2017 BMW 5-series Sedan Spied: Lighter and Hopefully More Soulful - Car and Driver (blog)
Or maybe it is a 7er. . . As is clear from the car pictured here, BMW isn’t exactly breaking new ground with the styling of the 2017 5-series. Viewed in profile, the sedan could be any BMW, but a few nearby cars provide enough scale to determine that this is, for sure, a 5-series. Why It Matters: The 2017 5-series is BMW’s newest opportunity to skew its mid-size luxury sedan back toward the “sport” end of the spectrum. Competitors have begun to encroach on (and even exceed) the 5er’s once-untouchable dynamic excellence, and in a recent four-car comparison test , the current 535i placed dead last against the Cadillac CTS, Audi A6, and Mercedes-Benz E350. BMW’s... Platform: It would appear as though BMW’s long, uphill journey toward recapturing some of the E39’s magic is off to a good start: We’ve heard the new 5-series will cut weight through the expanded use of aluminum and composites (as well as possibly... Squeezing any car through a Jenny Craig regimen is good for fuel economy, of course, and we’re sure BMW’s engineers are patting themselves on the back right now for placing the 2017 5-series in a better position to meet increasingly stringent... Source: www.caranddriver.com
