BMW 5-series · 525d Executive · Sedan · 2007 ‐ 2010

From 2007 BMW started manufacture of automobiles type 5-series, modification 525d Executive and terminated it in 2010. In this automobile can sit 5 men total, it has the form of a sedan with 4 doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.6 tons.

«5-series 525d Executive» auto with a 6-speed sequential automatic transmission is connected to the rear-wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 7.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 235 km/h, due to a 6-cylinders diesel motor engine with a «common rail fuel system», which produce a peak power of 197 hp at 3750 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 8.5 liters in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 5.3 liters, and the intermediate fuel rate is 6.5 l per 100 kilometers. Fuel tank capacity is 70 liters of diesel, what lets to go roughly 1077 kilometers unrefueled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 324 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks, 320 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the next size - 225/55R16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series received the lot number of stars - four, which means that it is a enough safe car. In addition to passive safety (head/curtain, side, passenger, driver airbags), it is also has dynamic systems of safety such as EBD, ESP, ABS, Brake assistant, Traction control.