Looking Back at the BMW E60 5-Series
02-06-2017, 12:26 PM
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Looking Back at the BMW E60 5-Series
BMW takes a look back at the E60, a 5-Series for the new millennium.
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02-07-2017, 05:53 PM
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BMW takes a look back at the E60, a 5-Series for the new millennium.
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02-13-2017, 10:39 AM
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My Ride: 2009 535i Sport
Model Year: 2009
Engine: N54
Sure, I'm biased a bit owning one ...But one of there reasons I bought an LCI E60 in 2012 was that it still looked like a current auto design.
Many other later cars copied some of the 5's significant styling cues: wrap-around tail lights ; wrap-around headlights ; slab-sided yet 'flame-surfaced' side panels ; large front grills/intakes ; Detailed, hi-tech tail light designs when on (think LCI) ; technology that is still competitive with today's offerings (minus the new "safety" trend of lane-keeping/adaptive cruise/.etc. )
The proportions of the car are classic and sporty.
The entire design is clean and simple (in a good way) enough that, combined with the trend-setting design aspects mentioned above, it still looks current.
Plus it was the last distinctively-styled 5 series ... the F10 and G30 are more global/Asian in design, and subjectively are more anonymous. They look like an Infiniti, and the 3, 5, and 7 look nearly identical these days anway.
Many other later cars copied some of the 5's significant styling cues: wrap-around tail lights ; wrap-around headlights ; slab-sided yet 'flame-surfaced' side panels ; large front grills/intakes ; Detailed, hi-tech tail light designs when on (think LCI) ; technology that is still competitive with today's offerings (minus the new "safety" trend of lane-keeping/adaptive cruise/.etc. )
The proportions of the car are classic and sporty.
The entire design is clean and simple (in a good way) enough that, combined with the trend-setting design aspects mentioned above, it still looks current.
Plus it was the last distinctively-styled 5 series ... the F10 and G30 are more global/Asian in design, and subjectively are more anonymous. They look like an Infiniti, and the 3, 5, and 7 look nearly identical these days anway.
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