v_therussian

Just a few quick quotes below, full article HERE

1. "And the 5-Series GT is definitely soft, even at its hardest."
2. "The materials, styling and features inside the cabin all shout 7-Series, which is definitely a good thing as far as quality and finish are concerned."
3. "it fits almost the same paradigm as Audi's A5 Sportback. But that comparison's not fair, as the BMW lacks the beauty and elegance of the Audi design"
4. "The eight-speed transmission shifts so seamlessly that most of the time you won?t even notice its operation. Which is just how an automatic should be"
5. "the manual mode offers some reward, holding onto gears well and downshifting with relative alacrity. The fact that there are 8 cogs to swap can things a bit busy, but the fact that the chassis and steering don?t really reward hard driving the way you might expect mean this automatic is likely to spend the vast majority of its life in pure automatic mode anyway."
6. "Throttle response is tame, and acceleration, though forceful in the 550i twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 models tested, isn't breathtaking or even very exciting. It really doesn't feel like 5.4 seconds 0-60 mph or 400 horsepower, a fact possibly explained in part by the car's near-5,000-pound curb weight."
7. "ack of a rear limited-slip differential and a stability control system that's still engaged even when traction control isn't also add to the disengaged feeling behind the wheel."

Read the whole thing for yourself and see, but it looks like yours truly won't be on the waiting list for this car. Looks like there won't be a waiting list either, come to think of it.

I sure hope the F10 is different, drastically.

RichReg

Considering that the 5Gt is the F07 platform and the Sedan is the F10,
I'd be fairly certain that there will be some drastic differences.

sdg1871

Nothing about the 5 GT excites me. High curb weight and high center of gravity -- not for me. And I don't like anything about the styling either.