| The new style BMW 5 series car was restyled as of | | | | other features to achieve a secure grip to the road. |
| January 2007, and despite some mixed reviews, is | | | | Also BMW have integrated an improved and less |
| generally considered one of the finest BMW models | | | | complicated iDrive system, which is used to control the |
| on the market. The executive saloon car is luxurious, | | | | in-car entertainment, navigation, communication and |
| spacious, classy and refined, yet some critics feel the | | | | climate options, and is linked to a dash mounted display. |
| mean and aggressive front styling has been lost, | | | | Cruise control is another function to have been |
| replaced by a more demure and softer look. It is longer | | | | updated, with a Stop-Start function for use when |
| and wider, with boot space and rear passenger leg | | | | moving in slow traffic. The new head up display option, |
| room greatly increased. | | | | which projects information onto the windscreen in the |
| The technology has been improved inside too, with the | | | | driver's line of sight, adds a superior touch to the |
| introduction of active steering, a system which reduces | | | | updated models. Another new and innovative feature |
| steering motion at low speeds, and makes handling | | | | is the Night Vision thermal imaging camera on board, |
| much more direct when travelling faster. Put simply, it | | | | which can pick out pedestrians/animals clearly in the |
| helps the driver steer more smoothly, and is | | | | dark, to avoid any possible collisions/accidents. The |
| considered to be such a step forward that its arrival | | | | new radio system brings near digital quality to radio |
| has been greeted comparably with that of ABS man | | | | broadcast, meaning a much clearer listening |
| years ago. The xDrive technology means this BMW | | | | experience. |
| can also perform well in wintery conditions, snow and | | | | Insuring the BWM 5 series depends on the model, but |
| ice are no longer such a problem due to the new all | | | | can go from a just above average group 15, to the |
| wheel drive element which works hand in hand with | | | | most expensive possible of group 20. |