WCF Review: The BMW 530d Gran Turismo
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BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
BMW 530d GT / Copyright: Alex Ricciuti / WCF -
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Comments (26)
Razz
Well done my friends ... a review dept. for WCF is very welcomed !!! As far as i am concerned .. i like that ! Thanks .. cool BMW !
January 22, 2010 2:02 pm
Siawa
I don't like the new 5 series at all. I saw quite few on road and I wasn't sure which model I was looking at: 5 or 7. Yeah yeah (all) Audies have the same style as well but atleast you can point out the difference easily between A4, A5, A6 etc.
January 22, 2010 2:08 pm
N20_Purge
Wow, a WCF review. You haven't done one of these for a long time.
No offence, but why review such an ugly car? o.0
January 22, 2010 2:31 pm
jerry05cod4
It's a great reviewable car because it's such a controversial car. If you read the article you'll notice it's actually a pretty solid car.
January 22, 2010 6:27 pm
Uptohere
Okay, honestly not trying to be a sh-t disturber but want to pose a serious question to those drunk on BMW. Please explain to me the appeal and the 'raison d'etre' of this car. I can't see why someone would buy it, even for practical reasons, as there are more practical alternatives in the market place. It would seem to me most sales will be generated merely as a result of the badge on the bonnet. I'm ready to be enlightened.
January 22, 2010 3:08 pm
GRAVE
Interior has sooo many details from the 7s, actually it looks 90% like the 7s but with less number of bottuns, this is why I hat BMW, the 7s should have its individual design for the interior not sharing it with this ugly poinless over priced 5GT!
Like the S and A8 both have their own design for the interiors thats why their interiors are special from their other range of cars
January 22, 2010 3:59 pm
benz_man
If you think hard, you'll remember ALL 5s sharing 7 interior bits. Remember how the E34 interior was literally a smaller E32? Or how about the E38 sharing most its bits with the E39? Then, the introduction of the "furniture" interiors on the E65/66 and translated lightly into the E60. BMW always shares interior suppliers between lines. Thats how you make a profit...
January 24, 2010 9:33 pm
53MercOwner
What a boring review. A review is a reasonable addition but you're not telling us anything that fans of WCF don't already know from a thousand other sources. What your review needs a is an extremely subjective viewpoint. Do like the bloody thing?
BTW, I saw a 55Oi GT in the flesh (silver over black) and it looks fine. Not beautiful but not bad either. As a former owner of a 1999 540i Sportline, I wouldn't kick it out of my garage.
January 22, 2010 4:23 pm
sideskraper
Agreed. Regurgitating marketing guff is not a review. A review requires subjective insight. I've read articles with more substance in News Corp papers.
January 22, 2010 5:36 pm
Mike.F1
+1000... this "car" is so ugly and useless I don't even know where to begin
January 22, 2010 5:02 pm
scratchy996
it ain't pretty, ugly even, but the general idea is good. too bad there isn't a 530xd GT.
January 22, 2010 8:31 pm
vitali77
You know there are people who say they are not "photogenic" and dont appear good in photos. This is the case with this car. Look hideous and disproportionate in pictures but in fact is very stunning in real life. Had a test drive of the 530d, and I must say I was very impressed. Same basic chasis and interior of a 7 series, but with a much more practicar approach to it. In many ways this car looks much more muscular and interesting than the 7 series. So unless you've seen it in real life, dont hate cause its really a treat.
January 22, 2010 9:50 pm
CDspeed
For those of you that think the design is useless try to imagine being tired of driving an SUV you'd like to get back into a car but you want to keep the SUV functionality. A wagon could work but the design of a wagon looks too soccer mom to you. Thats were these crossovers come in. I've test driven the 550i GT its awesome inside and out. Give it a chance go look at one maybe even drive it.
January 23, 2010 2:25 am
genie
So this 'innovative' BMW is actually just like any other lift-back hatchback car, like we've had for decades now. The only thing I can see thats any different is the double hinged boot so you can open it like a sedan or a lift-back, much like the Skoda Superb has done for a while now. I just don't see what is new about this car, yet BMW tries to paint it as some niche creating masterpiece of innovative design. Which it just isn't.
January 23, 2010 1:35 pm
CDspeed
genie.....I'll admit its not completely a new idea but it is for BMW's lineup and the luxury car market. The overall shape combined with its key standard features is new.
January 23, 2010 7:22 pm
BavarianMS
This car is great. Need to see it in person, that is when it grows on you.
January 23, 2010 4:21 am
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