BMW 5 Series LWB ( Update - BMW 530 Li, 525 Li, and 523 Li Unveiled + Audi A6L )
05-09-06, 06:09 AM
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BMW 5 Series LWB ( Update - BMW 530 Li, 525 Li, and 523 Li Unveiled + Audi A6L )
by Hans G. Lehmann
Copyright by Lehmann Photo-Syndication
05-09-2006
For China and Middle East
BMW will follow Audi by adding a Long Wheel Base version to the standard 5-Series. Audi did that already last year by offering a longer Audi A6 – in particular for the Chinese and Middle Eastern markets.
The photo is showing a prototype during a test drive in Munich. It has distinctly larger second side doors, suggesting that the car measures about 10 to 15 cm more in overall length than the standard 5-Series. The car is said to come on the market first in China by the end of this year, where it will also be produced.
source : worldcarfans
05-09-06, 08:20 AM
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To each their own, I personally think BMW's look pretty sharp... I'm not quite sure what market the LWB 5 series hopes to fill... I would think you'd be better off getting the 750i
05-09-06, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by magneto112
hmmm.....that is incredibly interesting. So how does that compare size wise the short wheelbase 750i???
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05-09-06, 09:04 AM
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i still have no idea how this will work.... i can understand 7 series lwb, but 5 series lwb?? doesn't that conflict with the 7 series swb?
just imagine the lwb gs, having the same size as the ls460 swb. same with the is350 lwb, having the same of the gs swb. what's the point?!
just imagine the lwb gs, having the same size as the ls460 swb. same with the is350 lwb, having the same of the gs swb. what's the point?!
05-09-06, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
As if those stock wheels didn't look tiny enough.
Well if that is what the market wants, can't blame them.
Though I am tired of how big the midsize class keeps getting, another reason I like the 3GS, only 190 Inches long
Well if that is what the market wants, can't blame them.
Though I am tired of how big the midsize class keeps getting, another reason I like the 3GS, only 190 Inches long
mercedes E class is only 189 inches
05-09-06, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
i still have no idea how this will work.... i can understand 7 series lwb, but 5 series lwb?? doesn't that conflict with the 7 series swb?
just imagine the lwb gs, having the same size as the ls460 swb. same with the is350 lwb, having the same of the gs swb. what's the point?!
just imagine the lwb gs, having the same size as the ls460 swb. same with the is350 lwb, having the same of the gs swb. what's the point?!
So I suppose a Chinese built LWB 5 series will have a pretty significant cost/price advantage over the 7 series in the Chinese market ?
05-09-06, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
i still have no idea how this will work.... i can understand 7 series lwb, but 5 series lwb?? doesn't that conflict with the 7 series swb?
just imagine the lwb gs, having the same size as the ls460 swb. same with the is350 lwb, having the same of the gs swb. what's the point?!
just imagine the lwb gs, having the same size as the ls460 swb. same with the is350 lwb, having the same of the gs swb. what's the point?!
BTW the car is still ugly.
05-09-06, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Supposedly a LWB 5 is narrower than a SWB 7 and will therefore be able to weave through the narrow Asian streets with better ease. That's my theory.
BTW the car is still ugly.
BTW the car is still ugly.
05-09-06, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Supposedly a LWB 5 is narrower than a SWB 7 and will therefore be able to weave through the narrow Asian streets with better ease. That's my theory.
BTW the car is still ugly.
BTW the car is still ugly.
Hmm.... narrow car with long wheel base? Sounds like the car Ace and Gary drive!
05-09-06, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by genearch
What are you rolling in these days? Still "shopping for" an IS? What's it been? 6 months of shopping? It's easy to be a critic.. at some point you need to step up.
I should save what I have to say.
