Restyled BMW 5 Series - Lifting Family

Without changing their boundaries, optical adopt
a more hypnotic coast and ...

Apart from the M5 sport that still leaves poor, the range 5 Series has gone under the knife. Operation subtle surgery, but regards its plastic internal organs as well.

LCI: This acronym refers not only to a TV news channel. At BMW, it also stands for "Life Cycle Impulse", or restyling of mid-career. An essential operation that now affects the 5 Series, which appeared in 2010.
As usual in the Bavarian brand, a discerning eye is needed. The look, the grille and bumpers are barely touched, while repeaters flashing migrate mirrors. Thanks to a study aerodynamics, Cx down still up 0.25. However, the most dramatic change is optional: the road to the propeller can now receive full LED headlights, as the 6 Series, 7 Series .... without forgetting the archrivals Mercedes E Class and Audi A6.

Inside, the changes are also discrete

The game of seven errors continues inside. Rather than change his dashboard, the 5 Series chose to shoot the technological map. Updated, multimedia Connected Drive system is able to write SMS messages dictated to him or giving traffic information in real time. In addition, the iDrive control knob can receive a tactile surface to scribble letters and numbers at your fingertips. While the restyling of the sedan, the Touring wagon and atypical GT arrives in early summer, more new reserve about them for the month of November. This is the case of Spot Light system function night vision, which detects and highlights pedestrians and animals. This is also the case with the automatic parking or "Driving Assistant Plus", which follows the lines and traffic in traffic without driver intervention. A true autopilot.

To be sure to spot the restyled version,
note the repeater indicator ...

In contrast, the 5 Series does not expect the fall to review its range of engines. The bottom first, with the arrival of unprecedented 518D, in which the four-cylinder 2.0 turbodiesel is deflated to 143 hp. Will avoid penalties and lowering the price under € 40,000. The 520d can in turn receive a full transmission, previously unavailable with this mechanism. But the top of the range did not stay cross rods, since the 550i twin-turbo V8 rises from 407 to 450 hp. XDrive version, 0 to 100 km / h is even the same as a 560 hp M5, since it would demand more than 4.4 s. Wounded in his pride, sports family, however, decided to replicate simultaneously hosting a unique Pack Competition bringing his cavalry to 575 hp.

Always singular, the stern of this series 5 GT
is not upset