Posts Tagged ‘5-series’
BMW 5 Active Hybrid testing in China
Published on April 18, 2012 by W.E. Ning
New spy shots from the BMW 5 Active Hybrid testing in China, it will ave its Chinese debut at the Beijing Auto Show next week and it will be listed on the China car market within this year. The 5 Active Hybrid, a very catchy name indeed, will be made locally by the Brilliance-BMW join venture from 2013, until then it will be imported from Germany.
A BMW 5Li police car in China
Published on March 2, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Chinese policemen are a lucky bunch, they can play around with chalk and drive in pretty cars. Here we have a BMW 523Li in police livery, the Li is a China-only 5-series stretched by 15 centimeters in the middle. Lotta legroom for the chief! The 523Li is made in China by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture, price starts from 460.000 yuan.
BMW 5-series hybrid & EV for China
Published on December 11, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
BMW is working on two ‘green-energy’ vehicles for the Chinese market. Both will be made by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture and both will be based on the 5-series.
Old BMW 5-series to Continue in China
Published on October 10, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
The Brilliance-BMW joint venture is working hard to get the new BMW 5-series in production in China. In the meantime the old one is still selling strong and according to these new spy shots BMW will not say goodbye to it yet, and even better, it will get a facelift for 2012.
BMW-Brilliance New Energy Vehicle unveiled in Shanghai
Published on April 18, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
The Brilliance-BMW joint venture unveiled their BMW-Brilliance New Energy Vehicle concept on Sunday, two days before the start of the Shanghai Auto Show. Otherwise nobody would have noticed.
The NEV is based on the long-wheelbase BMW 5 made by Brilliance-BMW. The car is called BMW-Brilliance because 99% of the technology comes from BMW, so their name goes first, jawohl.
It is a plug-in hybrid with a twin-scroll trubocharged patrol engine with 160kw and a 70kw electric motor. Range on full electric is 75km, with the petrol engine ‘range extender’ the range is 400km.
First Pic: BMW-Brilliance New Energy Vehicle
Published on April 7, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
The BMW-Brilliance joint venture will bring a plug-in hybrid ‘New Energy Vehicle’ to the Shanghai Auto Show. The NEV is based on the China-made long wheelbase BMW 5-series. In pure electric mode it has a range of 60 to 75 kilometer, with the petrol engine ‘range extender’ the range grows to 450 kilometer.
Guangzhou Auto Show: BMW 520Li Listed & Priced
Published on December 21, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
The BMW 5-series is made in China by BMW’s joint venture with Brilliance Automotive, alongside the 3-series. The Chinese fiver only comes as stretched ‘L’ and was available as 523, 528 and 535. The 520Li is the new entry-level car and it costs only 418.600 yuan, the 523 starts at 449.600 yuan. The 520Li gets a 6-in-line with 177hp and 320nm mated to an 8-speed tiptronic.
Brilliance-BMW Goes Big with 535Li
Published on April 1, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
Brilliance-BMW will start building the new 5 in China soon. And as Benz did only last week, BMW makes one special for China. Real Chinese men like to be driven. The 535Li is 14 centimetre longer than the standard car, all that space is for the passengers in the back. To emphasize the long-car’s Chineseness BMW came up with some very louzy photoshops:
Brilliance-BMW 5 for Shanghai Police
Published on March 31, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
The Shanghai traffic police received 20 brand new Brilliance-BMW 530′s for duty during the Shanghai Expo 2010. That old fashioned little party will start May first and last 6 months. The city counsel is expecting millions of visitors who must be impressed with Shanghai’s riches and that ain’t easy with a Santana. I did expect though that Shanghai would use Shanghai-VW’s (modern ones) or Shanghai-GM’s. I saw some pics of an electricalexpirimental police-Buickthing but that doesn’t really count. Come on SAIC, don’t let those northern cowmen (known as Dongbeiren in Chinese) steal your moment!
