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Friday, July 13, 2012

2012 BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

The new BMW E60 5 Series does not lack safety features to minimize accidents in the front and rear. The new vehicle has optional adaptive bi-xenon headlights. These turn up to 15 degrees left and right. The swiveling depends on the car's steering angle, swerve rate and speed. These adaptive headlights illuminate more of the road ahead when driving through a bend. Another safety feature is the Brake Force Display that makes the brake light area large enough whenever the driver brakes suddenly.

The 2.5-liter and 3.0-liter 6-cylinder engines and the 4.5-liter V-8 are among the several engine options. Other features which are optionally offered include dynamic drive control, active cruise control, and active steering.

As to the vehicle design, the German auto maker has developed Active Front Steering (AFS). This maintains a mechanical connection between the front wheels and the steering wheel. This makes the steering transmission ratio vary electronically in direct proportion to the style and speed of driving, and different road conditions.

Another optional safety feature is the head-up display. This exudes on a wide screen in the driver's line of vision the essential information say the current speed of*the vehicle or any instructions related to automobiles. Any wanted information can be seen without taking the driver's eyes off the road. This is indeed another break through from BMW.

Added to these advancements is a better air conditioning system that offsets normal drying effect of conventional air-conditioning systems. This will come standard on all E60 5 Series models.

The vehicle also has a refined dashboard that mixed the interior concepts of the 7 Series and Z4. And along with the dashboard is a second generation i-Drive system.

And to complete the lists of engine options that were mentioned earlier are: the 520i with a 170 horsepower 2.0-liter in-line six coupled with 175 lb-ft of torque; the 530d diesel that has a 218 horsepower engine and does 0-100 in 7.1 seconds and gets 40.9 mpg; and the 4.5 liter V-8 that uses double VANOS variable valve-timing, VALVETRONIC throttle-less engine control and infinitely variable intake manifold runner-length control, that produces 325 horsepower and 330 lb-ft of torque.

Standard on all three versions is a 6-speed manual transmission, while the fully-electronic STEPTRONIC 6-speed automatic will be optional.

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

BMW E60
BMW E60

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