5 Series (F10) Design Award goes to F10 BMW 5 Series Sedan


The BMW F10 is the sixth generation of the BMW 5 Series, manufactured for model years 2010–2017. Body styles: 4-door sedan/saloon (F10), 5-door estate/wagon (F11), 5-door fastback (F07), marketed as "Gran Turismo", and 4-door long wheelbase sedan (F18), sold only in China and the Middle East. Production: 2010–2017

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Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany goes to the new BMW 5 Series Sedan.

* 25.10.2010
* Press Release

München.

The new BMW 5 Series Sedan has won Silver in the 2011 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, presented annually by the German Design Council. The country’s most prestigious prize for product design is one of several honours already bestowed by the Design Council in recognition of the excellence of BMW Group Design. The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and will be presented at a public ceremony in Frankfurt on 11 February 2011. The presentation forms part of the opening event of Ambiente, the world’s biggest trade fair for consumer goods.

Since its launch in 1969, the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany has been conferred each year on outstanding international achievements in the categories of product and communication design, as well as on a personality from the world of design and on up-and-coming young talent. The winners are chosen by an independent jury consisting of ten representatives from industry, academia, design and the media, who are appointed by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The selection criteria for the design award are rigorous: all entries must already have received a national or international award and must embody trends and developments with a defining impact on future design. A further entry criterion is the nomination by the Trade and Industry Ministries and Senators of the federal states or by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

The design of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan deftly translates the vehicle’s attributes into an authentic formal language. Sheer presence and stylish elegance lend expression to the Sedan’s premium quality and outstanding ride comfort. Its sporty driving characteristics are reflected in the dynamic lines of its bodywork and the overall impression is that of a thoroughly athletic automobile. The superior aesthetics of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan are also conveyed by its perfectly balanced proportions and meticulously executed details.

The unique quality of BMW Group Design has already been recognised several times over by the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2010 this “prize of prizes” went to the Kinetic Sculpture of the BMW Museum (Gold), in 2009 it was awarded to the BMW HP2 Sport motorcycle (Silver), in 2008 to the BMW G650 Xcountry motorcycle (Gold), and in 2007 to the BMW Cruise Bike (Silver). For the new BMW 5 Series Sedan this is not the first award of the year: in 2010 its exceptional design already resoundingly persuaded the jury of the internationally renowned red dot awards.
 
As well BMW should win a design award for this car. BMW has turned it around with this one. The old car was goofy and ill-shaped, w/o the M-pack that is. M5 excluded also.


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such a beautiful car! i am a real fan of the 5 series and the new one is gorgeous!
and they have made the 5 touring also beautiful!
sometimes i see great sedans..and piggy estates but not in this case..
only problem with this car?
about me.. price that in italy is very high and the four cylinder engines that received the two chrome tail pipes.. for me is reserved to the 6 cylinder..
 
Well deserved but funny thing is how different tastes can be..IMO the car doesn't bring anything new like the E60 did back in 2003..anyway congrats.:D
 
Well deserved but funny thing is how different tastes can be..IMO the car doesn't bring anything new like the E60 did back in 2003..anyway congrats.:D

No, but it sure is more beautiful than E60.
"The superior aesthetics of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan are also conveyed by its perfectly balanced proportions and meticulously executed details. Sheer presence and stylish elegance"
-not something you can say about E60.
 
Congrats to the new 5er, yeah, I`m a fan to... but then again I don`t think it brings anything new to the table as a unique standout. (It`s a sort of play it safe if you will)

I would have given it to the long wheelbase 2011 Audi A8. The design is so clean cut and beautiful with fewer trade-offs.
 

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