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We've been showing you 2017 BMW 5 Series prototypes for well over one year now and yet the test cars we've seen so far were fully covered in psychedelic wrap, keeping our attention away from their styling details.
The freshest set of spyshots, which our shooters have just delivered, comes to change that, with the G31 5 Series Touring losing a lot of its camo. The pre-production car we see here reveals certain key design details of the next-gen family 5er.
We can focus on the rear apron (well, most of it), as well as the front fenders - the latter will require peeking through the camo. As for the proportions and dimensions of the vehicle, these seem similar to those of the current model.
Nevertheless, the changes underneath the skin are far more important. That's because the upcoming 5er rides on BMW's CLAR platform. Having already debuted on the 2016 7 Series, the architecture makes us of lightweight materials such as aluminum and carbon fiber to keep the weight down and increase torsional stiffness at the same time.
The resulting diet could allow the 5 Series to shed north of 220 lbs, which should bring a scale footprint of around 3,300 lbs for the sedan.
Under the hood, the engine line-up will be just as complete as the current one, from downsized turbo-fours to the F90 BMW M5 we've spied on numerous occasions - the M Division beast should show up within one year of the standard model's launch. Mix the 600+ hp output with AWD (a first for the label), as well as with the said weight reduction and you've got the recipe for an awesome super-sedan.
With the new BMW 5 Series expected to make its debut at the just-around-the-corner Paris Motor Show, we'll certainly get to dig deeper into the G30 sedan and the G31 Touring soon. Speaking of which, if the Touring would make it into the US, it would probably adopt the Sports Wagon designation, but we don't expect that to happen.
We can focus on the rear apron (well, most of it), as well as the front fenders - the latter will require peeking through the camo. As for the proportions and dimensions of the vehicle, these seem similar to those of the current model.
Nevertheless, the changes underneath the skin are far more important. That's because the upcoming 5er rides on BMW's CLAR platform. Having already debuted on the 2016 7 Series, the architecture makes us of lightweight materials such as aluminum and carbon fiber to keep the weight down and increase torsional stiffness at the same time.
The resulting diet could allow the 5 Series to shed north of 220 lbs, which should bring a scale footprint of around 3,300 lbs for the sedan.
Under the hood, the engine line-up will be just as complete as the current one, from downsized turbo-fours to the F90 BMW M5 we've spied on numerous occasions - the M Division beast should show up within one year of the standard model's launch. Mix the 600+ hp output with AWD (a first for the label), as well as with the said weight reduction and you've got the recipe for an awesome super-sedan.
With the new BMW 5 Series expected to make its debut at the just-around-the-corner Paris Motor Show, we'll certainly get to dig deeper into the G30 sedan and the G31 Touring soon. Speaking of which, if the Touring would make it into the US, it would probably adopt the Sports Wagon designation, but we don't expect that to happen.
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