The new BMW 5 Series Touring.

Contents: 1.The Third-Generation BMW 5 Series Touring: The Perfect Synthesis of Dynamic Performance, Elegant Style, and Superior Versatility. (Short Version) 2. Design: Dynamic, Sporting and Elegant 3. Drivetrain: Powerful, Efficient and Refined 4. Chassis and Suspension: Agile Handling and Dynamic Performance with Many Options. 5. Bodyshell: Intelligent Lightweight Technology for Superior Dynamics and Efficiency. 6. Luggage Compartment: Larger, Even More Variable, and with Even Better Access. 7. Assistance Systems: Innovations for Extra Safety and Comfort. 8. Infotainment: Innovations for Information and Entertainment. 9. Equipment: Sophisticated, Individual and Convenient. 10. Passive Safety: Supreme All Round. 11. Production: Sustainable, Efficient and Trendsetting. 12. BMW Touring Tradition: The 5 Series Touring and its Predecessors. 13. The New BMW 5 Series Touring and its Market. 14. Specifications. 15. Output and Torque Diagram. 16. Exterior and Interior Dimensions.

1. The Third-Generation BMW 5 Series Touring:
The Perfect Synthesis of Dynamic Performance, Elegant Style, and Superior
Versatility (Short Version)

... Intelligent lightweight technology with an aluminium/steel bodyshell, more
space, lower weight, large panorama glass roof.
... Even larger and more variable luggage compartment with automatic operation
of the rear lid, Soft Close Automatic, separately opening rear window, and
semi-automatic roll cover.
... Choice of four engines and three six-speed transmissions: 2.5-litre
six-cylinder and 4.4-litre 8-cylinder petrol engines, 2.5- and 3.0-litre
six-cylinder diesel engines with EU4 and particle filter, manual, sequential
and automatic six-speed transmissions.
... All-aluminium chassis and suspension, self-levelling with air springs,
Active Steering, Dynamic Drive, DSC with DTC, runflat tyres, and Tyre Defect
Indicator.
... iDrive control system with enhanced voice control, Head-Up Display, Active
Cruise Control, Adaptive Headlights with bi-xenon light beams, and two-stage
Brake Force Display.

Entering the market in mid-May 2004, the third-generation 5 Series Touring is
rounding off the new BMW 5 Series as a whole, providing supreme harmony of
sporting performance, refined comfort, spacious dimensions, and practical
function all in one. This elegant new car is therefore an ideal partner for
business, family, and leisure time. Either as standard equipment or as an
option, the Touring comes with all the highlights in technology and safety
features boasted by the new, innovative BMW 5 Series Saloon, such as Active
Steering, Dynamic Drive, Head-Up Display as well as Adaptive Headlights. And in
comparison with its predecessor, the new model offers a much larger and even
more variable luggage compartment with convenient access thanks to automatic
operation of the tailgate.

Sporting elegance and unmistakable design

Unusual and indeed truly outstanding in its design, the new BMW 5 Series
Touring offers a perfect balance of powerful dynamics and refined presence,
interpreting BMW's new design language in its very own, individual and elegant
style. Despite the car's larger proportions, the new 5 Series Touring thus
looks even more powerful, muscular and striking than its predecessor.

Extending smoothly from front to rear, the side-line enhances the elegant
character of the new 5 Series Touring further accentuated by the almost coupé-
like window line tapering down slightly towards the rear end of the car. The
sporting character of the new BMW 5 Series is also borne out by the special
design of the rear end, consciously taking up styling cues from the Saloon.
With the rear lid being wrapped around all the way to the side panels, the new
model simply looks wider and more muscular at first sight, thus being more
reminiscent of a sports car than an estate.

In an nutshell, therefore, the new BMW 5 Series Touring is a classic 5 Series
which, through superior function and versatility, opens up new dimensions in
business, family, and leisure-time activities.

Lightweight construction: more space, more comfort, less weight

Get in and feel at home: The 5 Series Touring offers high-class materials in
five equipment versions and with four interior colour worlds ensuring supreme
comfort and refinement on the road. Two examples are the new, extra-quiet
automatic air conditioning with adaptive air humidity control and the
multifunctional comfort seats available as an option. And never before has the
interior of a 5 Series Touring been as bright and 'breezy' as on the new model
available as an option with a two-piece glass panorama roof measuring 0.68
square metres in size to give the car's passengers both front and rear a
wonderful view and, when fully open, almost the feeling of driving in a
convertible.

