2017 BMW 5-Series launched in India, price starts at Rs. 49.90 lakh (Ex-showroom, Delhi)

German luxury car manufacturer BMW on Thursday launched its much-awaited business luxury sedan, BMW 5-Series in the Indian auto market. The all-new 2017 BMW 5-Series is now available for purchase via company’s authorised dealerships across the country at a starting price of Rs. 49.9 lakhs (Ex-showroom, Delhi). It is expected that the deliveries will start from 1st of July, 2017. The new BMW 5-Series has been launched by the company in one petrol variant — the BMW 530i Sport Line and three diesel variants – the BMW 520d Sport Line, the BMW 520d Luxury Line and the BMW 530d M Sport. The seventh generation BMW 5-Series has been assembled at the company’s Chennai manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu, India as BMW brought its BMW 5-Series luxury sedan in the form of Completely Knocked-Down (CKD) version.

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First unveiled in the global market last year, the new 5-Series borrows its styling and features from its younger sibling, the BMW 7-Series. Dimensionally, the 2017 edition of BMW 5 Series measures 4,935mm (36mm longer) in length, 1,868mm (6mm wider) in width and 1,466mm (2mm higher) in height and has a wheelbase of 2,975 mm (increased by 7mm). However, the updated 5-Series is bigger than its predecessor and weighs roughly 70 kg lighter as the luxury sedan is made of BMW’s new Cluster Architecture (CLAR) platform that uses aluminium, magnesium and high-strength steel to keep the vehicle light. Talking about its exterior design, the 7^th generation BMW 5-Series gets adaptive LED headlamps, traditional chrome finished kidney grille, LED wrap-around tail lamps and dual exhaust pipe.

Inside the cabin, the new BMW 5 Series comes equipped with more luxurious features like steering mounted control panel, iDrive 6.0 system with 10.25-inch touch-screen infotainment system and Gesture control, four-zone climate control, Dakota and Nappa leather seats, 360-degree camera, wireless phone charging facility, rear seat entertainment, electrically adjustable driver and passenger seats with massaging function, Dynamic Cruise Control (DCC), Bluetooth telephony, BMW Display Key with Remote Park Control, 600-watt Harmon Kardon sound system (optional), and rear seat armrest with cup-holders.

Talking about its mechanical department, the 2017 edition of BMW 5 Series model comes with a choice of updated petrol and diesel engines. The BMW 530i petrol variant is powered by a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged engine that generates 252bhp of max power against the peak torque of 349Nm, while the diesel variant produces 190bhp of peak power against the peak torque of 400Nm. The BMW 520d is powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbodiesel engine that produces 190bhp of peak power against the peak torque of 400Nm. On the other hand, the high-end BMW 530d packs a 3.0-litre six-cylinder turbodiesel engine that delivers 261bhp of maximum power against the peak torque of 620Nm. All three engine variants are mated to ZF eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters as standard, which sends power to the rear wheels.

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In the Indian lucrative market, the all-new 2017 BMW 5-Series luxury sedan will compete against the Audi A6, Mercedes-Benz E-Class Long Wheelbase (LWB), the Jaguar XF, and the Volvo S90.