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VIDEO: BMW teases new 5 Series sedan ahead of unveiling using amazing kinetic sculpture

We knew that BMW's pivotal 5 Series was slated for replacement soon, and we've seen plenty of spy shots to prove that it's in the cards. Up until just now, however, we didn't know when it would appear. In a brief press release available after the jump, BMW promises that its new 5 Series will be revealed with a "Live-Stream of the unveiling ceremony" on November 23 at 8pm CET. In the meantime, the automaker has released a teaser video of an amazing kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum that gives away the car's outline. You can check it out ... Read more →

Rumormill: BMW looking at cheaper 5 Series Gran Turismo, rules out M model Chris Paukert

The famed automotive pot-stirrers at Autocar are at it again. According to two blurbs from the UK publication, BMW's new 5 Series Gran Turismo may spawn at least one less costly, less powerful ...

Spy Shots: 2011 BMW 5-Series Jonathon Ramsey

The 2011 BMW 5-Series is slowly undressing as far as camouflage goes, and its looks are going the "more substantial" route to match its more substantial, modified 7 Series chassis along with a dose of ...

BMW reportedly stopping production of current 5 Series to pave way for new model Noah Joseph

No matter what you think of the new BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo wagon/hatchback/crossover/thing, if you want to get your hands on a brand-new Bimmer 5, that may be your only choice for the time ...

First Drive: BMW 535i Gran Turismo evolves the wagon with clever packaging, solid dynamics and... a prehensile tail? Chris Paukert

Evolution is a tough thing to watch – and not merely because it takes millions of years. While the developmental pace of the automobile has proven to be rather quicker than the natural world ...

BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo may write epitaph for range's wagon bodystyle in America 4 months ago on Autoblog

Autoblog road test editor Damon Lavrinc is in Spartanburg, South Carolina to drive BMW's new all-conquering X6M, and in between bouts with the monster-motor'd crossover, he has had a chance to bend the ear of Martin Berkmann, manager of product planning for BMW North America, about another new ...

Officially Official: BMW drops the details on its 2010 5 Series Gran Turismo [w/VIDEO] 6 months ago on Autoblog

Despite the departure of controversial lead designer Chris Bangle, BMW is showing no signs of returning to the "One sausage, three-sizes" styling brief that it once adhered to. The latest proof of this is the announcement of the production 5 Series Gran Turismo, which, as expected, looks little ...

Geneva 2009: BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo is one luxurious automotive hermaphrodite 8 months ago on Autoblog

BMW's segment-splitting 5 Series Gran Turismo concept has rolled out under the bright lights here at the Geneva Motor Show, and the automotive media has set to poking and prodding it like an alien specimen from Area 51. From the funky twin-hinge hatch (a rather gimmicky item not dissimilar to ...

BMW announces pricing for 2009 7 Series, raises prices on everything else 11 months ago on Autoblog

The latest iteration of BMW's all-singing, all-dancing plutocrat limo will roll out the door starting at $81,125. That sum will get buyers the 2009 750i (including $825 for destination charges), but those who are looking for a bit more legroom in back will have to pay $85,025 for the 750Li. ...

BMW bumps its prices for 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog

High commodities prices and the unflattering value gap between the Euro and U.S. Dollar are forcing a lot of European automakers to bump their prices here in the States. We told you a few weeks ago that BMW was planning on raising the sticker price on many of its products, and now we're starting to ...

BMW 5-series hatch cometh 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view a high-res version courtesy of AutoExpress. According to AutoExpress, the next generation BMW 5-series will be offered as a hatchback, along with its standard sedan and wagon counterparts. The Brit pub supposedly has it on good authority that the new hatch design will be similar ...

BMW rolls out 5 millionth 5-Series 1 year ago on Autoblog

Get out the beer steins and lederhosen: the Bavarians are celebrating! Yesterday the 5,000,000th BMW 5-Series rolled off the production line at its factory in Dingolfing (yes, Dingolfing) less than an hour's blitz down the autobahn from Munich. The original E12 5-Series was launched in 1972 with a ...

Spy Shots: BMW 5-Series sedan 1 year ago on Autoblog

Chris Bangle is now chief of design for the BMW Group. Without his hand directly penning the coming crop of new BMWs, new man on campus Adrian van Hooydonk -- who answers to Bangle -- is slowly erasing some of Bangle's more controversial contributions. Though you can't really tell from Car ...

2008 BMW 5-series now available 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the face lifted 2008 BMW 5-series BMW has just release the 2008 versions of their mid-sized 5-series lineup in both sedan and sport wagon body styles. The most noticeable difference is the face-lifted front fascia, remodeled headlights and reconfigured ...

Whiplash a serious problem with many vehicles, says IIHS 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in Arlington, Va. has just concluded testing on some 75 vehicles' head restraint systems and after performing a simulated rear-end impact of 20 MPH, only 22 of the systems received the top score of "good." At the head of the class was Audi's A4, S4 ...

BMW quietly releases redesigned 5-series, M5 touring 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Fixed pics and added PR after the jump. If you squint your eyes and turn your head at just the right angle, you can almost decipher what changes BMW made to the existing 5-series. Both the front and rear bumpers have been slightly tweaked, with the former getting a new grille, revised air ...

New details on the next generation BMW 7-Series 3 years ago on Autoblog

Car Magazine has posted a few close-up spy shots of the next 7-Series and also provides more details on what to expect in Munich's new flagship with some interesting tidbits that appear sourced from right inside BMW. For BMW fans, the new 7-Series is also the start of a new set of chassis ...

Spy Shots: 2009 BMW 5-Series 3 years ago on Autoblog

With the replacement for BMW's range-topping 7-Series luxury sedan already taking shape, our attention turns to the next 5-Series sport-sedan. UK's Car magazine is featuring details and artist's renderings of what we think is a fairly good projection of what the next 5 might look like. Like other ...

BMW recalls in China 3 years ago on Autoblog

Here's something you don't hear everyday... BMW Group announced that it is recalling 2,662 vehicles in China due to possible problems with the rear shock absorbers. The recall, which affects some 5-, 6- and 7-series vehicles in China built between January and April of this year, consists of 2,131 ...

BMW 5-Series breaks cover on Autobild? 3 years ago on Autoblog

The cover of German magazine Autobild is plastered with a pair of pics showing what the next BMW 5-Series might look like. Codenamed F10, it appears to take some styling cues from the well received 3-Series, especially up front with those edgy headlights that flow around the hood and up the ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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