Compared with the former model, the new BMW 5 Series Touring has grown
significantly in virtually every respect: Length is up by 38 millimetres
(1.50''), width has been increased by 46 millimetres (1.81''), and the new
Touring is 23 millimetres (0.91'') higher than before. In all, therefore, the
new Touring measures an impressive 4.48 metres (190.55'') in length, 1.85
metres (72.83'') in width, and 1.49 metres (58.66'') in height.

Looking at the car from outside, however, you will hardly notice this growth in
size and dimensions, short overhangs front and rear, extra-large wheels, and a
wide track giving the new 5 Series both an elegant and dynamic appearance. But
inside the new 5 Series Touring is another story, with up to 3 centimetres or
1.18'' more shoulder room for the passengers, greater headroom, and 4.5
centimetres or 1.77'' more kneeroom for the passengers at the rear.

Despite this increase in dimensions both within and outside the car, and even
with the wider range of passive safety features, the weight of the new Touring
has not increased over the former model. On the contrary: Thanks to an
innovative combination of aluminium and steel in the bodyshell - as on the
Saloon - weight has even decreased, depending on the model and the level of
equipment, by up to 50 kilos or 110 lb.

Luggage compartment: larger, more variable, and with even better access

Nobody has to get their hands wet or even dirty when opening and closing the
tailgate on the new BMW 5 Series Touring. For as an option all you have to do
is press a button on the key to the car and the tailgate will open and close
fully automatically. At the same time, with the rear lid swinging up or when
opening the rear window, the roll cover automatically moves to the front for
convenient loading and unloading without requiring any additional intervention
on the part of the driver or passengers. And to conveniently put in or take out
small items of luggage, the luggage compartment, like on all BMW Tourings, is
also accessible through the separately opening rear window.

The floor of the luggage compartment is completely flat from front to rear,
from one side to the other. Loading capacity ranges from 500 (535) litres
(17.5/18.7 cu ft) all the way to 1,615 (1,650) litres (56.5/65.0 cu ft) with
the rear seat bench tilted forward and the compartment fully loaded up to roof
level. This is 90 (125) litres (3.5/4.9 cu ft) more than on the former model
(figures in brackets applicable to models featuring runflat tyres and therefore
not requiring a spare wheel).

Taking along the family, the driver of the new 5 Series Touring is able to
easily accommodate two large as well as two medium-sized hard-shell suitcases
and two travel bags in his car. And as an alternative, four 46-inch golf bags
also fit conveniently into the luggage compartment.

Lockable for extra security, the floor of the luggage compartment can be raised
up from its usual position, then remaining at any setting desired with the help
of gas pressure springs (like the engine compartment lid), before being lowered
once again. Beneath the floor panel the driver will then find a variable
storage compartment for small odds and ends. The spare wheel, finally, comes
one level further down (or, as an alternative, an additional 35-litre/1.2-cu ft
luggage box whenever the 5 Series Touring is equipped as an option with runflat
tyres).

The luggage compartment comes as standard with a roll cover, a partition net,
four lashing points and a power socket, for example for connecting an electric
cooling box. Optional extras include an additional storage package with a
two-piece floor panel, folding partitions preventing, say, carrier bags from
falling over, lashing belts in the side panels and multifunction holders
serving, for example, to accommodate your shopping bags.

Split 60:40, the rear seat bench may be combined as an option with
through-loading including a ski-bag. Another option is the roof railing for
conveniently fastening a roof box or roof rack system carrying a roof load of
up to 100 kilos or 220 lb.

Entering the market in four model variants

The new BMW 5 Series Touring is entering the market in the guise of the 525i
and 540i, the 525d and 530d. With the exception of the refined 2.5-litre
straight-six bi-VANOS petrol engine in the 525i carried over from the former
model, the other three engine variants are new to the 5 Series Touring,
offering a significant increase in output, torque, and performance. The 520i
and 530i will be following in spring 2005.

Featuring a VN turbocharger and the latest common rail fuel injection, the
brand-new 2.5-litre straight-six diesel develops maximum output of 130 kW (177
bhp) from 2,497 cc and muscular torque of 400 Newton-meters or 295 lb-ft
between 2,000 and 2,750 rpm. This is an increase in output by 10 kW/14 bhp and
in torque by 50 Nm/37 lb-ft over the former model. Acceleration to 100 km/h in
the 525d comes in 8.3 (8.5)* seconds, fuel consumption in the EU cycle is a
mere 7.0 (8.0) litres on 100 kilometres, equal to 40.4/35.3 mpg Imp. Top speed,
finally, is 225 (222) km/h or 140 (138) mph.

