BMW 5-series · 520d Executive · Sedan · 2005 ‐ 2007

Production modification 520d Executive of car models 5-series was started in 2005 by BMW, and lasted until 2007. In this auto can fit 5 men including the driver, it has sedan form with 4 doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.5 tons.

«5-series 520d Executive» is a rear-wheel drive automobile with a 6-speed sequential automatic transmission. This automobile can speed up for 8.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 223 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail system», which produce a maximum output of 163 hp at 4000 rpm.

Fuel rate is 9.3 liters in the city driving mode, on the highway 5.5 l, and the average fuel rate is 6.9 l per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank volume is 70 liters of diesel, what lets to go roughly 1015 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 324 mm brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have ventilated disks, 320 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 225/55R16.

According to the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series got the great number of stars - 4, which indicates that it is a reasonably safe automobile. Furthermore to dynamic safety features (Traction control, ESP, Brake assistant, EBD, ABS), it is also equipped with passive safety features (side, driver, passenger, head/curtain airbags).