Greater Performance, Updated Styling, Enhanced Safety, Interior Refinements
and New Luxury Options
• Refined exterior design for even greater elegance and dynamics
• Enhanced interior design quality and choice of materials
• New 6-cylinder engines with improved performance
• No-extra-cost six-speed automatic with new electronic gear selector lever
• Optional Sport Automatic Transmission with shift paddles
• New features include Active Cruise Control (optional) now with Stop & Go braking function; optional Lane Departure Warning; BMW iDrive with six programmable memory keys; and optional iPod/USB Adapter
More convincingly than any other car in its class, the BMW 5 Series combines supreme style and presence with sporting power and performance. And now the design, driving experience and superior comfort offered by the 5 Series reach a new standard of perfection. Highly attractive refinements to the exterior and significant, visible and tangible enhancement of style and sophistication in the interior accentuate the sporting, elegant character of the BMW 5 Series Sedan and Sports Wagon. The premium ambience within the car’s interior is borne out by sophisticated materials, attractive colors and re-designed interior elements and controls.
Power units more muscular than before and with exceptional all-round efficiency raise the line-up of engines in the 5 Series to a higher standard. Benefiting from this kind of power, the BMW 5 Series is entering a new dimension of Efficient Dynamics attributable to a wide range of enhancements on and around the engine for maximum fuel economy and minimum emissions. A particular highlight is BMW’s innovative High Precision Injection direct fuel injection technology featured on the twin turbo straight-six power unit in the 535i models. Other new drivetrain developments are the updated, quick and precise six-speed automatic transmission as well as BMW’s unique optional Automatic Sports Transmission with shift paddles.
The powerful 535i models feature BMW’s newest inline six-cylinder engine with twin turbochargers and an intercooler for 300 incredibly flexible horsepower, thanks to high precision direct fuel injection with piezo injectors. The 528i variants feature a 230-hp 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder engine with Valvetronic technology and aluminum/magnesium construction.
The V-8 550i’s predecessor was widely acclaimed by most who drove or tested the 545i, not merely for its strong, fuel-efficient power, but also for its highly pleasing sound. Car and Driver (May ’04) summed it up as “among the friendliest, most enthusiastic engines in existence.“ With 4.8 liters, the 550i’s V-8 delivers even more brilliant performance. Peak power is 360 hp; peak torque is 360 lb-ft.