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The Clarkson Review: 2017 BMW 5‑series (530d xDrive) Touring

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BMW i5 Touring

Electric BMW i5 Touring review

The new BMW i5 Touring estate is so close to being brilliant, but its range could be an issue on longer road trips finds Neil Briscoe.
Published 24 May 2024
BMW i5 eDrive40

BMW i5 electric saloon review

The new BMW 5 Series is being launched from the get-go in electric form, as the BMW i5.
Published 01 October 2023
The Clarkson Review: 2017 BMW 5‑series (530d xDrive) Touring

The Clarkson Review: BMW 530d Touring

For many years I have argued that, all things considered, the BMW 530d estate is the best car in the world. It’s fast, handsome, astoundingly...
Published 21 August 2017
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The Clarkson Review: 2017 BMW 5-series M-Sport (G30)

The Clarkson Review: BMW 5-series

If a piece of technology remains fundamentally unchanged for more than a century, it’s inevitable that one day it will be as perfect as...
Published 19 April 2017
BMW 520d M Sport review (2017-on)

BMW 5-series G30 review (2017-on)

If you could only pick one car to drive every day for the rest of your life, the BMW 5 series would be at the top of the list, elbowing the...
Published 28 March 2017
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First drive review: BMW 518d SE saloon (2013)

In the vicious, back-alley knife-fight that is the executive saloon market, the 5-series is BMWs Mack the Knife. And when those other German spivs...
Published 22 April 2014
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The Clarkson review: BMW 528i Touring SE (1999)

When I spend a night at my flat in London, I like to cook myself some supper. And since my culinary skills are a little bit northern, I don’t overreach...
Published 03 April 2014
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BMW 5-series E60/E61 review (2003-2010)

If a car company is going to call its products “the ultimate driving machine”, it must have the machine and the drive to back it up.
Published 18 March 2014
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BMW 5-series F10/F11 review (2010-on)

For about as long as we can remember, the 5-series has been the king of the executive saloons.
Published 17 March 2014
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The Clarkson review: BMW 520d M Sport (2013)

THERE ARE a handful of cars on the market today that are demonstrably better than all of their rivals.
Published 14 March 2014