BMW 5-series Touring · 540i Executive · Wagon · 1997 ‐ 2000

BMW started manufacture from 1997 of autos type 5-series Touring, modification of 540i touring Executive and closed it in 2000. This five-door wagon has a length of 4.8 meters, weight 1.7 tons and is assigned to sit 5 passengers total.

«5-series Touring 540i touring Executive» vehicle with a 5-speed automatic transmission is connected to the rear wheels. This vehicle can speed up for 6.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 250 km/h, thanks to a 8-cylinders petrol motor with a «multipoint injection system», which produce a maximum power of 286 hp at 5400 rpm.

Gas tank volume of this auto is 70 liters of petrol, thus when medium fuel consumption is 12.6 liters per 100 km (9.7 l on the track, 17.6 l in the city), accordingly allows drive roughly 556 kilometers unrefueled.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks, 324 mm brakes and attached to the chassis by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have ventilated disks, 298 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped stabilizer bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 225/55WR16.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series Touring received the many quantity of stars - 4, indicating that it is a reasonably safe car. Furthermore to active safety features (EBD, ABS, ESP, Traction control), it is also has passive safety (driver, side, passenger, head/curtain airbags).