Starring as a genuine power diesel, the three-litre six-cylinder develops
maximum output of 160 kW (218 bhp) and supreme torque of 500 Nm (369 lb-ft)
from 2000-2750 rpm, thus giving the new Touring the same kind of muscle already
available on the 5 Series Saloon and the 7 Series. Offering average fuel
consumption of just 7.2 (8.0) litres/100 km equal to 39.2(40.4) mpg Imp, the
530d Touring accelerates to 100 km/h in 7.2 (7.4) seconds and has a top speed
of 242 (240) km/h or 150 (149) mph.

525d and 530d with EU4 emission standard and particle filter

Both diesel models come as standard with a soot particle filter developed as a
completely new feature by BMW from the ground up. Interacting with additional
refinements on the engine itself, this new filter enables the diesel models,
just like their Saloon counterparts, to fulfill well ahead of time the EU4
emission standards not coming into force EU-wide until 2006. Thanks to a
special catalytic coating, this innovative system does not require any fuel
additives and is able to regenerate itself. The advantages for the customer are
unrestricted function of the particle filter throughout a very long service
life without requiring any additional maintenance, no reduction in engine
output, and no increase in fuel consumption.

Within the range of petrol engines, the 2.5-litre bi-VANOS power unit
developing maximum output of 141 kW (192 bhp) and maximum torque of 245 Nm (181
lb-ft) at 3,500 rpm is the refined midfielder within the BMW six-cylinder
line-up - an engine combining dynamic performance with superior smoothness,
power with economy. The BMW 525i Touring accelerates to 100 km/h in 8.2 (8.8)
seconds and has a top speed of 232 (229) km/h equivalent to 144 (142) mph. Fuel
consumption in the EU cycle is just 9.9 (10.3) litres/100 km or 28.5 (26.9) mpg
Imp.

Top version with high-tech 8-cylinder power unit

The most powerful engine available in the 5 Series Touring is BMW's 4.4-litre
8-cylinder aluminium power unit with Valvetronic engine management, bi-VANOS,
and a Fully Variable Intake Manifold. Developing maximum output of 245 kW (333
bhp) and peak torque of 450 Nm (332 lb-ft), this impressive machine gives the
BMW 545i Touring the performance of a genuine sports car, with acceleration to
100 km/h in just 5.9 (6.0) seconds.

Top speed is limited electronically to 250 km/h or 155 mph, fuel consumption
averages 11.3 (11.2) litres or 25.0 (25.2) mpg Imp in the EU cycle.
*Figures in brackets relate to models with automatic transmission.

Six-speed transmission featured as standard

All models in the Touring range come as standard with a six-speed manual
gearbox. Six-speed automatic with Steptronic comes as an option, and the 525i
and 545i Touring are also available as an alternative with BMW's sporting
six-speed SMG gearbox enabling the driver to shift gears via paddles on the
steering wheel like in motorsport.

All-aluminium chassis with self-levelling

Like the 5 Series Saloon, the new Touring features an all-aluminium chassis
specially developed for the estate version, the integral arm rear axle keeping
the floor of the luggage compartment flat and smooth and maximising the loading
width available.

All Tourings come as standard with automatic self-levelling featuring air
springs on the rear axle. The result is a superior standard of consistent
motoring comfort regardless of the load you are carrying in your car. Traction
and driving dynamics, in turn, benefit additionally from the appropriate rear
axle load of just over 50 per cent.

DSC Dynamic Stability Control with its additional DTC Dynamic Traction Control,
DBC Dynamic Brake Control and CBC Cornering Brake Control functions round off
the high standard of active safety offered by the 5 Series' chassis and
suspension. Light-alloy wheels measuring either 16 or 17 (545i) inches and
running on 225/55 R 16 or, respectively, 225/50 R 17 (545i) tyres come as
standard, light-alloy wheels in runflat technology with tyres measuring up to
245/40 R 18 are available as an option straight from the factory.

The outstanding qualities of the carefully balanced Touring suspension can be
further enhanced only by innovative systems such as Active Steering and BMW's
Dynamic Drive anti-sway control. And even firmer, more sporting suspension
set-up lowering the entire vehicle is also available for the sports-minded
driver.

