We test BMW's Parking Assistant Plus to see if it works in the real world.

The all-new 2019 BMW X5 xDrive50i has a feature called Parking Assistant Plus, which offers high-definition Surround View cameras and BMW's Park Distance Control sensors around the vehicle to automatically park a vehicle for you, both parallel and perpendicularly. We test the hands-free parking mode to see if it works in the real world.

Our testing took place over the course of around 10 minutes in a real parking lot occupied with real cars. We wanted to see if this self parking system could handle things like ice, or worn-out parking space lines, or cars parked too far away from each other. We tried to keep the editing to a minimum, but as we started testing this system with the intention of using a short clip for an episode of TestDrive Spotlight we did edit out some portions where we restarted the introduction of the segment.

We have two angles for our parking test and switch between them based on the ideal viewing angle for the audience.

BMW claims you only need to activate the system by pressing the Parking Assistant button once and driving until the vehicle detects a spot. Once the spot has been located the driver is supposed to press the P button on the iDrive screen and confirm through the iDrive controller that BMW is not responsible for any damage caused due to this system. The Parking Assistant Plus is then supposed to park the vehicle automatically with the driver's hands off the steering wheel and the brake pedal ready to engage should it be required.

Once the vehicle has been parked automatically the Parking Assistant will place the vehicle in park and disengage. Our testing shows what you might expect if you live in a climate like Quebec and try to use this system in the winter. It seems the Parking Assistant is designed to be used under ideal weather circumstances where parking lines are easily visible and other vehicles are parked correctly in their respective spots.

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