BMW 5-series Touring · 525i Executive · Wagon · 2000 ‐ 2002

In 2000 BMW began production of automobiles type 5-series Touring, modification of 525i touring Executive and terminated it in 2002. In this vehicle can sit 5 people including the driver, it has wagon form with five doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.6 tons.

«5-series Touring 525i touring Executive» car with a 5-speed sequential automatic gearbox is connected to the rear wheels. 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection system» can generate output 192 hp at 6000 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the car in 9.3 s to 100 km/h and obtain maximum speed of 229 km/h.

Fuel tank volume of this automobile is 70 liters of petrol, so when normal fuel rate is 10.5 liters per 100 km (8 l on the suburban, 14.7 liters in the city), that allows drive approximately 667 kilometers without refueling.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 296 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Rearward wheels have disks, 298 mm brakes and attached to the underframe through suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next measure - 225/60WR15.

In conformity with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series Touring got the great number of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe automobile. In addition to passive safety systems (head/curtain, side, driver, passenger airbags), it is also equipped with dynamic safety such as ESP, Traction control, ABS, EBD.