The new BMW 5 Series will be produced at 400 000 units/year according to Inovev forecasts
- Shortly after the closing of the 2016 Paris Motorshow, BMW unveiled the new generation of the 5 Series (E-segment), a model in competition with the Mercedes E-Class, Audi A6 and Jaguar XF. The model presentation came also shortly after the renewal of the Mercedes E-Class and Jaguar XF.
- Since the previous generation was launched at the end of 2009, the Series 5 models have a seven-year life.
- The new generation, whose production will start at the beginning of 2017 on the BMW site in Dingolfing (Germany), will keep the classic styling that made the success of the models of the brand. Its production is expected to start in China (on the Brilliance site in Shenyang) and in Russia (at the Avtotor site in Kaliningrad) a little later.
- Thanks to the CLAR platform already used on the 7 Series (2015) and which will be shared by the future 3 Series (2019), the new 5 Series loses - according to the carmaker - a hundred kilos compared to the old one, in spite of being longer by 3cm (new length: 4.94m).
- The new 5 Series is equipped with two diesel engines (2.0l 190hp on the 520d and 3.0l 268hp on the 530d) and two petrol engines (2.0l 252hp on the 530i and 3.0l 340hp on the 540i). A rechargeable hybrid version will be available in 2017.
- While the former generation of the 5 Series was produced at 350,000 units in 2016 (200,000 in Europe and 150,000 in China), the next generation is expected to reach 400,000 units per year.
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