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2008 BMW 5-Series Overview

Likes:

  • Smooth and powerful turbo six
  • Crisp, responsive handling
  • Manual transmission offered
  • Wide range of useful technology options

Dislikes:

  • iDrive remains unnecessarily complex
  • Back seat isn’t very spacious
  • Disappointing crash-test performance
  • Only offered with all-wheel drive

Bottom Line

By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

In assembling this review of the new 2008 BMW 5-Series Sports Wagon, the seasoned car reviewers at TheCarConnection.com handpicked some of the best critical reviews covering this vehicle to draw a consensus opinion. TheCarConnection.com's editors have also driven the 2008 ...

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Full Review

By Bengt Halvorson's avatar Bengt Halvorson, Editor

The 2008 BMW 5-Series sports a body with avant-garde details that meet with mixed reviews. BMW designer Chris “Bangle has alienated some hardcore BMW-philes,” Automobile observes, with his new styling themes. The BMW 7-Series was the first example of his dramatically curved...

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Select a Trim:

Trim MSRP / Invoice Fuel Econ
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sedan 528i RWD $44,600 / $41,030 City: 17
Hwy: 27
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sedan 528xi AWD $46,800 / $43,055 City: 17
Hwy: 25
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sedan 535i RWD $49,800 / $45,815 City: 17
Hwy: 26
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sedan 535xi AWD $52,000 / $47,840 City: 16
Hwy: 24
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sedan 550i RWD $58,800 / $54,095 City: 15
Hwy: 22
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sedan M5 RWD $83,900 / $77,190 City: 11
Hwy: 17
2008 BMW 5-Series: 4dr Sport Wagon 535xiT AWD $54,400 / $50,050 City: 16
Hwy: 24

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Other Choices:

The Audi A6 Avant is the 2008 BMW 5-Series Sports Wagon's closest competitor, but the Avant only comes with the 255-horsepower, 3.2-liter V-6 engine, not the larger, 350-horsepower V-8 that's available on the sedan. As with the Sports Wagon, all-wheel drive is standard, though the Avant has a slightly softer ride, and its handling isn't as sharp as that of the 5-Series, nor does it offer such advanced technology features. The E-Class is offered only in 268-horsepower E350 trim, with standard 4Matic all-wheel drive, but there's also a wagon version of the exclusive, 507-horsepower E63 AMG performance model. Overall, the E-Class is a little roomier inside. The Saab 9-5 SportCombi is now a quite dated design. It comes with front-wheel drive and turbocharged four-cylinder power, and its powertrains aren't as refined as those of the other rivals, but it's packaged well, with excellent seats, plenty of headroom, and more useful cargo space.

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