Sneak peek at new BMW 5-Series
Mid-range cruiser leaks onto the Web
2003 BMW 5-Series
It's lighter but bigger, reckons the report and is less controversial -- not so Bangled up, with fewer flame surfaces and weird-looking headlamps. The Hofmeister kink remains but the back looks more than a tad anonymous.
Weight loss comes courtesy of more exotic materials -- but it will of course go heavy on the gadgets, including active rear suspension kinematics, which enables all-electronic control of cornering forces and allows each wheel to react individually.
Motors will be a bit more powerful but with more green cred -- lower consumption plus bio-fuel compatibility. There'll be braking current regeneration too which, with adaptive alternator control, is said to result in 10 per cent fuel savings.
The range will top out initially with a 408bhp 550i, which will host a 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 under the bonnet, according to the remarkably well-informed story. Then there'll be a Touring -- and an M5...
For more plus pics, see link below.
on the pics I see the some better looking X3 style front lights wich still can do with some more changes..on the back those rearlights are not of my taste! yuk... but still 3 years to go so hope they make some better looking rears...
ow..engine's sound great too..specialy 550i with 408hp...nice(and ofcorse the M5)
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