The latest additions to the BMW 5-Series sedan and Touring (station-wagon) were launched in Europe today following an announcement earlier this summer. The Bavarian firm’s long-running executive model series gains three-new engines as well as some other updates throughout the range.
New for the 2012 model year is a pair of 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four petrol engines delivering 184HP in the 520i and 245HP in the 528i, plus a four-cylinder diesel unit with the same displacement delivering 184HP on the 520d EfficientDynamics model.
The latter has a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration time of 8.2 seconds and a top speed of 231 km/h (144 mph), while recording an average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle of 4.5 lt/100 km (52.3mpg US or 62.8mpg UK) and CO2 emissions of 119 g/km.
In addition to the new engines, BMW also made changes to the 525d and 535d, which now come with 218HP and 313HP respectively, while also expanding the availability of its all-wheel drive system with the presentation of the 528i xDrive, 535i xDrive, 550i xDrive, 525d xDrive, 530d xDrive and 535d xDrive.
For more detailed information, check out our previous post here.
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