BMW 5-series Touring · 520i Executive · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2002

BMW started manufacture in 2000 of autos type 5-series Touring, modification 520i touring Executive and closed it in 2002. In this automobile can fit 5 people including the driver, it has the body type of a wagon with five doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.6 tons.

«5-series Touring 520i touring Executive» is a rear wheel drive car with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift. This vehicle can be accelerated for 10.5 s to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 217 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a max power of 170 hp at 6250 rpm.

Fuel rate is 13.7 l in the city mode of driving, on the suburban 7.9 l, and the mixed fuel rate is 10.1 liters per 100 km. Gas tank capacity is 70 liters of petrol, what lets to go approximately 694 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 296 mm brakes and fixed to the chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 298 mm brakes and fixed to the undercarriage through suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the next measure - 205/65VR15.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series Touring got the great quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to dynamic systems of safety (Traction control, ABS, ESP, EBD), it is also equipped with passive systems of safety (driver, head/curtain, passenger, side airbags).