I love driving a car. Every time I am writing the news about the autopilot, something inside it is cold, and I'm not sure what I want to live before the day when our planet will be banned with pedals and steering machines. At the same time, I am not a shorten retrograde and in every way I support the development of new security systems in passenger cars. Let automatics protect it, but I do not take pleasure from the driving process. Find a compromise between technological and conservatism is not easy. Modern machines are either quite "silly" and do not give the feelings of the "digital age", or invested by electronics for the same I do not want and are deprived of the source of "lamp" emotions. The current generation of BMW 5-Series is a rare case when the car is able to give you the joy of a feeling of a plump laminate in the hands, but not devoid of technical excesses like a semi-autonomous ride. Recently, a restyled G30 arrived in Minsk. Ida meet!
What?! BMW G30 has already managed to upgrade?
The current "five" entered the market in 2017. Consider yesterday. But the modern auto industry requires not rejection from manufacturers. Competitors do not sleep. Therefore, under the curtain of the difficult 2020, the Bavarians began deliveries updated 5-series. I managed the novelty to get to the Belarusian Importer. By the way, the "Makeup" of the 2021 model year has already tried 600-strong M5. But the "charged" sedan until we reached us.
Dorestayla differences
No redesign costs without refinement of optics. 5-series has changed both drawing of the front headlights and technical filling. Finally, laser optics can be ordered even for junior models, including the most popular version of our version 520i. For customers are available three options for the front headlights: LED, LED with matrix technology and with laser-luminous long-term light. Find out the updated G30 easily in drawing of running lights and turn signals. Previously, the controversy indicator "Brill" tested above the header. Now it is integrated into one of the "bracket" of the DRL (by the way, the second "bracket" does not go out when the turn signal is turned on).
Air intakes increased in the front bumper. In photographs - a machine with a M-Package (reintegay, put 5600 euros). The radiator grille, which also changed the shape and now the elegant bend enters the hood. After updating the "five" lost fog headlights and anterior optics washer. This is explained by the fact that the LED blocks have become powerful enough and can "punch with a light beam like fog and a dirty fairing.
Behind the faces of the lamps remained the same, and the LED figure changed and became three-dimensional. The rear indicators of the turn also moved to the floor below. A diffuser has changed on the bumper. Before restyling, the exhaust system nozzles without the M-package were round. Now even in the standard version go trapezoidal exhaust pipes.
Among other little things, you can mark the advanced Shadow Line package, a revised wheel set and an updated list of body colors. In the test park - a car with a shade "Gray Bernina with the effect of amber flicker." Previously, this color was not available for 5-series (but was on the "seven").
From a technical point of view, G30 has not changed. For sedan (and station wagon), the same engines and 8-achems are available. As before, the "five" can be ordered in plug-in-in execution 530E (2-liter internal combustion engine + electric motor). There is a new electrical supplement version - 545E (3-liter internal combustion engine + electric motor). She is also rechargeable.
What in the cabin?
The main difference in the cabin was the appearance of a new dashboard screen. He is the same as in the last X5 and X6. Diagonal - standard for this element 12.3 inches. They affected changes and multimedia block. Until 2020, the G30 could put an entertainment system with a screen from 8.8 to 10.25 inches. Now 10.25-inch - standard for "five". And for surcharge you can order a 12.3-inch "Monic". This was the test machine.
The architecture of the central console and the tunnel under the reform did not fall. True, finishing materials have changed (new glossy keys have become available). Assistant Parking has learned to go back in automatic mode of 50 meters. It is important to note that the automation is only responsible for the steering. Giss and slow down to the driver. At first glance, the option is a stupid, but in fact she will very much in a dead-end courtyard with a pair of uncomfortable turns. Having stopped there before, the car exactly will repeat the trajectory with reversal.
