BMW 5 Series
The BMW 5 Series is a range of the upper middle class of the company BMW. It is offered since 1972, since 1991 as a station wagon variant (company designation Touring).
The name of the BMW 5 Series stood for a reorganization within the BMW program, and the 5 Series was the first model within this classification model, which goes back to the former BMW marketing board member Bob A. Lutz. Later, this type of model ( 3, 5, 7 ) was transferred to the whole portfolio. Mercedes and Audi followed later with comparable vehicle designations a similar order logic (E - Class, Audi A6). Competitors on the market in the vehicle class of the BMW 5 Series, for example, the model versions of the Mercedes -Benz E-Class, Audi A6, Lexus GS, the Volvo S80 and the Jaguar XF.
Since September 2009, a hatchback variant called Gran Turismo is available, which is expected to parts of the 7 Series from BMW already the upper class.
The series at a glance
The 5 models of the upper middle class:
- BMW E12 ( from September 1972 to July 1981, in South Africa to 1985 ), four-door sedan as a direct successor of the "new class "
- BMW E28 ( July 1981-December 1987 ), the first time as " M5 "
- BMW E34 ( December 1987-September 1995 ), first as a station wagon " Touring" ( September 1991-June 1996 ), the first time all-wheel drive possible
- BMW E39 ( September 1995-June 2003; Touring: March 1997-April 2004 ), the M5 is not more than station wagon, four-wheel drive is no longer in the program
- BMW E60 ( June 2003-March 2010 ), the first time the long version for the Chinese market, M5 possible again once again as a station wagon, four-wheel drive xi / xDrive
- BMW F10 (since January 2010)
- BMW 5 Series since 1972
BMW E28 1981-1987
BMW E34, 1987 to 1996
BMW E39 1995-2004
BMW E60 2003-2010
BMW F10, since 2010
In the 5-series located but sold as full-size cars:
- BMW F07 ( since September 2009) of the " 5-GT " is offered parallel to the classic 5-Series
- BMW 5 Series GT
Timeline of the model variants of the BMW 5 Series
General
On March 16, 2007 BMW at the 40th anniversary of the plant Dingolfing celebrated the completion of the seven- millionth vehicle. These were a 535d, which went to a customer in France. On 18 November 2009 was 5,555,555 at the BMW plant in Dingolfing. BMW 5 Series built. These were a 525d xDrive, which the Bavarian Forest National Park received as a donation.