BMW 5-Series News
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BMW’s electrified mid-sizer misses the point, but doesn’t miss the mark.
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2021 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid: Quicker, but will it go more electric miles?
BMW has added XtraBoost for 40 more horsepower, although the plug-in hybrid is still no cheerleader for plug-in hybrid potential in acceleration, mpg, or miles.
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BMW 5-Series plug-in hybrid gets wireless home charging deal
The 2019 BMW 530e iPerformance is being offered with a special lease deal, only in California, that provides inductive (wireless) charging.
Bengt Halvorson -
BMW recalling 44,000 diesel vehicles for fire risk
BMW has announced an expanded recall effort over the possibility of fire in recent-model-year vehicles equipped with a diesel engine. The issue, which now potentially affects 1.6 million vehicles worldwide, concerns an issue in which coolant (glycol) leakage from the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)...
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BMW 530e will be first "plug-in" car with wireless charging this summer
When will charging your electric car be as convenient as charging your phone? This summer, if BMW has its way. The company says it will be the first to lease a wireless inductive charging system in the U.S. for its 530e plug-in hybrid. Customers can order the system now, and BMW says it will be...
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Diesel redux: 2018 BMW 540d sedan certified for US sale (but will it matter?)
BMW has announced it will resurrect the diesel 5 Series sport sedan, in the form of a 540d model, one year after the introduction of a thoroughly updated 5 Series. The company says the diesel edition will list for $62,995, including destination, once it arrives at dealerships in February. According...
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Every one of the modern electric cars on the market for almost seven years requires plugging in a cord to recharge the battery using grid electricity. Inserting the cord into the socket takes just a few seconds, and most cars today are charged overnight. But soon there will be another option: wireless charging, in which the car is positioned over a pad on the floor or ground, with no need to plug in anything. DON'T MISS: Using Plugless Power's wireless charging with Nissan Leaf: video Inductive charging, as it's known technically, transfers power through coils in the pad and corresponding...
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What diesel backlash? 2018 BMW 540d coming to U.S.: report
While the diesel backlash stemming from the VW emission scandal is real, BMW is forging ahead with the high-torque, high-efficiency engines regardless. For its latest 5-Series luxury sedan, it will announce that a new 540d mid-size diesel luxury sedan will arrive in U.S. showrooms later in 2017...
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2018 BMW 530e 'iPerformance' plug-in hybrid sedan for U.S. unveiled
The 2018 BMW 530e iPerformance is a plug-in hybrid version of the recently-redesigned 5-Series sedan.
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BMW 530e next-generation plug-in hybrid sedan: photos, details
The 530e iPerformance is BMW's latest plug-in hybrid.
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2015 BMW 535d Named 'Diesel Car Of The Year' By Diesel Driver Site
The 2015 BMW 535d is Diesel Driver's Diesel Car of the Year.
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Diesel Luxury Sedans: Audi, BMW, Mercedes Face Off, Mazda Still Missing
While gasoline power units have seen incremental improvements over the last few decades, diesels seem to have shot up from relative obscurity straight to the big time. Sales still lag their gasoline counterparts but performance, refinement and driveability are all more than competitive, and economy...
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For 2014, BMW offers diesel engines in its three sedan lines, and now we've spent a long weekend with the mid-size 5-Series sedan fitted with the fuel-efficient engine. Given the depth-of-winter test schedule, its xDrive all-wheel-drive system was very welcome--and almost a necessity for our unpaved mountain driveway. The 255-horsepower 3.0-liter turbocharged straight-six diesel is paired to BMW's new eight-speed automatic transmission, with the extra ratios letting it stay right in its most efficient output zone. It puts out a substantial 433 ft-lbs of torque, and moves the car along in...
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BMW 5-Series Diesel Pricing Revealed, Undercuts ActiveHybrid 5
If going green was all about financial payoff, BMW is the latest company whose products suggest that diesel is better than hybrid for the shrewd consumer. The German firm has revealed pricing for the 2014 5-Series range, and lurking within the price list are both the 2014 ActiveHybrid 5, and the...
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2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5: What Do You Want To Know?
Although we try very hard to put cars through a variety of tests on a variety of roads when we carry out our first drive reports, it’s not always possible to gauge what day-to-day life would really be like for real-life owners. So when possible, we try to spend more than a few hours with a...
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2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 First Drive Report
Earlier on this year, we asked you if the 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 was really green, or not? Now we've had a chance to drive it. Combining a 3.0-liter TwinPower Turbo straight-six engine and full-hybrid drivetrain into a 5-series body, the ActiveHybrid 5 looks just like any other premium 5-series on...
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Is The 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5 Really Green, Or Not?
Just ten years ago, cars like the 2002 Toyota Prius traded performance for unbelievably-high gas mileage, bringing the concept of eco-friendly gasoline electric hybrid cars to the masses. Recently however, automakers like BMW have used full hybrid technology to give high performance luxury cars...
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2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5: Pricing Announced At Detroit
BMW's ActiveHybrid 5 is the long-awaited hybrid version of the 5-Series mid-size sport sedan, and pricing details have finally been announced at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. Due to go on sale in late Spring 2012, the ActiveHybrid 5 will have an MSRP of $61,845, including the $895 Destination and...
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Exit one BMW hybrid, enter another. Next March will see the U.S. launch of the 2012 BMW ActiveHybrid 5, the second hybrid sedan in the Germany luxury-car maker's lineup. And the ActiveHybrid 5 marks an important evolution: It's the first BMW that uses the single-motor hybrid system jointly developed with Daimler to offer full-hybrid capability, namely the ability to run solely on electric power (up to 37 mph, BMW says). The company also says the system can run electrically for as much as 2.5 miles, and we give them credit for noting that the distance assumes an average speed of just 22 mph...
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BMW Turns Heat Energy To Electricity To Boost Fuel Efficiency
To increase gas mileage, carmakers can use smaller engines that produce the same power from less fuel. But they can also work to recapture part of the 70 percent of fuel's energy content that internal combustion engines waste in producing heat, noise, and momentum that has to be halted via braking...
John Voelcker -
BMW 5-Series Plug-In Hybrid Prototype: 2011 Shanghai Auto Show
BMW has taken the wraps off a new plug-in hybrid prototype based on its long-wheelbase 5-Series sedan, which it will be showcasing in just a few weeks at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show. Built in collaboration with its Chinese alliance partner Brilliance Auto, development of the new prototype is the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
BMW Looking To Boost MPGs With TwinPower Turbo Three-Cylinder Engines
Expect to see smaller engines for BMW’s future models, as high fuel prices and greater environmental concerns push automakers towards engines with lower displacements. We’ve already seen this trend with the recent announcement of BMW’s new TwinPower Turbo 2.0-liter four-cylinder...
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Green-Car Faceoff: Who's The World's Fastest Plug-In Hybrid?
We don't spend much time covering single-seat speed machines like the Veritas RSIII Roadster here on Green Car Reports. But the previously gasoline-centric performance car crowd is quickly coming around to the remarkable acceleration benefits of stored electricity. The latest example? Veritas is...
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BMW Working On 5-Series Based Electric Car For China
Electric car development is quickly proving to be a worldwide effort, with companies and research institutes from across the globe and in varying industries and fields forming partnerships and alliances in order to accelerate the roll out of zero-emission electric cars. The latest is BMW and its...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran