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05-07-2009, 04:23 PM | #1 | |
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The latest on the 2011 BMW 5-Series Wagon (F11)
As you can seen, BMW is going full steam ahead with their Touring (wagon) (F11) variant of the upcoming 5-Series. If you ask me, I'm not exactly sure how the interplay betwen this car and the 5-series GT will be, but regardless the car is coming and as you can see the tape is slowly being peeled off.
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05-08-2009, 07:12 AM | #2 |
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This car looks like it is going to share an increased number of parts from the 7er. I am sure it will have its own identity but it is more a downscaled 7 than I would have liked. Parts bin sharing is going to become more prevalent for the 5 and 7 like the 1,3 etc.
The 5er and 7er used to be more individual models but that looks to be changing.
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05-08-2009, 07:29 AM | #3 |
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Wow, I figured wagon's were dying and being replaced by "GT" models...
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As for the exterior, if you mean to say that the 5er is going to look similar to the 7er thats one thing, but just because they look similar doesn't mean they share the same parts. Even with a similar appearing headlight and hood, there is no way that the headlights or hood from a 7er could physically fit on the 5er's body. Your dramatic statement about 'parts bin' is off base and I can see you are trying to imply a downward trend of some sort when nothing of the sort is happening. We don't even know what the interior looks like except for the speedometer and the gear lever which are parts that have always been shared across all BMW segments!! |
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05-08-2009, 09:21 AM | #5 | |
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Looks good, proportions are very well done. No funny lines. I like it already (never liked the old 5er, that car needs only 19s to look barely OK - poor design that).
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Anyway, what you base this on? On the steering wheel and the dials? But that's not a fact that they share them or just BMW uses parts from 7er for now - plain and simple. That speedo looks great btw.
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05-08-2009, 09:42 AM | #6 |
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Loving the 7 instrument cluster.
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05-28-2009, 05:15 PM | #7 | |
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Car magazine ( http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-...ew-spy-photos/ ) has snapped up some new pix of the car and gives us a little more indepth information about the car
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05-28-2009, 07:34 PM | #8 |
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y does that thing look hella big... i thought these things were supposed to be dropping weight?
BM is turning into MB... bigger and fatter every year... o well |
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05-29-2009, 03:46 AM | #10 | |
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As for exterior, I am going to say it. I miss Bangle's designs. Sure they were controversial but IMHO I think they worked and they only got better with each model. These new models, the jury is still out. I still can't get over how similar the F01 front end and headlights look to the E60 5er headlights and front end. Just my 2 cents...
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05-29-2009, 09:09 AM | #12 |
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lol
People complaining about this being too much like the 7er (inside and out) are cracking me up... seriously History repeats itself and as of yet, its a formula that works for BMW. Build an amazing "flagship" sedan and let bits and pieces trickle down into the lower-end models. Those bits and pieces being both technology and styling. What's further funny is that these photos are still quite disguised, but one can take a look at the 5er GT and pretty much see what the front and dash are going to look like. Side profile and rear will, of course, be different... I think the next 5er lineup is going to be quite impressive. The lower-end 528i's (or whatever they decide to call them) will most likely be boring (as always) but the higher end sport models will get most enthusiasts blood pumping.
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11-09-2009, 10:51 AM | #14 | |
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Latest on F11 Touring
http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1...series-touring
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