BMW 5-series · 545i High Executive · Sedan · 2004 ‐ 2005

Type of automobiles 5-series, modification of 545i High Executive manufactured by BMW in 2004 and finished in 2005. In this auto can sit 5 person including the driver, it has sedan form with four doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.6 tons.

«5-series 545i High Executive» car with a 6-speed sequential automatic gear shift is fitted to the rear-wheels. This car can be accelerated for 5.9 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 250 km/h, owing to a 8-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum power of 333 horsepower at 6100 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 15.8 liters in the urban driving mode, on the highway 7.7 liters, and the normal fuel consumption is 10.6 l per 100 km. Tank capacity is 70 liters of petrol, what provides to go roughly 661 km unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 348 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe through suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks, 345 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 225/50R17.

In conformity with the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series received the great number of stars - 4, which means that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to passive safety systems (driver, head/curtain, passenger, side airbags), it is also equipped with active safety features such as ESP, ABS, Traction control, Brake assistant, EBD.