meaning when it starts to get dark out they're going to turn on automatically there for you so you never have to worry about that also a completely unique front end compared to the non m8 series BMWs but anyhow let's go ahead and make our way to the side here first thing I wanted to point out is that bronze satin chrome trim located on the front fender there and that was also actually around the front grill as well I didn't mention it while I was in the front but that is a bronze satin trim it absolutely looks amazing bronze satin chrome mirror caps as well that is what you're looking at right now by the way those side mirrors will be power folding and heated with led integrated turn signals that is all standard of course zooming out a little bit black window surrounds no chrome window surrounds on this black actually looks better in my opinion another thing I wanted to mention is something called soft closed doors there is a spider right there but soft closed doors is something that luxury manufacturers do essentially if you do not shut the door all the way let me show you guys BMW kind of sucks it in there for us that is pretty cool and our spider is leaving us anyways as far as the wheel setup goes 20 inch v-spoke light alloy wheels with performance run flat tires will come standard they look right at home they kind of do have a bronze finish ish to them so that kind of ties together well with the accenting in the front fender and the front grill as well but now let's go ahead and make our way to the back integrated m rear spoiler it is again integrated so it is kind of a part of that rear trunk lid it definitely looks good back there led taillights again will come standard trim level badging just below them and there is a more aggressive rear bumper once again compared to the standard 8 series just below it all let's get to the very bottom and perhaps no definitely the very best part about this car center rear diffuser of course that is pretty much as expected but to the sides this is the best part dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips and there is what they call a sport exhaust system here so like i was previously saying the exhaust note can be altered by the driving modes so i'm going to go ahead and put it in sport driving mode here and you guys will hear all of the wonderful crackle that comes with the m850i as always here is that exhaust clip all right so now since we all round back when it comes to opening that rear trunk there actually is a button on the key fob that's pretty normal but it is a power-operative rear trunk and is also a hands-free rear trunk meaning all i need to do is simply walk up to the m850i and kick my foot underneath and that is automatically going to open up for me so this is great especially if you have your hands full with a kid or groceries or whatever that is a pretty cool feature to have and actually it's the same way to close it it is power operated of course but anyways once opened up cargo capacity is going to come in at 15.5 cubic feet and in that cargo area there is a little cargo net there's a couple little extra cubby spaces if you wanted them but if that was not enough space for you though there's rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space there if you needed it then make your way to the rear legroom that is going to come in at 36.6 inches so for reference i mean even 6 feet tall this is how much space i had back there but perhaps the best part about those rear seats is they are bucket seats this is probably one of the first times i've ever noticed this perhaps because of the car we're in today but usually the back seats are overlooked in fast cars a lot of times but these seats actually do hold you in place and you kind of sink down into them those legrests are kind of angled upwards so it really is quite a nice seat design in the back and of course you have a panoramic two-piece glass moonroof so the rear passengers can see the sky and they can control that view of the sky that is the best part there's actually buttons on the side doors as a rear passenger you can control everything for yourself back there including that glass moonroof just above them also there's side window sunshades they can control that as well there is a rear window sunshade they can control that as well there is a ton of stuff they can control it of course they have rear ventilation back there that's pretty normal and the m850i does have four-zoon climate control so both rear passengers can set their own temperatures as well heated rear seats all of that stuff it's pretty much expected but perhaps again the best part about those rear seats is just the fitment they are bucket seats truly and they feel absolutely amazing as a rear passenger i love them but anyways making our way up to the front seats 16-way power adjustable front seats with adjustment so better helping hold you in place around the corners also thigh support adjustment power headrest adjustment and memory seating and of course they are heated and ventilated and i don't know if it's coming off on film like it is in person here but we actually do have the night blue interior on this particular m850i and it looks absolutely amazing it is a very dark blue contrasted with the black leather it is pretty darn cool it's so much better than just a basic black leather in my opinion it's different and i love it and that continues on to the doors of course the rear seats and all that stuff so it is pretty darn good looking and there are plenty of interior color options by the way for the m850i so well done there of course these front seats are extremely comfortable again with all of those adjustments including side bolster adjustments you're definitely not going to have any issues finding your perfect driving position there but now let's go ahead and take a look at this steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping it is power adjustable leather wrapped perhaps some of the best 10 in 2 grips in the business right now super thick i absolutely love them definitely makes you feel like you're in a race car and this car essentially is a race car for the street steering wheel is also heated that button is located just above the m logo on the very bottom there just below the bmw logo in the center so heated steering wheel for this super cold days in pennsylvania as well but now let's go ahead and make our way to the startup let me first start by showing you guys the key here it is a heavy-duty key so to speak got the bmw m colors on the one side and all of the buttons are actually going to be all located on one side of the key you have lock unlock and that button to pop the rear hatch and by the way the lock button is the bmw emblem in the center there but to go ahead and start this one i am simply just going to put my foot on the brake and press that engine start button which is located just to the left of the shifter there it's open then once started up there is a 12.3 inch instrument cluster digital gauge setup and it is completely customizable by using the steering wheel mounted controls on the right side