Get An Early Look At The New BMW 5-Series Thanks To This Leak

Images of BMW's new 'G30' 5-series have surfaced online, revealing a car that takes a lot of inspiration from the current 7-series
Get An Early Look At The New BMW 5-Series Thanks To This Leak

In this highly connected, Internet driven age, it’s spectacularly difficult for manufacturers to keep new cars under wraps until they’re supposed to be revealed. The latest in a very long line of examples? BMW’s new ‘G30’ 5-series, not due to go on sale until well into next year, but appearing in these leaked images for the whole world to see.

Get An Early Look At The New BMW 5-Series Thanks To This Leak

We’re not sure where they appeared first - some are reported that it was a Chinese website called Auto Home, while others are suggesting it was Germancarforum.com. Either way, we now have our first proper look at the new 5-series, and as you can see, it looks very, very similar to the current 7-series, even going so far as to replicate the bigger car’s distinctive gills located behind the front wheels.

Not necessarily a bad thing given that the 7-series is a relatively handsome brute, but a little more distinction might have been nice - other than the different shaped grilles, a lower swage line and different shaped light clusters at the rear, there’s not a lot in it. Take a look at the comparison below and see what you think.

Get An Early Look At The New BMW 5-Series Thanks To This Leak

The new car will sit on BMW’s new ‘CLAR’ (or ‘cluster architecture) platform, and thanks to the use of carbonfibre and aluminium in its construction, it’s set to lose 100kg over its predecessor.

Get An Early Look At The New BMW 5-Series Thanks To This Leak

Under the bonnet, we can expect a range of 2.0-litre, 3.0-litre turbocharged engines in both petrol and diesel forms, and a nice, meaty 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 in a 550i.

Get An Early Look At The New BMW 5-Series Thanks To This Leak

There’ll be a hybrid option - probably using the 2.0-litre-based, part-leccy powertrain found in the 330e - but of more interest to us is the eventual M5. It’ll almost certainly be packing the same 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 as the current car, with a power output in excess of 600bhp, and - for the first time in an M5 - optional four-wheel drive, so you can put that power down without ruining your trousers.

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Comments

Darth Imperius/Anthony🇭🇷

LOL what’s the difference with the 5 and 7 now? BMW is going the Mercedes path.

10/12/2016 - 09:04 |
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Darth Imperius/Anthony🇭🇷

Find the difference.

10/12/2016 - 09:05 |
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Anonymous

Worlds hardest game of spot the difference

10/12/2016 - 09:09 |
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Anonymous
10/12/2016 - 09:13 |
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Anonymous

Looks a bit funny to me

10/12/2016 - 09:14 |
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Johan Karlsson

BMW, Audi and Mercedes in 2016: “Let’s make a new car, except we make it look exactly like every other car we make!”

10/12/2016 - 09:15 |
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Anonymous

The headlight design has been hugely improved, and that’s the only thing I don’t like about the current 5 series. As for the fact that the 3, 5 and 7 all look the same, I guess it means that you’re less likely to choose one of them just based on its looks (which might actually make it easier)

10/12/2016 - 09:19 |
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Anonymous

Am I the only one (I probably am) that more often than not cant tell the differences between the 3,5 and 7 series on first site, except from the back?

I mean I get that they obviously use the same design language and are Limousines made by BMW but do they really have to look so similar that I cant tell them apart when I see one of them in my rear view mirror tailgaiting me and not indicating :P

10/12/2016 - 09:24 |
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Anonymous

Designer is lazier than the guy that designed the iPad

10/12/2016 - 10:16 |
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Anonymous

Yes it does look like a mini me 7 series and Yes older BMW’s hade more personality but Audi and Merc are doing the same thing. Cars these days are like smartphones…. same design but with fewer options in the mini versions.

10/12/2016 - 10:26 |
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