The new BMW 5-series will feature Concept CS-inspired looks, BMW’s acclaimed Efficient Dynamics technology and Munich’s latest raft of high-tech gizmos designed to blitz the opposition. The 5-series will also spawn the Progressive Activity Sedan, BMW’s very strange quasi-MPV.

BMW surprised everyone with its Efficient Dynamics technology. For the next 5-series the company is working hard to ready the system for all the engines, and to make sure the mpg and CO2 figures are delivered in the real world and not just in the lab. Efficient Dynamics currently only works with four-cylinder engines equipped with manual transmissions but BMW wants the system on all cars. Even the next M5 is expected to get stop-start and the misleadingly named Regenerative Braking which is actually an intelligent alternator that only charges on the overrun or under braking.

A new ZF-sourced eight-speed auto will help further cut emissions and raise mpg figures. Further development of the current car’s mix of aluminium and steel construction will help end the weight gain, though BMW will stop short of adopting a full aluminium spaceframe.

The line-up for the next 5-series is expected to be as follows:
Diesel: 520d – 2.0-litre 4-cyl turbo
530d – 3.0-litre straight-six turbo
535d – 3.0-litre straight-six twin-turbo

The 525d with its 3.0-litre single turbo diesel may be dropped for a 523d using BMW’s twin-turbo 2.0-litre diesel.

Petrol: 525i – 2.5-litre straight-six
530i – 3.0-litre straight-six
535i – 3.0-litre straight-six twin-turbo
550i – 4.4-litre V8 twin-turbo M5 – 5.5-litre V10

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