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EXCLUSIVE Shots Of BMW's Latest 5-Series

Agent009 submitted on 9/9/2008 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 2:24:15 PM

77 user comments | Category: Spy Shots | Source: www.autospies.com

Special kudos go our to reader michael who just happened to stumble upon BMW's latest iteration of BMW's bread and butter 5 Series in the German motherland.

Although these were taken with his cell phone they give you an idea of what BMW's latest 5-series will look like when it makes it to our shores.

Thanks tip Michael, you are our honorary spy of the day!

EXCLUSIVE Shots Of BMW's Latest 5-Series

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I think I like it. Not sure about the grill, though, but will withhold final opinion until I see it myself.
— vladyxa (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:29:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

Sorry guys, don´t be disappointed to hear it, but
the car on the photos is a new 7 series.

I live in Berlin and i´m a salesman for BMW since 1996,
and the car will be launched on 16.11.2008.
So there are a few cars on the road in Germany without
the badges. Take a look at the interior shot,
it´s definetely a 7 series. a 730d, you see the
round exhaust pipes.

best regards from Berlin

Ken
— KenDowning (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 6:18:12 AM | | Votes: 9

Are we sure this isn't a picture of a thinly disguised 7-Series?
— HSCenterconsole (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:40:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 16

That is clearly the 7 Series.
— America (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 8:50:24 PM | | Votes: 8

Autospies get's less and less relevant. It's a 7 series. Not a 5.

I'm off to Left Lane News which is where this place gets all it's 'scoops' from anyway.

I'm out!
— lewishamiltonpimp (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 10:56:27 PM | | Votes: 9

I think that's a new 7 not the 5
— 1in10 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:40:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 13

I think it's a Volvo.
— grysko (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 12:51:01 AM | | Votes: 5

That's a short-wheelbase 7 series. The article headline is completely wrong.
— BVC500 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:41:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 14

You mean 750i? instead of Li?...
— SHOWTIME (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:42:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11

It looks like a F01/02 to me.
— AdmiralT20 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:44:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

It's hideous whatever it is, would have to be visually impaired to buy one of these.
— ubercool (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:49:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5

Best looking Luxury car on the market right now. The new BMW 7 series.. KING OF THE HILL!!!!!!!!
— QuantumMatrix (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 3:34:55 PM | | Votes: -1

The people on this website need to jab out their eyes with forks because they are doing them no good.
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 11:10:20 PM | | Votes: 1

Uhhh...definitely a new 7-series, not a 5. You guys really need to screen these posts for accuracy.
— MunichHokie (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:49:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9

thats the new 7 series I got a hard on before i clicked on the article get your info right. Tell michael to get his head out of his a$$....those pics are suspect to me
— B7FAN (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:49:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

That's a 7 Agent 009.
— E36er (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:53:03 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7

definately that is 7 Series.

JUGNU
— JUGNU (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:58:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7

ok guys... seriously... that's the new seven... look at these pics and compare them to the official ones... its the same car...nice try though
— qwaszxxx (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:59:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 9

It's definetly a BMW 7 series, and to add to that, probably a 730i or a 730d (the 750 comes with dual exhausts seperated.)

In my opinion, it looks hot in black.
— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 2:59:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6

I agree, the promo shots were utterly unflattering, this looks great!
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 6:23:12 PM | | Votes: 3

I agree with both of you. The new 7 looks far better in these pics than in the promo pics. The proportions look MUCH more flattering here.
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 8:04:33 PM | | Votes: 2

The 7 series looked like a let-down when it was unveiled. Some later shots looked promising, but these pics look horrendous
— aarononymous (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 8:13:36 PM | | Votes: 1

The new 7 is one of those cars that look much better in dark colours. I think black will be the best colour on it.
— M53R (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 6:06:07 AM | | Votes: 1

I bet, even my GirlFriend will say...its 7 not 5 stupid!!
I think its 735i or 735d. I dont think so they make 730 anymore.
— 2fast4uu (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 3:05:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Good pictures anyway ,but at least change the title cause no one get confuse , thx ...
— CARsFAN19 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 3:26:55 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Yuck
— hatepusss (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 3:47:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2

Definitely a short body 7 series and the grill is just as ugly even with the black car.
T
— TauronB2G (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 3:47:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

thats a 7 series...double zero 9, how can you not know that?
— KZ258 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 4:09:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

i like the looks of the swb much better.

anyone know if you can still get a swb s-class in the states?
— 1995e34 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 4:19:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

No, you haven't been able to pick up a SWB S-Class since the before the W220.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 9:35:41 PM | | Votes: 2

Get rid of the first "the..."
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 9:36:07 PM | | Votes: 1

was it grammatically incorrect, or does the sentence just work better without it?
— 1995e34 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 9:59:32 PM | | Votes: 1

It looks like a 7 Series to me, but I like it. What ever it is
— bmwfan1513 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 4:22:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

i'm going with the flow and say it's a seven...
— AMGZING_fanboy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 4:23:18 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

My bad. That does look like short version of 7!
Still like it.
— vladyxa (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 4:30:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

100% that is a 7 series. A big fat DUH! to 009!
— FitzLA (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 4:32:56 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

Some of his articles are even DUMB!
— FitzLA (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 7:31:44 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Looks like it is a short wheelbase 7 but the reader who submitted the photos claimed it was the 5.

