Gifted, elegant, luxurious... In the 48 years we have owned the BMW 5 Series, there has not been a single compliment that does not apply to the BMW 5 Series.
It may be an exaggeration to say that it is recognized as "the best car series in automobile history", but people who really understand it can perceive that BMW's two major labels so far, "sporty" and "luxurious", have always been the most straightforward interpretation of the 5 Series.
Different from the youth of the 3 series and the "not angry and arrogant" that the 7 series must make, the 5 series standing in the middle is more like the "Mr. Almighty" who can attack and defend on the court, and can elegantly wear suits and leather shoes to shuttle through the reinforced concrete, and retreat to the green water and green mountains to enjoy the beauty of life.
This also ushered in a younger and younger user base, and it is said that the average age of the current BMW 5 Series owners is only 34 years old.
Perhaps in order to let the user's age continue to decline, or it may be to "love and kill" with the new Mercedes-Benz E-class, the mid-term redesign of the seventh generation 5 series also arrived after the Beijing Auto Show. In addition to the still familiar engine black technology, 50:50, it also brings more "digital enjoyment" and Chinese exclusive configuration.
This makes me boldly speculate that the 5 Series is so eager to innovate is not to target anyone, but to objectively tell us how "trendy" BMW really is.
Customized "different"
The headlight group with a more simple shape and a more "delicate" interior outline replaces the "serious face" of the previous business style, making the front face look like a big change in style. This design has appeared on this generation of 7 series, X7, X5, and even the controversial 4 series, with "aggressiveness" being its specialty, in other words, it can also be understood as "having a sense of sportiness." ”
The intelligent laser headlight with an illumination range of up to 500 meters is mounted on the 5 series for the first time, and the blue "eyebrow" is its most obvious mark, which at first glance looks much more exquisite than ordinary LED headlights. However, this can only be selected until the top of the executive car, and the price is 1.2W.
The slender body of the domestically produced 5 Series gives it enough elegance, and it must be admitted that it does add a lot of "contrary" atmosphere to the riding space, but fortunately, the sharp 19-inch rim like a blade can make up for it a little. Sports cars must have "black taillights", and you will be impressed by its low-angle "handsome photos".
Yes, the more classic the car series, the more you have to constantly make yourself younger, but also to keep subdividing the family subdivision and subdividing, and the new BMW 5 series has just made a good start.
After black and white silver accompanied us for decades, quantum blue and lush red, which represent youth and beauty, have become the new main colors. The visual perception is getting closer and closer to the M5, and people no longer think of it as an administrative car that only supports themselves.
BMW's exclusive Sensatec 2.0 interior synthetic leather has added a perforated design, with a larger area of contrasting stitching and diamond check decoration, which not only looks cool, but also sits up with the feeling of "big sofa".
On the sports suit, the Sensatec synthetic leather dashboard is its most obvious marker, while there is also a "thong" style M sports steering wheel, which makes you feel closer and closer to the owner of the M5.
Of course, there is also the Deluxe Suite Edition specially prepared for the deep you, and the matte ash wood premium trim is specially prepared for business, and the contribution to the sense of luxury is quite obvious.
The exclusive enjoyment of Chinese car owners not only has a spacious rear space, BMW, which knows the importance of passenger experience, also provides users with a "luxurious" functional configuration - longer seat cushions, thicker backrests, comfortable headrests, electric adjustment of rear seats... To be honest, seeing these features, I don't want to recommend the lowest-leading type to everyone.
They all say that they drive a BMW on a Mercedes, but after a day's experience, I have begun to "resent" this prejudice.
Smart but not "fancy"
Unlock the vehicle with the mobile APP? Sorry, that's something that only elementary and middle school students are keen to do. In the face of adults who pay more attention to time and efficiency, BMW integrates the mobile phone door opening technology into the NFC function of the iPhone, only needs a few bindings, the mobile phone fits the door handle automatically unlocked, and placed in the key sensing area of the center console can ignite and start.
Even if the phone is turned off without power, this function can still be used normally. I'm sure once you get used to this feature, take the car key with you
The "bad habit" of the spoon should not exist.
At the same time, the embedded Tmall Genie supports voice interaction, multimedia, car, window, simple consultation can be controlled through dialogue, and the full version of iDrive 7.0 can support the switching of voice-controlled driving mode. Just say "Turn on Sport Mode" and the vehicle's driving setting will change to "SPORT".
Yes, I also think it's like the show plot of a science fiction movie more than a decade ago:
▲ Voice wake-up vehicle function in "Taxi Express 2"
The body is in luxury, the heart is in motion
Coming from a family of executive cars with a long history, the new BMW 5 Series naturally has the attributes that all high-end cars have - gentle and elegant, light and breezy, but this is by no means the specialty of the 5 Series.
In the short two-day contact, one-touch ignition, driving mode adjusted to sport, and ignoring everything that had nothing to do with driving were the things that I and the BMW 5 Series were most passionate about doing.
It's not built for the track, but as a member of the Blue Sky and White Cloud family, it's inevitable that it's weird not to "tempt" you to step on the throttle deep into the ground.
When you actually do this, the rapidly climbing digital pointer will give you the first sensory impact, followed by a high-pitched and beautiful engine sound, like the kind that appears in BMW's official promotional video... Well, this sound emanates from the speakers in the car.
Don't think this is very perfunctory, with the sound of the 2.0T engine alone, it is difficult to penetrate the new 5 Series "sound insulation defense line", after all, we must always keep in mind the identity of the 5 Series luxury car.
The 6.8 seconds of breaking the hundred comes from this B48 TU engine, BMW's proud 6-hole fuel injection, new cylinder wall spraying technology, and three-cycle cooling scheme are all focused on this, bringing this big guy a sensory impact that is much higher than the book data.
The 8AT from ZF is still the golden partner of this high-power four-cylinder engine, and whenever you step on the accelerator, you will get a timely and rapid acceleration drive. As for the logic of shifting gears, I am afraid that I have to keep staring at the gears on the dashboard to figure it out. In short, it is most appropriate to describe it as "the best invisible man".
Heavy steering may be a little overwhelming for women, but in the hands of avid drivers who are loyal to driving, they become a road-like cornering artifact. As many directions as you hit, the front of the car turns, and this wonderful feeling always accompanies the whole process of our mountain road experience.
The other half of the credit for achieving this feeling goes to the suspension system. It is a luxury car that can be flattened when filtering small bumps. But as soon as someone squeezes its athletic performance, it will immediately show its fierce side, using a strong rear section support to control the body posture and forcibly "press" you on the mountain road.
At this time, the bumps and road sense will be transmitted to the body through the tires that hold the ground, and you will have the illusion that "it is not a luxury car", and even ignore the huge 5-meter-long body. Put it this way, it may be more fun to really drive than GTI or ST.
The headline said:
Years ago, Jeep had a classic slogan called "Not all SUVs are called Jeep", in order to pay tribute to the classic, I want to nest this sentence on the BMW 5 Series, not all high-end is called sports luxury.
Under the uneven level of technology, the 5 Series brings the same luxury as always, the digital technology experience that is not willing to be left behind, and the driving control experience that BMW is never willing to give up. Although there is no perfection in the world, from the perspective of a post-90s car enthusiast, this is a car that strives to progress to perfection every time.
I think we should pay due respect for that.
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