5 Series (G30) [Official] BMW 5-Series (G30)

[Ali8Asad]

530i

 

[Ali8Asad]

 

[Kowalski]

530d

What is the name of that wood trim? Fineline anthracite?

 

[klier]

This is Benz solution ,no actual connection to the exhaust and tips. Other manufacturers are doing it as well but this looks really cheap.

BMW took the time to mold their exhaust and tips into the same shape much more elegant solution.

Maybe, but BMW sure didn't take that time on the 7er.

 

[hovabongZA]

Launched in South Africa this week.

 

[Rainer271]

What is the name of that wood trim? Fineline anthracite?

It's called "Fineline Ridge".

 

[Kowalski]

It's called "Fineline Ridge".

Thank you. It's beautiful.

 

[Rainer271]

520d Jatoba metallic

Source: Motor-Talk

Source: Motor-Talk

 

[Ali8Asad]

 

[Ali8Asad]

 

[Rainer271]

Magna-Steyr in Graz/Austria

Source: Bimmertoday

 

[slicknick]

One of the executives working at a company next to my office got one (relatively low spec 520d), and as I mentioned before, never have I ever seen any car model that displays such a vast difference in looks/presence between different specs...The difference is simply day and night....While the higher-spec/more luxurious models look really nice, the low-spec ones somehow manage to look completely and utterly bland....
I honestly don't know how BMW manage to pull it off....I mean, sure, every car company show cosmetic differences between the high-grade/low-grade cars of the same model, but this is by far the most dramatic difference I have ever seen...

 

[slicknick]

Source: Motor-Talk

Speaking of lower spec models

 

[martinbo]

@slicknick Your comment spurred me into action and I went to my local to see if they had any G30s on the floor... they did.

This car was a 540i with M-Sport spec and a fairly nicely specced interior barring the exclusion of that fancy new stitched dashboard treatment that's all the rage right now.
I thought it looked and felt fantastic - not Porsche Panamera fantastic (I sat in one the other day) but certainly BMW and the class fantastic. The dash-top plastics are excellent: great texture, solid-feeling and properly matte with no hint of cheap sheen.



Look - it's a crappy mobile phone pic but I can honestly report that there was no "trough of disillusionment" when it came to my experience in the new G30 interior - on the contrary I rather loved what I saw and felt and it all reinforced my view that the G30 is the perfect step up from my F30 as a car for pleasurable, business use. 530d would be the shizz.

Speaking of lower spec models

Yeah, I get what you're saying but shouldn't it actually be like this? I see it this way: these optional extra accoutrements command a considerable extra and push the selling price up significantly compared with a base model. I say - if you're spending the money then the value should be clearly perceived.

 

[slicknick]

@slicknick Your comment spurred me into action and I went to my local to see if they had any G30s on the floor... they did.

This car was a 540i with M-Sport spec and a fairly nicely specced interior barring the exclusion of that fancy new stitched dashboard treatment that's all the rage right now.
I thought it looked and felt fantastic - not Porsche Panamera fantastic (I sat in one the other day) but certainly BMW and the class fantastic. The dash-top plastics are excellent: great texture, solid-feeling and properly matte with no hint of cheap sheen.

You're absolutely right, the higher spec models truly have very nice interiors, features, gimmicks, rims etc etc...
My point wasn't that BMW G30 has a bad interior/equipment and so on...It was just that, while all brands have quality differences between higher&lower spec models, for G30 the difference is simply day and night.

If you would like to see what I mean, just get into a lower-spec Audi or Lexus...Sure, they will also feel cheaper than a higher-spec version, but the difference wouldn't be quite as vast as Bimmers...

 

[LaArtist]

This car's interior is not up to par, its as easy as that. Its simply not good enough.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

This car's interior is not up to par, its as easy as that. Its simply not good enough.

Maybe so. I'm not sure I haven't sat in one yet. I have hopes its better than the base W213s.

Go sit in a low spec W213 and you'll be sorely disappointed. It's not up to par and simply not good enough.

 

[slicknick]

Maybe so. I'm not sure I haven't sat in one yet. I have hopes its better than the base W213s.

Go sit in a low spec W213 and you'll be sorely disappointed. It's not up to par and simply not good enough.

Hence me giving Audi and Lexus as better examples...surely there has to be some gap between low spec and high spec models, but not as dramatic as it is in the Merc or the BMW, perhaps?

 

[Mick Briesgau]

To me the low spec/standard interior of both the W213 and G30 are a disgrace. To experience the "full aroma" for both, you have to order the top specced interior.

 

[Amat46]

E class mostly but 5 series is also used a lot in the European taxi market. Do you think such a prospective customer would care to experience the "full aroma"?