Dynamic Drive: superior handling without body roll

Fitted as an option with Dynamic Drive, the 5 Series Touring boasts active
anti-sway control responding within fractions of a second to the respective
situation on the road: Dynamic Drive varies the distribution and magnitude of
anti-sway control according to individual requirements, using hydraulically
adjustable anti-roll bars front and rear.

On the road, anti-sway control guarantees a superior and safe feeling, ensuring
that the car consistently hugs the road and combining the superior comfort of a
luxury saloon with the equally superior handling of a sports car. And this, in
practice, means twice the usual driving pleasure, combining extra dynamism with
additional comfort.

Active Steering: The perfect synthesis of agility in bends, directional
stability, and superior comfort

BMW's unique Active Steering complete with its integrated Servotronic function
offers a similar enhancement of driving pleasure, agility, safety, and comfort
all in all. Equipped with this special feature, the 5 Series Touring has
exactly the right steering transmission and, accordingly, the right level of
steering forces at all speeds. With conventional steering, the ratio between
the steering wheel itself and the position of the front wheels remains
consistently the same regardless of road speed. Active Steering, on the other
hand, varies the steering transmission ratio as a function of speed, the
transmission ratio becoming far more direct at low speed, while then becoming
somewhat more indirect at higher speed than with conventional steering.

On the road, this makes the 5 Series Touring as nimble as a go-kart thanks to
its more direct steering: Never before has the driver of a 5 Series Touring
been able to take, say, a slalom course as smoothly and quickly, with steering
effort being reduced to a minimum.

At high speeds, on the other hand, the 5 Series Touring runs smoothly straight
ahead like on rails thanks to the more indirect transmission ratio.

A further advantage is the extra safety offered by BMW Active Steering: On
winding roads the driver hardly has to intervene at the wheel, keeping his
hands virtually always in the ideal position. This ensures direct access at all
times to the multifunction buttons or SMG paddles on the steering wheel. And
yet a further point is that Active Steering is automatically able to correct
any oversteer by means of countersteering, thus supplementing the car's DSC
Dynamic Stability Control smoothly, comfortably, and without the driver even
noticing.

A further point is the considerable improvement of motoring comfort: With
Active Steering you now have to turn the steering wheel just twice instead of
three times as on a conventional car in order to move the wheels completely
from right to left and vice versa. Manoeuvring, therefore, really becomes
child's play.

Driving on the motorway is also more relaxed than ever before. With the system
increasing the steering angle at higher speeds, any small, unwanted movements
of the steering wheel - for example when driving over a bump - will hardly have
any effect on the car's directional stability. In practice, this means that the
driver is able to "dose" the steering more precisely in fast bends on the
motorway, the car as such remaining smoother and resting even more solidly on
the road. The risk of possibly over-reacting by tearing at the steering - for
example with an obstacle suddenly looming up ahead - is reduced accordingly.

Introducing Active Steering, therefore, BMW has become the first car maker in
the world to offer an optimum synthesis of agility in bends, directional
stability, superior comfort, and outstanding safety on the road.

Runflat technology and the Tyre Defect Indicator: Superior safety with both a
sudden and a slow loss of pressure

A further safety feature is the optional fitment of runflat tyres on the 5
Series Touring, which come together with nearly all light-alloy wheels
available as optional equipment. Running on these tyres, the 5 Series Touring
is able to continue for at least 150 kilometres or somewhat over 90 miles at a
maximum speed of 80 km/h or 50 mph, even with the tyres completely flat. As a
result, the driver is no longer required in the event of a puncture to change
the wheel immediately, possibly in the dark, under rainy conditions, or even at
a dangerous spot on the road.

A Tyre Defect Indicator permanently monitoring tyre pressure while driving and
warning the driver of a loss in pressure through both an optical and an
acoustic signal is standard, finally, on all BMW 5 Series Tourings.

iDrive control system with voice entry: The 5 Series Touring obeys all your
commands

Inside the new 5 Series Touring, the driver and his passengers will immediately
enjoy a clearly designed, neat and tidy cockpit. And like the 5 Series Saloon,
the new 5 Series Touring comes with BMW's trendsetting iDrive control keeping
the number of switches and control units to the essential minimum in the
interest of superior clarity. The Controller, a handy rotating and press
control knob on the centre console, offers the driver a wide range of comfort
and infotainment functions, the menu and the information required being
presented on the Control Display, a large 6.5-inch colour monitor fitted as
standard exactly in the driver's and front passenger's line of vision in the
middle of the dashboard.

