BMW Announces Pricing For New 5 Series Touring
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MULGRAVE, AUSTRALIA – Aug 3, 2010
New BMW 5 Series Touring: comfortable, dynamic and extremely
versatile
BMW Group Australia has announced pricing for its fourth
generation 5 Series Touring that goes on sale in September through BMW
dealerships across Australia.
Combining the comfort, versatility and practicality of a premium SUV with the hallmark driving dynamics, performance and efficiency of BMW's 5 Series Sedan, the new BMW 5 Series Touring offers an intelligent alternative for executive family transport.
The new 5 Series Touring is available in two models with the Manufacturer Recommended List Price for the entry-level 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel 520d Touring starting at $92,800.
With its high performance 3.0-litre TwinPower Turbo straight six cylinder petrol engine, the top-of-the-range 535i Touring is priced from $138,900 with both models featuring an eight-speed automatic transmission as standard.
"The all-new 5 Series set a new benchmark in style, performance, efficiency and driving dynamics for executive sedans and now with the addition of the Touring models, BMW can add outstanding versatility and practicality to those attributes," said BMW Group Australia Managing Director Stavros Yallouridis.
"With this new fourth generation 5 Series Touring model, BMW is delivering a sporty, elegant, executive lifestyle package that features a spacious and cleverly detailed interior to meet a variety of business, leisure and touring needs.
"A vast array of driver assistance systems combined with BMW's renowned chassis technology ensures safe, confident and dynamic driving characteristics while the latest generation turbocharged petrol and diesel engines refined with EfficientDynamics technologies provide the ultimate in performance and efficiency.
"Not everyone wants, or needs, a high-riding lifestyle vehicle and with the 5 Series Touring we are offering the best of both worlds with a spacious, practical and versatile interior and benchmark performance, efficiency and driving dynamics,” he said.
Design: sleek sporting exterior, spacious versatile
interior
With its short front overhang, long bonnet and gently
sloping roofline topped by satin aluminium roof rails tapering to the rear
tailgate, the 5 Series Touring delivers a sporting and elegant aesthetic.
The trademark BMW styling cues including a wide kidney grille, dual round
headlights, strong side contour lines and rear L-shaped taillights give the
car an instantly recognisable appearance while its broad low stance
provides a powerful presence on the road.
The interior design of the new BMW 5 Series Touring clearly brings out the active character of the car with its clever details and premium nature showcased through the use of high quality, luxurious materials.
Across the front, the elegant asymmetrical dash is inclined towards the driver at an angle of approximately 7 degrees to ensure all controls and functions are placed for quick and easy reference. A keyless start/stop button sits prominently on the dash enabling the driver to keep the remote key fob in the pocket or a handbag and the new multi-function steering wheel offers greater functionality incorporating both cruise control and audio/phone controls.
With the longest wheelbase in its class measuring 2968mm and an overall length of 4907mm, the BMW 5 Series Touring offers a vast amount of interior space with flexible seating for five occupants and a large carpeted rear luggage space.
In order to offer the greatest degree of versatility in its carrying capacity, the rear seat back splits and folds individually in three 40/20/40 sections providing a luggage capacity that ranges from 560 litres to 1670 litres.
To further enhance this flexibility, the rear seat backs can also be adjusted through 11 degrees in seven separate increments while the rear tailgate with its low-loading sill offers a separately opening rear window to allow quick and easy access to the luggage compartment. The window and tailgate can both be opened using the remote control and on the 535i Touring, the tailgate is fully electrically operated.
Both models also feature a luggage cover as standard that is automatically raised when the tailgate or rear window are opened, full length floor rails with adjustable eyelets, and a luggage net.
The 5 Series Touring is available in a range of 13 exterior colours, and metallic paint is standard for the 535i. Inside, the standard fine Dakota leather interior upholstery is offered in a choice of six colours. The optional Exclusive Nappa leather with extended contents is available in a choice of Black or Oyster/Black.
Likewise, there is a range of non-cost trim options including black high-gloss enamel, three different types of wood – ash grain-gloss, ash grain brown, ‘Fineline’ anthracite’ or Fine Brushed Aluminium. Aluminium hexagon is available in conjunctions with the M Sport Package.
To further enhance the sporting visual and dynamic appeal of the 5 Series Touring, a full M Sport Package is optionally available on both models that includes 18-inch double spoke ally wheels and complete M Aerodynamics Package, sport front seats, M leather steering wheel and interior trim highlights, and a l sports suspension which lowers the car by 15mm.
Powertrain and dynamics: efficient, high performance driving
pleasure
The new 5 Series Touring is offered with a choice of either
a fuel-efficient and dynamic 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel engine or
the new 3.0-litre straight six-cylinder TwinPower Turbo petrol engine.
Powering the top-of-the-range 535i Touring, the petrol engine was first introduced in Australia in the 5 Series Gran Turismo and combines High Precision Injection and fully variable VALVETRONIC valve control to produce a maximum output of 225kW at 5800rpm and peak torque of 400Nm from a low 1200rpm right through to 5000rpm.
