Tag: 5series

28 FEB

The New Audi A6 Is Here and Ready to Renew Its Rivalry with the E-class and 5-series

– Created using a new styling language and built on Audi’s latest MLB Evo architecture, the new Audi A6 follows the range-topping A8 and the sporty A7 hatchback. This mid-size luxury sedan adopts the brand’s latest styling themes, which are intended to move beyond the boxy and less appealing designs seen on the current A4 […]

02 FEB

2018 BMW 5-series Lineup Grows by One (Very Powerful Diesel, That Is)

– With U.S.-market diesels nixed at Audi and on borrowed time over at Mercedes-Benz, BMW stands to be the only German luxury-brand willing to keep selling them here. And BMW’s latest diesel-burner, the 2018 540d xDrive sedan, is shaping up to be a stunner, with huge helpings of the the torque and fuel economy that give diesel-powered entries […]

21 JUL

2017 BMW 5-series Tested in Depth: We Poke and Prod the Latest 5er

– Once the gold standard for sports sedans, in recent years the BMW 5-series has morphed into more of a luxury cruiser. Technologically advanced and supremely comfortable, the newest 5-series performs well in many categories but lacks the lively handling of BMWs we fondly remember from the past. A strong turbocharged inline-four engine is standard […]

19 JUN

Auto supplier Magna to build BMW's 5-series plug-in hybrids

Canadian auto supplier Magna International will produce BMW’s new 5-series plug-in hybrid at its Austrian factory, the company said on Monday, part of a strategy to produce electric cars on a contract basis for global automakers. The BMW 530e plug-in hybrid will be manufactured beginning this summer at Magna’s plant in Graz, Austria, where it […]

02 MAY

2018 BMW M550i xDrive First Drive: The Quickest 5-series Ever (For Now)

– The speed limit just clicked from 120 km/h to unlimited, but the guy in the 10-year-old black Mercedes-Benz C-class diesel won’t get the hell out of my way. We’re heading westbound on the A8 autobahn, about 50 miles southeast of Munich. Spring is late, and the freezing rain hasn’t let up for days. READ […]