BMW 5-series Touring · 540i Edition · Wagon · 2002 ‐ 2004

Manufacturing version 540i touring Edition of auto models 5-series Touring was started in 2002 by BMW, and closed in 2004. In this automobile can sit 5 men total, it has the body type of a wagon with 5 doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.8 tons.

«5-series Touring 540i touring Edition» is a rear-wheel drive vehicle with a 5-speed sequential automatic gear shift. This car can speed up for 6.7 seconds to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 250 km/h, due to a 8-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a maximum power of 286 hp at 5400 rpm.

Fuel rate is 18.9 l in the urban mode of driving, on the suburban 9.2 liters, and the normal fuel rate is 12.8 l per 100 kilometers. Tank capacity is 70 liters of petrol, what lets to drive roughly 547 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this vehicle have ventilated disks, 324 mm brakes and fixed to the body chassis using suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped sway bar. Back wheels have ventilated disks, 298 mm brakes and attached to the chassis with help of suspension type «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following size - 225/55WR16.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series Touring gained the great quantity of stars - four, which means that it is a reasonably safe vehicle. Furthermore to passive safety features (passenger, head/curtain, driver, side airbags), it is also has dynamic safety systems such as EBD, Brake assistant, ESP, Traction control, ABS.