Accompanied by an eight-speed Sports Automatic transmission complete with steering wheel mounted paddle shifts with M gearshift logic, the engine enables the 535i to accelerate from 0-100km/h in just 6.1 seconds while offering combined EU fuel consumption figure of 8.5l/100km with CO2 emissions of 197g/km.
For even greater efficiency, the 520d Touring is driven by the latest generation BMW 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel engine that combines common rail direct fuel injection and a variable geometry turbocharger to produce a maximum power of 135kW at 4000rpm and peak torque of 380Nm between 1750rpm and 2750rpm. Combined fuel consumption is an extremely low 5.3l/100km while CO2 emissions are just 139g/km. Mated to the standard eight-speed Automatic Transmission (the Sports Automatic transmission is optionally available), the 520d can cover the 0-100km/h sprint in 8.3 seconds.
Both models share the same sophisticated all-aluminium double wishbone front suspension and Integral V rear axle with the BMW 5 Series Sedan to ensure the optimum balance of ride comfort and handling. Given its larger load capacity, the 5 Series Touring also features a standard self-levelling air suspension on the rear that immediately takes account of, and compensates for, changes in load to provide a constant vehicle height under all driving and load conditions.
To further enhance the driving pleasure, the 535i Touring is also fitted standard with BMW's Dynamic Driving Control that offers three modes of operation - Normal, Sport and Sport+ - that enable the driver to adjust steering, throttle, transmission and DSC responses according to their needs or the road conditions.
Dynamic Driving Control becomes standard on the 520d Touring when it is fitted with the optional Sports Automatic transmission, Integral Active Steering or Dynamic Damper Control. Dynamic Damper Control adds a fourth Comfort mode of adjustment for the Dynamic Driving Control through the addition of electronically controlled continuously variable damping.
The 535i Touring is able to take this level of control even further with the optional Adaptive Drive that combines Dynamic Damper Control with a Dynamic Drive stability management that acts on both front and rear anti-roll bars to quickly and precisely build up appropriate counter forces during cornering.
To further aid the high-speed agility and comfort and low speed manoeuvrability of the new BMW 5 Series Touring, both models can be fitted with the innovative Integral Active Steering that builds upon the efficiency of the standard electric power steering and not only controls the front wheels but also offers active rear wheel steering to an angle up to 3.0 degrees.
Outstanding grip and stopping power is assured in the 5 Series Touring. The 520d is fitted with 17-inch alloy wheels and the 535i utilises 18-inch alloys, while the large vented disc brakes on both models are assisted by electronic systems including Antilock Braking System with Cornering Brake Control and Brake Assist and Dynamic Stability Control.
Comfort, convenience and safety: luxury features for supreme
comfort
The BMW 5 Series Touring is generously equipped for comfort
with standard luxury features on both models including dual zone climate
control, power operated windows and heated exterior mirrors, fine Dakota
leather upholstery, keyless start, electric front seat adjustment (four-way
for 520d and full adjustment with lumbar support and driver seat memory for
535i), front and rear foglights, automatic headlights and windscreen
wipers, Bluetooth connectivity, iDrive controller with eight favourites
buttons, hard disc BMW Navigation Business system with 7-inch display
screen, and BMW Professional audio system with digital AM/FM radio, single
slot CD player, six loudspeakers and both auxiliary and USB inputs for
connecting an external personal audio player such as an iPod.
In addition to these features, the top-of-the-range 535i Touring gains Adaptive
Bi-Xenon headlights with high-beam assist, sun blinds for the rear side windows, Comfort Access system, and an upgraded HiFi Loudspeaker system with 12 speakers and a 205-watt power amplifier.
To ensure safe and convenient motoring both models feature an extensive array of driver assistance systems including cruise control with braking function, Head-Up display, front and rear Park Distance Control, Rear View camera and Parking Assistant.
This latter feature is unique in its class and is designed to assist drivers with parallel parking manoeuvres. Operating at speeds up to 35km/h, the system uses ultrasound sensors integrated into the side indicator surrounds to measure the length of possible parking spaces along the side of the road. Once it detects a space that exceeds the car length by at least 1.2m, it informs the driver with an audible and visual signal. From this point on, all the driver has to do is operate the accelerator and brake pedals while the Parking Assistant moves the steering wheel to reverse precisely into the space available.
As a BMW, the 5 Series Touring is also standard with a full complement of passive safety features including driver and front passenger front and side airbags and full length side curtain airbags, active front head restraints and five three-point seatbelts with pre-tensioners and belt force limiters on the front seats.
Like all BMWs, the 5 Series Touring can also be personalised to a high degree with an extensive selection of options. Enhanced driver assistance is offered with such innovative features as Surround View cameras, Active Cruise Control with Stop & Go, Lane Change Warning and Lane Departure Warning, BMW Night Vision and Speed Limit Info.
BMW's Speed Limit Info is a world first technology that uses a camera fitted near the rear vision mirror to permanently monitor road speed signs - including variable speed limits - that are then displayed in the instrument cluster or head-up display to warn drivers of the current speed limit.
Further communications and entertainment options include genuine internet access that is gained through a compatible mobile phone then transferred to the vehicle's display system via Bluetooth, upgraded audio and navigation systems, TV function for the on-board monitor, Voice Control for audio and phone functions, six-disc DVD changer and rear DVD entertainment systems.
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