2010 Top Gear Awards: Family Car of the Year
12-07-2010, 09:34 AM
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My Ride: My ex-ride: EU '08 LCI 520dA. Space Grey, Sport Seats in Black Leather/Fabric Anthracite, Sport Steering Wheel, A/C with Extended Features, Hi-Fi Speakers, Cup Holders, Cruise with Braking function, Folding Rear Seats, Xenons, Park Distance Control.
2010 Top Gear Awards: Family Car of the Year ? BMW 520d Touring
?Pity the competition. The new 5 Touring is one of the most sorted all-round cars available today. In fact, if you can stump up the not-insignificant £30k asking price for this entry-level 520d ? there?s a 530d, too, plus the 525i and 530i petrols, but the smallest diesel is the one everyone will buy ? it could be all the car you?ll ever need.
Its Big Numbers, as we?ve come to expect from BMW, are lightly stupefying. With 184bhp and 280lb ft of torque, the 520d will spin to 62mph in 8.3 seconds but, with the help of the standard stop-start tech, return 55mpg and 137g/km of CO2. In a car this size, that?s astonishing.
On the road, the engine is as excellent as its figures suggest. This is one of the smoothest, most tractable small diesels out there, with an unfeasibly wide powerband and much shove throughout the rev range. OK, occasionally you?ll miss the kidney-jabbing acceleration of the straight sixes, but for a real-world combination of economy and pace, look no further.?
Just wondering about the 525i and the 530i
?Pity the competition. The new 5 Touring is one of the most sorted all-round cars available today. In fact, if you can stump up the not-insignificant £30k asking price for this entry-level 520d ? there?s a 530d, too, plus the 525i and 530i petrols, but the smallest diesel is the one everyone will buy ? it could be all the car you?ll ever need.
Its Big Numbers, as we?ve come to expect from BMW, are lightly stupefying. With 184bhp and 280lb ft of torque, the 520d will spin to 62mph in 8.3 seconds but, with the help of the standard stop-start tech, return 55mpg and 137g/km of CO2. In a car this size, that?s astonishing.
On the road, the engine is as excellent as its figures suggest. This is one of the smoothest, most tractable small diesels out there, with an unfeasibly wide powerband and much shove throughout the rev range. OK, occasionally you?ll miss the kidney-jabbing acceleration of the straight sixes, but for a real-world combination of economy and pace, look no further.?
Just wondering about the 525i and the 530i
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2010 Top Gear Awards: Family Car of the Year ? BMW 520d Touring
?Pity the competition. The new 5 Touring is one of the most sorted all-round cars available today. In fact, if you can stump up the not-insignificant £30k asking price for this entry-level 520d ? there?s a 530d, too, plus the 525i and 530i petrols, but the smallest diesel is the one everyone will buy ? it could be all the car you?ll ever need.
?Pity the competition. The new 5 Touring is one of the most sorted all-round cars available today. In fact, if you can stump up the not-insignificant £30k asking price for this entry-level 520d ? there?s a 530d, too, plus the 525i and 530i petrols, but the smallest diesel is the one everyone will buy ? it could be all the car you?ll ever need.
They are so right - the 520d IS an astonishing engine in an astonishing car.
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I love the look of the F11 and I want one...but...how in hell did it make familly car of the year. My E61 has hardly any storage or cubbies and the F11 is even worse, not even a decent glove box. When I take my kids in the E61 they take enough crap to open a toy-shop, but nowhere to store the stuff. Evne finding space for the wet-wipes, tissues, cell phone, cell phone charger, etc, that's all the storage space taken - not good enough !
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