The BMW 5 Series is one of our favorite cars, and always has been. We’re glad to see BMW staying on top of its game and updating the car where needed, but leaving the rest alone. We’re sorry to see the SMG transmission disappear, but we can understand why; left in its fully automatic mode it was jerky and not very luxurious. The exterior and interior revisions are minor and mostly ignorable, but the upgrades to the two six-cylinder engines, added technology and further refinement of the interior and iDrive are good additions. But mostly, we think we have a very good reason to pick up the phone and call BMW for a test car.

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