Was just down the village and a BMW parked up beside me and i initially thought it was a new shape 3 series saloon but after a double take it was the new 5 series, first one i've seen in the flesh and gotta say its an improvement on the bloated bangle 5 series it replaces, not a huge step but still step in the right direction!
Had a quick chat with the guy as his window was down and I couldn't resist asking what he thought of it and he couldn't praise it enough "VERY happy" to say the least, he was impressed with its performance being such a BIG car (it was a 525i)
My biggest critique is it looks too much like the new 3 series, you can't say that about any other 3 or 5 series through their history, they have always looked very different imo,
I just hope BMW don't become Audi...ish about their designs and make the whole range look the same, would be a shame to have (like Audi's) all the range look the same and only until you see the badge of what model it is do you know what bloody BMW (Audi) it is!
I've slated bangle for his designs but at least each model were different even though most were oogly!!!
Be interesting to see what the F10 M5 looks like, i don't think its going to look that aggressive going by the standard model and in a way i hope it isn't as for me the M5 was always a sleeper unless you new what that M5 badge was on the back it didn't look to much different to any other 5 series, for example our new E34 M5 members car is understated not to brash
LOOK AT ME kinda car,
just how the M5 should be i think....classy!
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Is it a 3 Series or a 5 series ????
