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Yes she is here finally! Refined and glamorous, and dubbed the F10 by the Bavarians in German. BMW designers made the new 5-series a combination of the old dolphin and outgoing generation 5-series, to bring you a mouth watering new BMW 5-series. Take hard long look at it, you will definitely smile and say this is true German beauty. It has more conventional-looking headlamps, frankly speaking better than all the previous versions. It has a new modern twin “kidney” small grille, which enables you to notice the D.N.A traits of the Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW). BMW managed to proportionally design the wheelbase making it much longer than the previous version, which was a great idea. Styling on the body kit is absolutely splendid, when you look at it; it’s like looking at nice roasted juicy pork chops. I couldn’t help myself, so I went over to Quest Motors, to feel the car, take a thorough look at it and I was really fascinated by the body work on this Bima. Comparing it to the new Benz E-class, in terms of looks, Benz does not stand a chance.

Opening the door of the 5-series is like entering into a stylish Crown Plaza hotel room. It is unarguably comfortable in which BMW cars slightly lacked. I was disappointed that, we still have the small sporty steering. Nonetheless after a long gaze at the dash I noticed that there was not much change in the interior design. What’s new in the 5-series is the outrageously spacious legroom and tailor made trimming on the seats. A beautiful combination of wood trim and leather can feast your eyes; unfortunately it is available as optional on the 528i.  The BMW dashboard, conceived with passion and elegance, consists of a centre screen monitor and a variety of buttons. BMW’s new centre screen console monitors all functions and provides new innovative night vision systems. All these functions are incorporated with BMW’s operating system the“I- CONNECTED DRIVE”. It offers a one knob interface that is loved by Tech gigs and hated by some car critics. The also 5-series includes optional systems such as, Departure Warning, assisting you in blind spots and lane changing. You will also get the nice and futuristic Heads up Display which illuminates you all information slightly below the windscreen, such as fuel gauge, speed, rev meter and temperature. This technology is said to have been extracted and derived from video games. The Bavarian also includes the Active Cruise Control with Stop n Go. This system helps you manage in rush hour traffic such as Samora Machel at 5pm. You can just seat back and relax. Parking horrors are a thing of the past, it features the popular Park Distance Control and an around View Monitor System. BMW revised the safety features on the 5-series. They introduced safety features such as, Extended Crumple Zones, 6 Airbags, anti-lock brakes, Traction and Dynamic Stability Control emphasising on maximum control and comfort of the car. Safety teams also introduced the Collision Notification System found in arch rivals’ Benz E-class. The new model brings you the, Active Roll Stabilization, which replaced Anti Sway bars. The ARS has electronically controlled pumps which maintain a level ride under nearly all conditions. It also comes with a Active Steering Control, which uses electronic steering to supplement the stability control on the wheels’ brakes and power. So everything on the BMW seems to be active.

Under the hood, the 5-series debuts with one 8 cylinder and three 6 cylinder petrol engines as well as two six cylinder diesel engines. The range is rounded off by a 4 cylinder Turbo Diesel, with anti aluminium crankcase and common rail direct injection. Output from the Turbo Diesel is 184bhp.In the BMW 520d, its fitted with a standard Auto Start Stop system; it’s dubbed as the new efficiency dynamic engine which is BMW’s theme. The 520d provides an average fuel consumption of 5L/100km, which is similar to the Fit. The powerful, unturned version, the 550i comes with an 8 cylinder, featuring BMW’s twin turbo technology and High Precision Injection for maximum output of 407bhp. Be very afraid it is powerful; it can tempt you to go flat-out on the paddle. The 535i has the same technology and produces 306bhp. High injection found my personal favourite the 528i develops 258bhp and for the 523i produces 204bhp. The new BMW 5-series has fully lived up to its efficient dynamics theme, all engines giving you an average fuel consumption of 12l per 100km. Well it’s quite obvious that the Benz Blue Efficiency can’t match that. On handling terms, all engines are Rear Wheel Drive, providing power mostly to the rear wheels. Space was added between wheels and the track was widened to maximize handling. It is dynamically excellent, and has immense styling. The 5-series is comfortable and certainly an honest family car, which deserved to be one of the finalist in the World Car of the Year 2011, competing against the Audi A8 and Nissan Leaf.