there and also when you adjust the driving modes those gauges will adjust color as well so if you put it in eco pro driving mode it is going to give you more of a blue hue if you put it in normal it's going to give you more of a reddish hue and in sport it's going to give you a lot more of a redish hue along with a little more black as well so definitely pretty cool how the gauges adjust and also the head up display adjust as well didn't want to mention that when you change those driving modes it just changes the color essentially eco pro gives you blue normal gives you white and sport gives you red so it's what do happen to like that as well but now let's go ahead and make our way to the overall interior quality because this has a ton of it anthracite headliner stainless steel fabric interior trim that stainless steel is everywhere there's tons of aluminum trim details including the pedals and the sill plates the sill plates are aluminum and they are illuminated the m850i illuminated into those sill plates so i found a nice dark little area to show you guys that i thought that was pretty awesome there is also marino leather and nappa leather finishes throughout there isn't really a whole lot of plastics at all going on in the m850i pretty much as expected though but heated front armrest is another thing i always like to mention with a lot of BMWs actually so usually you get heated seats and the steering wheel a lot of times but almost never the armrest so i think that is pretty cool universal garage door openers can be found just beneath the frameless rear view mirror there and just in front of the cupholders there is a wireless phone charger there's also a usb charging port 12 volt power outlet again two cupholders just behind the shifter you have an electronic parking brake and within that center armrest that is heated again you will find a rubberized bottom so things don't slide around as much another 12 volt power outlet any phone charger as well in there so that is pretty cool too and again there's aluminum trim to open the glove box it is finished very very nicely and perhaps one of my favorite parts about all of this is all of the ambient lighting the blue ambient lighting that ties together so well with this night blue interior absolutely love it but anyways let's go ahead and make our way to the tech display 10 and a quarter inch color touchscreen display and that is one way to control it it is a color touchscreen display but you can also control what is on that screen using the circular dial and buttons just to the right of the shifter and that's probably the easier route when you're actually driving but i found the touch screen is usually easier when you're actually stopped so it's good to have both but anyways bluetooth and audio streaming will come standard apple carplay one-year trial after that you have to pay for it still no android auto quite yet factory navigation system will come standard on the m850i though and perhaps one of the coolest things on that tech display is there are experience modes you guys have all heard of driving modes right well there are experience modes on the m850i there's executive expressive well-being and end mode and essentially all of those will adjust different aspects of the car everything from the ambient lighting to the sunshades to everything so i just put it on expressive mode and it completely shut everything the dual panel moonroof closed the side sunshades in the back closed the rear window sunshade it is like you are an executive in the back seat it's absolutely awesome and of course if you press that again you guys can hear it it all opens back up how freaking cool is that and again it all adjusts the colors as well it can adjust the ambient lighting to make it red or blue or whatever but love experience modes bmw well done there but of course you can also check out your radio settings up on that screen and by the way there is a 16 speaker Harman Kardon surround sound system that will come standard with nine tweeters five mid-range speakers two bass speakers and 464 watts but that's not the one we have today we have my favorite sound system produced in any manufacturer out there i've said this in all of my videos i feel like just about bowers and wilkins 16 speaker sound system 1400 watts that is ridiculous and that is going to go for $3400 by the way but having said that let's go ahead and turn on the radio see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of this one i felt like night at the rocks very there for a second that was ridiculous you guys got to experience 1400 watts at some point it is crazy it's like you're at a concert it comes at you from all directions the clarity is really what's on point the most with 1400 watts the bass is amazing of course but dang that sound system takes you to a different world every single time but anyways last thing i wanted to mention on that tech display is when you do put the m850i in reverse you will find a rear view camera with a 360 degree view and by the way the side mirrors also tilt down when you put this car in reverse but with that 360 degree view you can you can actually just touch the screen and it will show you different angles like what's to the left of you what's to the right of you there is exactly what's behind you and then there's the automatic setting but that is pretty cool it gives you different angles as well with a digital rendering of the m850i looks pretty darn cool if you ask me but anyways as always that is going to lead us into safety and so to start there are front side and side curtain airbags also in the back you have latch aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats also standard rear child door locks auto dimming rear view mirror and a driver side auto dimming mirror as well adaptive cruise control will come standard you guys probably saw the sensor in the front of the car there frontal collision warning automatic city collision mitigation system with automatic braking daytime pedestrian detection and there's also some optional safety packages including the driver assistant's professional package that goes for 1700 that's going to give you partially automated driving essentially with traffic jam assistant so that's always nice if you're driving home from work and you're stuck blind spot warning system with rear cross traffic alert is available there is also a night vision with pedestrian detection package that goes for $2,300 but that can actually see potential road hazards up to 1,000 feet in front of you and cooler objects are going to appear in blue warmer objects are going to appear brighter like deer so to speak or any other animals or people for that matter so that's definitely a plus if you do a lot of night driving as well and so but anyways that is about it for this one you guys thank you so much for watching feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there if you like be sure to hit the subscribe button and the bell notification button if you're in the new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and i will see you guys in the next video stay going