最近谍照记者拍到了新一代宝马5系轿车和旅行车最新照片，新车看起来更接近量产版，与老款车相比，新车采用了更熟悉的外观设计。其中轿车采用双色轮圈，这很可能是一款插电混动车，它的油箱盖在轮拱左前侧，而且在驾驶员一侧车门和后保险杠上还带有“混动测试车”字样。这辆轿车很可能搭载了取自330e和X5 xDrive40e的2.0升涡轮增压汽油引擎，另有一台电机与八速自动变速器集成在一起。该车地板下配备锂电池组，纯电动模式续航里程32公里。由于新车采用宝马CLAR平台，重量降低100公斤，因此无论搭载何种引擎，燃油经济性都将获得显著提升。而旅行车版本则采用更多伪装以掩盖改款后的车尾造型。下一代5系将采用更多7系车技术，其中包括半自动驾驶技术。宝马已经通过趣图展示过转向和车道控制辅助技术以及交叉路口警示系统。宝马将在下月或11月和明年1月底特律车展发布这款车，而旅行车将在3月的日内瓦车展发布。而5系GT则将在明年法兰克福车展亮相，它的尾部将不再像现行版那么怪异，因此有望采用更具吸引力的设计。
New BMW 5 Series Sedan and Touring drop more camo
Spotted here in sedan and estate guises, the all-new BMW 5 Series is showing a bit more of its production-ready metal featuring a design very familiar when compared to the outgoing model. The sedan (G30) with bi-color wheels is the more interesting of the two prototypes due to its plug-in hybrid arrangement denoted by the fuel cap on the left-front fender and the “Hybrid Test Vehicle” lettering on the driver's door and on the rear bumper.
The sedan was likely equipped with a powertrain adapted from the 330e and X5 xDrive40e where a turbocharged 2.0-liter gasoline engine works together with an electric motor housed inside the eight-speed automatic transmission. BMW will probably install the lithium-ion battery pack underneath the trunk’s floor and word has it the cells will provide the midsize sedan with an EV range in excess of 20 miles (32 km).
Overall efficiency regardless of engine choice will be significantly boosted compared to the outgoing model if we take into account the switch to BMW’s CLAR platform will bring a confirmed weight loss of up to 100 kilograms (220 pounds).
As far as the other prototype is concerned, it’s a conventionally-powered Touring (G31) in right-hand-drive specification carrying slightly more camouflage than the sedan in order to conceal its modified rear end.
The next-gen 5 Series will borrow some of the technology from its bigger brother, the 7 Series, including a bunch of semi-autonomous driving systems. Some of these have already been previewed in a teaser released by BMW earlier this month, showing the Steering and Lane Control Assistant and the Crossroads Warning system.
As to when we’ll actually get to see the car, chances are the 5 Series sedan will be revealed in full either next month or in November prior to showing up in Detroit in January 2017. The more practical Touring is expected to receive its proper debut two months later at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Further down the line, the controversial 5 Series GT might make an appearance in about a year from now at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Spy photos of the Gran Turismo have shown the rear end won’t be as odd as it is now, so there is some hope the model will have a more appealing design.