BMW 5-series Touring · 525i · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2004

In 2000 BMW launched manufacture of automobiles type 5-series Touring, modification of 525i touring and finished it in 2004. 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 525i touring» is a rear-wheel drive auto with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This automobile can speed up for 8.5 seconds to 100 km/h, with a top speed of 235 km/h, owing to a 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a max power of 192 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 13.4 l in the city mode of driving, on the highway 7.7 l, and the intermediate fuel rate is 9.8 liters per 100 km. Tank volume is 70 l of petrol, what allow you to drive about 715 kilometers unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this auto have ventilated disks, 296 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Back wheels have disks, 298 mm brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the following size - 225/60WR15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series Touring gained the lot quantity of stars - four, indicating that it is a well safe automobile. In addition to active safety features (EBD, ABS, ESP, Traction control), it is also has passive safety (head/curtain, side, passenger, driver airbags).