The BMW G30/G31/G38 is the seventh generation of the 5 Series. Officially announced in October 2016, sales began in February 2017. Production years: November 2016-2023. Body styles included: 4-door sedan/saloon (G30), 5-door wagon/estate (G31), and 4-door long-wheelbase saloon (G38).
Absolutely apt description. I was getting motion sickness looking at it.
Regarding the "scandal" about its new nomenclature, I am pretty ambivalent about it. One of my favorite BMWs of all times is the E24 M635CSi, and it's a little odd to see that badge slapped on to something that skews more MPV than something with a sporting pretense. But nothing stays the same, and with BMW and most automakers, now more than ever, is it especially true. There are things that BMW (and M Motorsports) are doing now which, while may make good business sense, are more of an assault on what I would consider BMW principles than this change in naming. Calling this new GT a 6er barely raises my ire.
If any of those test drivers had an ounce of decency in them, they'd come back from that test drive and say "sorry, boss, it handles like a dog on lino. Best quit now, eh?"
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, abbreviated as BMW is a German multinational
manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced
from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945. Official website: BMW
(Global), BMW (USA)