RE: Driven: The New BMW 5-Series
Discussion
Zod said:
kambites said:
Erm, what standard VAG FWD platform is the A6 based on?
same one as the Passat.
They don't even have the engine the same way around do they?I didn't think any A6 had ever been based on the same platform as anything with a VW badge on the front.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 28th January 15:09
ProfessorPeach said:
For my money, Audi still lead the way for execs, although in design terms mostly.
Audi reliability is poor.
The new 5-series, like the 3-series saloon, is just "a car".
In design terms? What design terms? Audi's designers make Porsche's look like the busiest guys in the industry. Take a passat, put a horrendously guaché grille on the front and BANG, you have the latest Audi. Audi reliability is poor.
The new 5-series, like the 3-series saloon, is just "a car".
Notice I haven't actually quoted a model of Audi there as frankly, they all look the same.
bodhi said:
ProfessorPeach said:
For my money, Audi still lead the way for execs, although in design terms mostly.
Audi reliability is poor.
The new 5-series, like the 3-series saloon, is just "a car".
In design terms? What design terms? Audi's designers make Porsche's look like the busiest guys in the industry. Take a passat, put a horrendously guaché grille on the front and BANG, you have the latest Audi. Audi reliability is poor.
The new 5-series, like the 3-series saloon, is just "a car".
Notice I haven't actually quoted a model of Audi there as frankly, they all look the same.
[quote=infradig]'Bread and butter model'- £37k! Since you lot have had things like XFR's on long term blag,you seem to have come over all Vinnie Jones when it comes to the real
if by bread and butter you mean base, i think you may be mistaken? how is a 535i base model, surely a 520i will be? which will be around 10k cheaper.
if by bread and butter you mean base, i think you may be mistaken? how is a 535i base model, surely a 520i will be? which will be around 10k cheaper.
kambites said:
Zod said:
kambites said:
Erm, what standard VAG FWD platform is the A6 based on?
same one as the Passat. They don't even have the engine the same way around do they?I didn't think any A6 had ever been based on the same platform as anything with a VW badge on the front.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 28th January 15:09
i might be getting one of these myself next year. Would like to know what the ride quality/comfort is like. The problem with the e60 SE was that the seats were the most uncomfortable things ever invented, and not helped by run flats. You mentioned the RF tyres are better this time, but those seats look exactly as though they have been lifted from the old e60. Is that the case? And is the car comfortable to drive on motorways for long periods - in your opinion?
E21_Ross said:
i'm sure it's a nice place to be in, but i would still rather something like this (well, would take the M5, but this is just awesome....
much more pretty! and still looks good today IMO
though in that actual picture the wheels don't look quite right
Just keep it and take care of it well, as there won´t be anything better for a long time to come.much more pretty! and still looks good today IMO
though in that actual picture the wheels don't look quite right
Edited by E21_Ross on Thursday 28th January 13:26
Zod said:
Of course they do. It's years since the Passat had a transverse engine. The whole reason Audi sticks to its compromise of using fwd in all its saloons (or 4wd) is that it shares platforms across the group.
Oh, I hadn't realised that. I assumed the Passat had a re-engineered version of the Golf chassis. kambites said:
Zod said:
Of course they do. It's years since the Passat had a transverse engine. The whole reason Audi sticks to its compromise of using fwd in all its saloons (or 4wd) is that it shares platforms across the group.
Oh, I hadn't realised that. I assumed the Passat had a re-engineered version of the Golf chassis. It's hardly setting my pants on fire but then it's not designed to. I'm not overly keen on many of the new BMW models but this looks one of the least offensive looking they've released recently. Though that's hardly praise. All SE or comfort spec models in just about every manufacturers range looks bland and this is no different.
That looks awfully short of rear leg and head room to me.
PH article said:
Another aspect of the 5-series cabin that's made a welcome return is a sense of snugness - both passenger and driver feel cocooned in a way that the previous 5-series never managed. You don't feel short of space - just secure.
Are you sure? That looks awfully short of rear leg and head room to me.
jamoor said:
I love it when people come into a thread about a barge and talk about weight.
Fair enough if it was the new Lotus elise or a Caterham kit car, but this is a barge.
I was wafting around in a 750i last week, so not bothered about weight at all really, except when it's totally fFair enough if it was the new Lotus elise or a Caterham kit car, but this is a barge.
king pointless. 750i has a motorized boot, that I can almost see a point in. motorised airvents however I can't. It just strikes me as something to add weight and complexity for no purpose.nonuts said:
jamoor said:
I love it when people come into a thread about a barge and talk about weight.
Fair enough if it was the new Lotus elise or a Caterham kit car, but this is a barge.
I was wafting around in a 750i last week, so not bothered about weight at all really, except when it's totally fFair enough if it was the new Lotus elise or a Caterham kit car, but this is a barge.
king pointless. 750i has a motorized boot, that I can almost see a point in. motorised airvents however I can't. It just strikes me as something to add weight and complexity for no purpose.At least it's marginally less fugly than the previous iteration. Marginally. And at least it doesn't quite have the terrifyingly monstrous snout as the new 7 series. Every time I pass a new 7 series in the opposite direction I breath a sigh of relief that I haven't been hoovered into its engine bay.
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