001

sometimes when you try to get stuff up fast...

— Agent001 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 5:27:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Sometimes when you try to get stuff up fast....You lose credibility by not checking facts? Stick to what you do best, and post links to real articles from credible sources.
— FitzLA (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 7:32:48 PM | | Votes: 5

It's a 7-series.

Even if the nest gen 5-series were this far in development, there is no way that an OEM would allow it to drive around with this little covering.
— Maverick2020 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 5:36:27 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3

looks homo
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 5:54:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -12

so funny that you say that...if there was ever a girlie Benz, the current CLK is it.
— Hachee2001 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 6:36:26 PM | | Votes: 5

the current clk looks very much like the 3 series coupe.
— 1995e34 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 6:48:58 PM | | Votes: -3

You guys are all full of it if you say the CLK 63 is a chick car or that it sucks.
I have a CLK 550 cab, you may say it s a chick car but its plenty fast, more luxurious and bigger than your 3 series bimmers.
Also the front end of the new 7 is not very nice. The proportions of the rest of the car are very nice and the interior is much better but the grill has got to go.
T
— TauronB2G (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 10:45:21 PM | | Votes: -1

I think its safe to say that you guys have no clue what the Black Series iis.
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 3:26:02 AM | | Votes: -2

Of course we know what a black series is...it's a very rare CLK with a monstrous engine and other mods, super expensive, meant to inject some profits at MB and some balls to the CLK line, which it desparately needs.

For the record, I'm not a Benz hater...I just haven't loved them for a long time, but the CLK range is especially pretty, and just too feminine looking. I always expect to see some 60 year old female empty nester driving them.
— Hachee2001 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 10:54:12 AM | | Votes: 1

have you seen a black series in person? i dont think it looks very feminine at all.
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 12:10:38 PM | | Votes: 1

Still looks homo, and if I see one on the street I will point and laugh at the driver, thinking to myself, "What a homo the driver is!"
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 11:07:32 PM | | Votes: 0

it smokes your 550Broke
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 3:27:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

Idiots.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 6:23:22 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5

Good to be back, huh? :)
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 8:05:35 PM | | Votes: 3

S4 I never thought i'd be happy to see you on here again, but we'd wondered what happened to you.
T
— TauronB2G (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 11:11:35 PM | | Votes: 1

yeah S4. i even missed you. well missed making jokes about you paying for your wife's car and everything else ; )
— KZ258 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 9:12:34 AM | | Votes: 2

Of course it's too early for a 5 to be seen like that, and the "editors" should have known it was a 7, but I have to admit, it does look a lot like what I'd expect the next 5 to look like. I think I like it too...kind of old school BMW.
— Hachee2001 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 6:38:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

Thankfully we got that cleared. Just an ugly 7 and not the new 5. My heart almost sank when I saw those pics. BTW, that thing is fugly!! I hope the 5er is as pretty as the current one.
— CBOTGuy (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 6:49:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

I love how its just sitting there with the badges covered.

that's a 7 btw.
— EvoAudi (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 7:50:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4

Yea.. without those badges, it's a real stumper! What could that be? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
— Hyundai (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 8:07:20 PM | | Votes: 4

Horrible for now. I have to see the car in the real life. And for sure it is the 5 series but I don´t like it.
— Yonder7 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/9/2008 9:03:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1

Ummm, you mean that is for sure the 7 series, right? Cause it has been established that it is NOT the new 5er.
— FitzLA (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 12:33:53 AM | | Votes: 1

It looks OK. I'll have to get used to it. I agree with some of you. It kinda does look like a 7 series, but it does have some of the same 5 series styling in it
— asiancars233 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 1:52:03 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

I think it's a 7-series.
— MunichRob (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 4:15:13 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

I'm going to have to wait and see this car in person to make my judgment. Sometimes photos don't do justice and sometimes photos do too much. It's inspired by that BMW concept that we've seen on this site. Like I said I won't judge until I see better quality photos or even better, in person.
— Agent63 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 7:04:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

Alright, it looks like BMW is admiting its mistakes and fixing their interiors. As for the exterior its just like the 7 series.
— Designer1 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 7:24:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

I blew the doors off of an M6. The M6 gets nowhere near the attention that my car gets. It's obviously not because it looks girly. The regular clk coupes serve that purpose. You can doubt all you want. Do whatever you want to make yourself feel okay about me driving the Black Series.
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 12:14:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

And you obviously dont know what the black series seats look like...
— CLK63BlackSeries (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 12:16:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

The CLK BLK is amazing... Don't even go there, 550i driver. It's a DTM car without the add-ons.
— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 9:38:50 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2

What happened to Bangle's flamer surfacing?

Looks a little better than the current one although the current rear-ends of the 7 and 5 don't look like they fit with the rest of the car. Maybe its the elongated nose that pushes the cabin back, which in turn pushes the trunk back that makes it seem like it sticks out awkwardly.
— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/10/2008 10:12:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0

Looks like BMW will turtlesize their whole lineup.
— sector (View Profile)

Posted on 9/12/2008 2:18:14 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

The 5 series needs a makeover too. IT's a nice modern looking car but the headlights are a little hard to digest.
— cls550 (View Profile)

Posted on 9/13/2008 4:50:21 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1

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