With the current 5 Series being such a hit, can BMW top itself with its successor, the upcoming G30 5 Series?
The current-generation (F10) BMW 5 Series has now sold over two million units. Quite the milestone. BMW say its their most successful generation in the model’s history, outperforming the previous generation’s (E60) sales by nearly 42 percent.
In 2015 alone, over 347,000 units have been sold, comprising of sedan, wagon (Touring), and Gran Turismo body styles. BMW say that with the continued success of the F10 5 Series, the total of number 5 Series sold since the model debuted in 1972 exceeds 7.5 million.
The BMW 5 Series has always been ubiquitous. But since its launch in 2010, the F10 BMW 5 Series has been hailed as the consummate premium sedan, and even now 6 years after it first came to market, puts up a strong fight against its fiercest of rivals from Germany and beyond.
Beating that very strong sales performance and popularity with customers means that F10’s replacement, the G30 5 Series, will have plenty large shoes to fill. BMW likely knows this all too well, and will do everything it can reasonably attempt to put its best foot forward with the next 5er.
The G30 will share the same CLAR (short for Cluster Architecture) platform that underpins the new 7 Series (G11) and could likely a similar lightweight mix of body construction materials such as aluminium, magnesium, and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP).
In terms of powertrains, there likely isn’t going to be much difference with the current crop of engines, with engine choices varying between BMW’s TwinPower Turbo units with either three, four, six, or eight cylinders.
