BMW 5 Series Touring Caught Testing Once Again

BMW 5-series Touring Prototype Spy Photo

By Thami Masemola
March 30, 2009 2:04 PM
Filed Under: BMW, German, Spy Photos

It appears the next-generation BMW 5 Series code named F10 will borrow quite heavily from the 7 Series. These new spy pictures of the Touring version show a little more skin at the rear. The taillamp lenses are more visible now. Tiny peeks of brake light shots as well as the light strip from the 7 Series that goes from one end to the other can be seen.

Up front things are less obvious. Only the halo rings around the four front headlights and indicators are visible but the shape of the headlight clusters cannot be made out although the configuration of all six front lights (including the indictors) seem to be arranged like those of the 5 Series GT Concept. It is assumed the bonnet and grille feature a look similar to the GT as well.

The 5 Series is expected to enter the market in Europe in 2010 to be followed shortly by the Touring range. Petrol engines such as the 3.0-litre twin turbo and the 4.4-litre V8 twin turbo will be part of the lineup. Diesel motors like the 2.0-litre twin turbo diesel will also power the 5, while a new hybrid system to be used in the 7 Series has been hinted.

 

Comments

Kleyboy
March 30, 2009 2:07 PM
It would be lovely.. for sure !

afterace2
March 30, 2009 4:16 PM
as soon as it doesnt get the 5 GT's utterly ugly front!

Imasa
March 30, 2009 4:49 PM
Looks like to kidneys are going to be huge.

DieselDog
March 30, 2009 4:50 PM
The overall shape is very agreeable. Six to eight more months of teasing until the final reveal in September...

Odisseus
March 30, 2009 5:24 PM
Funny, in the 3rd photo theres a camoflaged mini passing by.

fr3dy
March 30, 2009 5:31 PM
Yeah xD in the last 2 pics we can imagine how the lights are going to be, almost the same as the 7 series lights


Edited by user on March 30, 2009 at 5:32 PM
ekelly17
March 31, 2009 12:57 AM
New DRL's look good.

benz_man
March 31, 2009 7:55 AM
Who actually believes the light bar from the first gen E65 that BMW has used to camouflage all of its prototypes since 2003 is going to be on this car? If you do, I have some beach-front property in Iowa I'd sell you for a steal...

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