sunrunner_pei
01-30-2008, 07:20 PM
Filed under: Spy Photos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/), Sedans/Saloons (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/), BMW (http://www.autoblog.com/category/bmw/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/photo_renderings_2010_bmw_opt.jpg (http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/01/30/photo-renderings-2010-bmw-5-series/)
With cars everywhere going all edgy, it should be clear that Chris Bangle's controversial "flame surfacing" design language has left its mark. Whether it ever looked right on the BMW 5-Series, however, is still up for debate, even after the mid-life facelift. (Not that it has stopped BMW from rolling out its 5,000,000th 5-Series (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/30/bmw-rolls-out-5-millionth-5-series/) earlier this week.) However the 5 is due for replacement late next year, and our friends at eGMCarTech think they have a good idea of what it will look like.
Codenamed E62, the 2010 5-Series is widely anticipated to draw on the new styling direction previewed by the CS Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/20/even-more-pics-of-the-bmw-concept-cs/)which BMW laid on us in Shanghai. That means a wider grille flanked by slanty eyes, while around back the tail-lights are expected to follow the widely-spaced units seen on the new 3-Series. The range of engines will carry on largely unchanged from the current 5-Series, although there's been buzz about a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/21/detroit-2008-bmws-twin-turbo-4-4l-v8/) with around 400 horsepower to slot in below the next M5.
[Source: eGMCarTech]
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/photo_renderings_2010_bmw_opt.jpg (http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/01/30/photo-renderings-2010-bmw-5-series/)
With cars everywhere going all edgy, it should be clear that Chris Bangle's controversial "flame surfacing" design language has left its mark. Whether it ever looked right on the BMW 5-Series, however, is still up for debate, even after the mid-life facelift. (Not that it has stopped BMW from rolling out its 5,000,000th 5-Series (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/30/bmw-rolls-out-5-millionth-5-series/) earlier this week.) However the 5 is due for replacement late next year, and our friends at eGMCarTech think they have a good idea of what it will look like.
Codenamed E62, the 2010 5-Series is widely anticipated to draw on the new styling direction previewed by the CS Concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/20/even-more-pics-of-the-bmw-concept-cs/)which BMW laid on us in Shanghai. That means a wider grille flanked by slanty eyes, while around back the tail-lights are expected to follow the widely-spaced units seen on the new 3-Series. The range of engines will carry on largely unchanged from the current 5-Series, although there's been buzz about a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/21/detroit-2008-bmws-twin-turbo-4-4l-v8/) with around 400 horsepower to slot in below the next M5.
[Source: eGMCarTech]
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