It became more convenient for "comfortable access". If earlier, to unlock the car, it was necessary to touch the door handle, now you can adjust so that the car opens when you approach it. Accordingly, the machine will close when the driver (with the key) will depart a few meters. Trifle, but in winter it is not necessary to remove the glove in order to open / close the G30.
Among the active assistants, the 2021 model has a system of automatic traffic in traffic, adaptive cruise control, holding a strip of movement at any speed, automatic overtaking after turning on the turn signal (the car learned to return to its lane). True, this has long been not surprised for a long time - almost all premium models of other manufacturers have a similar set of "autopilot" options. It pleases that the guys from BMW not only adjust the suspension, but also keep up with the time in terms of side electronics and assistants.
Ride?
Swinging a massive door and fluttering on the throne, trimmed by perforated skin of the color "Cognac" (the shade is first proposed for 5-series). Here are the Bavarians to make comfortable chairs! Even without additional settings, the back felt a pleasant fit of all bends, rollers and convexities of optional "comfortable" seats, for which the buyer would have to lay out almost 1900 euros.
The test 520i is equipped with a basic gasoline engine of 2 liters. Turbo video devices develops peak 184 liters. from. in the range of 5000-6500 rpm. The maximum torque (290 N · m) is available much earlier - after 1350 rpm. For a premium sedan business class, the numbers are very modest, but, as noted above, the 520th gasoline version is most in demand in our region. However, if you do not perceive the "five" as a sports inventory, then the speakers for everyday ride will be enough.
During the weather forecast, today it is fashionable to call not only the actual air temperature, but also a degree, which is felt depending on the wind, humidity, etc. The BMW "forecast" of overclocking is: 7.9 seconds to hundreds, felt like 8.4 seconds. Sexconds from "sensations" steals noise insulation and an energy-intensive suspension. In the picture outside the window, you understand that physically the machine relatively cheerfully exchange gasoline on meters. But the Spirit, of course, does not capture.
Yes, and not in the numbers of overclocking all juice of this model. This is a BMW, which means that the trump card is the suspension. Chassis G30, which is largely similar to His Majesty G11, is a good balance between "sports" and "comfort", and with a slope of "Sport". The 520th version of the 5-Series is only a rear-wheel drive, so you can't call the ride on the car. If you understand on a clover junction that, due to the high speed, the trajectory is straightened, to trust the sedan in turn can be briefly pressed on gas. Even the base (not adaptive and not m) the suspension is configured with an eye on receiving pleasure from each turn.
On the central tunnel, the already familiar mode of switching modes: "Sport", "Comfort" and "Eco". You can change the steering amplifier settings, the box work algorithm and the response to the gas pedal. I did not expect to hear the outlet sound from the 4-cylinder 520i, but it comes from the back of the cabin. Yes, it is from the salon - a light roar sounds in the rear speakers. Today it is normal practice in premium class. Engineers are difficult to combine good noise insulation and real sound of the outlet system. You have to be sick.
What how much?
Basic BMW 520i stands in Minsk 33.5 thousand euros at the rate. An options for 21 thousand were poured into a test copy. Taking into account the shares and discounts of the 4-cylinder rear-wheel drive G30 in good performance, you can take 50 thousand euros in equivalent. 97% of Belarusians have never seen such a sum of money at the same time. Therefore, simple mortals will have to wait for used specimens of the sedan. At the moment, the most accessible G30 is the most affordable G30 cars for 27-30 thousand dollars at the rate.
Thighters that buy new 5-series in the cabin remains only to envy. This generation of the "fives", despite the number of intelligent options, radars and sensors, has not yet lost the "mechanical" character of the BMW, which we have seen on models E39, E60 and F10. From the point of view of manageability, this is perhaps the best business sedan in the market. Yes, and in the cabin, the tablets have not yet flooded all the space, and you continue to feel like a driver, and not the fifth passenger. I am ready to argue that one day the G30 will be called the "last real" 5-Series.
We thank the importer of BMW in Belarus for the car provided for a test drive.
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