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2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Overview

Likes:

  • Intriguing silhouette
  • Classically BMW drivetrain performance
  • Vastly improved interior and controls
  • Flexible rear seat and cargo area

Dislikes:

  • very specific vehicle for a very specific mission
  • Drives "small," but can feel wide and large in traffic
  • Lots of technology, some of it overload
  • Not-quite-BMW handling

Bottom Line

By Marty Padgett's avatar Marty Padgett, Executive Editor

Editors at TheCarConnection.com drove the new 2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo to bring you this hands-on road test of its capabilities. Editors assigned ratings to each of five areas-styling, performance, comfort, safety, and features-and use those ratings to compare the ...

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By Marty Padgett's avatar Marty Padgett, Executive Editor

The striking 2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo, abbreviated to "GT" on its tailgate, blends some station-wagon and SUV cues into a shape that's not quite sedan or crossover. It's most accurately called a fastback, a vehicle description that's all but lost its meaning since the...

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The 2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo is a unique vehicle with few clear competitors. Chief among them is BMW's own X6 crossover, which rides higher and has a more athletic and, conversely, a more rugged stance. It's aimed at SUV-lite fans, while the Gran Turismo is akin to the Lincoln MKT or Mercedes-Benz R-Class. The MKT is a seven-seater, but like the BMW GT, it offers a stellar level of second-row comfort and adds a third-row seat and supercharged V-6 performance to its compelling style. The Audi A6 Avant is one of the more, well, avant-garde wagons on the market, with a sleeker silhouette than the norm, a standard bench for its second-row of seats, and options for all-wheel drive and V-8 power. The Gran Turismo's most direct rival might be the slow-selling Mercedes-Benz R-Class, based on second-row comfort, but the R-Class offers a third-row seat that stretches its proportions to ungainly lengths.

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Comments (1 total)

  1. By Imbuer #2, Posted: 11/13/2009

    Will the 2010 5 series do better than the previous model's 3-star crash test result?

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