BMW 5-Series: Taxi to the race

Driving the presentation of a new sedan 5-Series for the media and corporate clients BMW Group Russia got a racetrack "Moscow" in Myachkovo. It is no coincidence. Where else can check the car's handling, but on the racetrack? In addition, anyone could ride as a passenger race-taxi on cars and BMW X5M BMW X6M. Behind the wheel "emok" were leading instructor BMW AG, the developer of the set of training programs on driving skills and a repeated winner of Austrian Rally Cross and the European Rally Cross Herbert Gryunshtaydl. And also the chief instructor of the school of driving skills BMW Alexey Maslov, specially arrived from St. Petersburg. Since the event was attended by more than four hundred people, familiarity with the new quintet was a fugitive. Yes, and the test format was boring - "Five went in single file for the race-taxi. However, in the journalistic races Emka drove faster on the straight and even overclocked to "mind-blowing" 140 km / h. Denser acquaintance with the new "Five" we still have, and while first impressions. Inside the cold Bavarian luxury, pleasant to the touch wheel and an unusual selection box with a button-operated locker at the side. Seats are equipped with many adjustments, is welcome in my arms. On the status of the new five - a small "Seven" and even built on the platform of the 7 Series. Chase on solid sedan almost 5 meters in length and weighing more than 1700 kg at the beginning does not pull. Us to the test got the top version 530d c inline six-cylinder turbo diesel engine capacity of 245 liters. with. There is such a car from 2,150,000 rubles. Plus have to pay for the 8-speed automatic. Traction motor hits, max 540 Nm is already available from 1750 rpm. And the diesel version accelerates to 100 km / h in just 6.3 sec. Maximum speed is limited to 250 km / h. The average consumption - just 6.3 liters per "hundred". The power unit is surprisingly quiet, but his roar when overclocking is not quite like the sound of a diesel engine. The new eight-"machine" responds instantly to the wishes of the driver and works without jerks. Steering wheel with excellent feedback heavy. Suspension on the test car was the most that neither is a simple, no choice of electronic configuration. Nevertheless, she copes with the lateral accelerations. However, although the suspension of the five is the same as that of the 7-Series, its configuration takes another team of engineers. About the nuances of the car tell you later, when introduced to it more tightly. But it is already clear that the initial, positive evaluation of the new "five" unlikely to change.