Yet a further special feature of the new BMW 5 Series Touring is that it
literally follows the driver's commands in every respect, BMW's innovative,
enhanced voice entry system coming in combination with DVD Professional
navigation control (complete with presentation of maps) fitted as an option.
This allows the driver to mastermind all essential iDrive comfort functions,
the audio systems, telephone and navigation system together with the entry of
destination points, etc, by simple and straightforward voice messages and
without taking his eyes off the road.

BMW's Online Portal comprising numerous services from the stock exchange
through a hotel and restaurant guide all the way to a parking information
service covering approximately 2,500 car parks is also available as an option
in the new 5 Series Touring. Operating with maximum efficiency, the system
feeds all addresses directly into the navigation unit.

Active Cruise Control: Cruising along in grand style

The new BMW 5 Series Touring comes not only with highly efficient and much
simpler control systems, but also with innovative driver assistance making
things even easier for the man or woman at the wheel of the new model. ACC
Active Cruise Control, for example, available as an option, uses radar to
permanently measure the distance to the vehicle ahead, registering your current
speed and calculating the right distance then automatically maintained by the
system in the interest of extra convenience.

The new 5 Series Touring thus adjusts smoothly and harmoniously to the flow of
traffic, without the driver even having to touch the gas or brake pedal.
Indeed, never before has the process of cruising along in dense traffic or
driving in a convoy at constantly changing speeds been as convenient and
pleasant as with ACC. And indirectly at least ACC also means extra safety on
the road, simply because the motorist able to relax at the wheel will remain
fit and alert, concentrating more closely on traffic conditions around him or,
of course, around her.

Head-Up Display: Keeping a constant eye on driving information and traffic
conditions

Available as an option, the Head-Up Display offers similar advantages, allowing
the driver to consistently focus on the most important driving and traffic
conditions at the same time. A virtual image projected on to the windscreen by
HUD seemingly 'hovers' above the front end of the engine compartment lid at
exactly the right point in the driver's line of vision. And this picture is
just as clear in bright sunshine as it is on a dark night, since light
intensity adjusts automatically to ambient conditions.

Apart from your road speed, the Head-Up Display is able to present navigation
instructions, Check/Control data as well as the settings either on conventional
cruise control or Active Cruise Control. The advantage is that the driver is no
longer required to take his eyes off the road in order to read this information
- and this means a significant increase in motoring safety. Even the process of
adapting one's eyes to long and short distances - and then back again - is no
longer necessary, again adding to your driving pleasure and reducing any risk
of fatigue.

Adaptive Headlights and the Brake Force Display: Safe illumination showing you
the way

Extra comfort plus extra safety - these are the features offered by the
optional Adaptive Headlights with the headlight units exactly following the
course of the road ahead and thus ensuring that the driver is no longer obliged
to steer his car into a kind of 'black hole'. For the swivelling bi-xenon
headlights direct the light in exactly the right direction where it belongs -
on the road, almost doubling your range of visibility depending on the
curvature of the road ahead and the radius of the bend you're currently taking.
This means clearer visibility in upcoming bends and earlier recognition of any
obstacles possibly looming up ahead. The Adaptive Headlights, therefore, make
driving at night not only safer, but also a lot more pleasant and less
strenuous.

Ultra-modern light technology at the rear also ensures extra safety: The new
BMW 5 Series Touring comes as standard with BMW's two-stage Brake Force Display
now homologated not just in the USA, but also in Europe. This means that
additional brake light areas are activated whenever the driver applies the
brakes in an emergency or when the anti-lock brake system cuts in, the
two-stage brake lights thus enabling drivers following from behind to respond
appropriately in each situation, immediately recognising application of the
brakes and finding it easier to avoid a front-to-rear collision.

Featuring innovative assistance systems of this calibre, together with Dynamic
Drive, Active Steering, the Head-Up Display, intelligent lightweight
construction and extra-powerful engines including six-speed transmission, the
new BMW 5 Series Touring is not only the most dynamic 5 Series Touring there
has ever been, but also the most comfortable and safest model of its kind,
combining a thrilling new experience on the road with a new, unprecedented
style of motoring in genuine class.

The wide range of optional extras in the 5 Series Touring largely corresponds
to the options featured in the 5 Series Saloon.