BMW 5-series Touring · 520i Business Line · Wagon · 2009 ‐ 2010

From 2009 BMW launched production of cars model 5-series Touring, modification of 520i Touring Business Line and finished it in 2010. This auto has five doors, the body chassis is shaped like a wagon, weight 1.5 tons and length 4.8 meters, that can seat 5 people total.

«5-series Touring 520i Touring Business Line» car with a 6-speed manual transmission is fitted to the rear-wheels. This automobile can be accelerated for 9 s to 100 km/h, with a maximum speed of 220 km/h, owing to a 4-cylinders petrol motor with a «direct injection fuel system», which produce a max output of 170 hp at 6700 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 9.4 l in the urban mode of driving, on the highway 5.6 l, and the average fuel consumption is 6.9 l per 100 kilometers. Tank volume is 70 liters of petrol, what lets to drive roughly 1015 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this car have ventilated disks, 310 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rear wheels have ventilated disks, 320 mm brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with stabilizer bar. Tires have the following size - 225/50R17.

In conformity with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of BMW 5-series Touring got the lot number of stars - 4, indicating that it is a well safe vehicle. In addition to dynamic systems of safety (EBD, ABS, Traction control, ESP, Brake assistant), it is also equipped with passive safety features (head/curtain, side, passenger, driver airbags).