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Autocar India reports that New Generation BMW 5- Series will make its official debut in India on 30th April 2010. Remember we had a discussion on same long time back : http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/f...2010-bmw-5-series-leaked-official-images.html
"BMW has pulled forward the launch of the new 5-series (F10) in India by a couple of months. The German car maker will release its latest saloon in the Indian market on April 30th which is just a few months after its international launch in Europe.
The launch of the new 5-series this early comes as a big surprise as the company had first indicated a July-September time frame. With rival Mercedes taking the lead with its fresh E-class and the outgoing 5-series selling with heavy discounts, BMW was keen to bring the new model as quickly as possible. BMW has re-jigged the assembly line of its Chennai plant and shipped knocked down kits in record time, to build the new 5-series ahead of schedule.
Its not clear which versions of the new 5-series will be launched but we expect the 535i and 530d to be the range topping petrol and diesel.
In the first three months of 2010 Mercedes sold 642 E-class whilst BMW could manage to move only 305 5-series. But with the all-new 5 series, BMW hopes to win back market share in this segment of the luxury car market."
Personally, I'm not happy with the looks of new generation model because I'm still a fan of current 5 - Series. A quick pictorial comparison between two:
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"BMW has pulled forward the launch of the new 5-series (F10) in India by a couple of months. The German car maker will release its latest saloon in the Indian market on April 30th which is just a few months after its international launch in Europe.
The launch of the new 5-series this early comes as a big surprise as the company had first indicated a July-September time frame. With rival Mercedes taking the lead with its fresh E-class and the outgoing 5-series selling with heavy discounts, BMW was keen to bring the new model as quickly as possible. BMW has re-jigged the assembly line of its Chennai plant and shipped knocked down kits in record time, to build the new 5-series ahead of schedule.
Its not clear which versions of the new 5-series will be launched but we expect the 535i and 530d to be the range topping petrol and diesel.
In the first three months of 2010 Mercedes sold 642 E-class whilst BMW could manage to move only 305 5-series. But with the all-new 5 series, BMW hopes to win back market share in this segment of the luxury car market."
Personally, I'm not happy with the looks of new generation model because I'm still a fan of current 5 - Series. A quick pictorial comparison between two:
![2011-bmw-5-series-front.jpg](/forums/data/attachments/4/4164-22941410ec44a2516a017f2e1d2f9dce.jpg)
![2007-bmw-530i-touring-5-series-front-view-588x441.jpg](/forums/data/attachments/4/4165-9d6176418558f2da381a388f0a778f79.jpg)
![2011%20BMW%205-series%20side_thumb.jpg](/forums/data/attachments/4/4167-66b27c11bd676c13d3dd13166e60defe.jpg)
![2008-BMW-5-Series-Driver-Side-1280x960.jpg](/forums/data/attachments/4/4166-91efa692f65a19bacdfab314cdca142f.jpg)
![2891-048-rear-3-4-480.jpg](/forums/data/attachments/4/4169-2814f540fbc5b3b63de769afc45ac0fd.jpg)
![2011-bmw-5-series-rear.jpg](/forums/data/attachments/4/4168-74cc79d914a234ce4e270f508471a88e.jpg)
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