Next 5-series pics
 

CGIs, but you get the idea on the kind of coupeish shape of next 5-series. Consider the shape, not the details. Thanks to Mr. Bangle for the overall design. ;)

http://automotorogsport.no/Avslørtf/...upe1_10_06.jpg
http://automotorogsport.no/Avslørtf/...upe2_10_06.jpg

Hmm...sure it isn't a 4 door version of the 6 series :rofl:

BMW is looking more & more like MB.

Now that I like. :thumbup:

No way. I'm calling total BS on that one until I actually see some BMW press releases. It's a total photoshop of the M6 that had produced offspring with the Mercedes CLS. Looks like ass. :thumbdown

Info from Scott:

"What you are looking at here is early beginnings of the next 5er.

With each generation of the 3er growing in overall dimension, BMW are looking to integrate the 5er much differently in the future.

"The executive car with a difference" is how management want to see the next generation of the 5er. The front lights are more angular and aggressive and the rear follows the form of the current 5er but will be much smaller.

Questioning the sanity of the CLS-Klasse - what has it done to the sales of the high end E-Klasse models, and with the new C-Klasse - what will happen to the entry and mid E-Klasse?

BMW see this dilema as offering the one car only and really seperate the 5er from the competition. 5er will still be a sedan with conventional four doors and b pillars but the design will be like a coupe. The idea is to build a executive sedan and clothe it in an exciting body to seperate it from it's rivals.

Not to disillusion the haters - the designer of this idea: none other than Mr Bangle himself."

I'm with Laura...

Total copy of the MB CLS - Waaah. Photoshopper did a good job, but has no creativity.

I think it looks great. Interesting dilemma for BMW, with the E90 growing up into the old 5 series size, and a smaller 1 series below that, both bracketing the 5 on the bottom end, and the 7 series on top, they are going to have to do something to differentiate the new 5. This type of approach makes sense to me.

holy god damns thats pure sex, cept they seem to have copied the mb cls.. haha

Looks like a Lexus GS.

As I said this is a non-BMW CGI. We have not seen BMW's version. I will wait to see their version before I say they have copied MB cls.

^^^ what does non bmw cgi mean?

Its a Computer Generated Image(CGI) by some auto-journalist/magazine on what they think it will look like.

Historically Huckfeldt from Autobild has been more close in his guesses but only when its close to launch.

Huckfeldt's guess:
http://media.autobild.de/bild/6/04a1...7c3072d6_1.jpg

Me likey! :thumbup:

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:thumbup: Looks cool and sporty. Sure looks like MB CLS. Is this 2008 5 series? when will this be available?

Thanks for the pics. The front lights look like the E92 and the back like MB CLS. The back of the CGI does look like the one that Huckfeldt predicts. It seems that a lot of people are saying the Huckfeldt's drawing is a pretty accurate prediction of the actual vehicle.

This is 2010 model available in late 2009. Code is F10.

Current 5-series facelift was announced in January and will be in showroom late March-early April.

Thanks
 

Thanks!
I bet this will be modified by then.

Anyone have any updates on this? I'm finding things talking about a 2008 release (model year 2009), others saying 2009 (model year 2010), etc...

Please see this post: http://www.xoutpost.com/other-bmws/40...spy-shots.html