What if the next generation 2011 BMW 5 Series will look like this?

Absolutely can't say without seeing the back.

It would look ok.

This is okay. If they went any larger as in the 7 that would be a problem.
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looks great

Haha, looks like a retired boxer with no more teeth left

More pics here:

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/bmw-5er-so-kommt-der-e-klasse-gegner-2010-979402.html

Looks very good. A downsized 7er, only more regular. BMW plays it safe. It's the VW/Audi way - you can dig the car or say it's nothing special but you'll never say its fugly. This works, apparently. Could have been more aggressive and "sharky", IMHO.

Moreover, Germans say:
- barely traceable increase in length (+2 cm) since cars start to outgrow garages, +8 cm of wheelbase
- start-stop everywhere (maybe brake energy recuperation too?)
- no more naturally aspirated 530i, biturbo with direct injection instead (like, say, in Audi), V8 with twin turbo in 550i, I6 twin-turbo in 540i, both mated with 8 speed autobox
- somewhere in the future a thermocouple to turn some waste heat into electricity
- electric power assist
- line keeping assistance, recognition of roadsigns and bystanders/strollers on the road
- radar-guided cruise control working in traffic jams
- Internet connection so that drivers can watch pornography
- i-Drive with more auxiliary buttons (like, say, MMI in Audi)
- blend of aluminium and steel since aluminium only is too expensive
- dynamic drive adjustable sway bars (similar to Audi Drive Select like, for instance, in Audi)
- torque vectoring rear diff (like in X6 and, for example, in Audi)
- maybe hybrid (it's the highest time to introduce one! Like Audi!)

"with direct injection instead (like, say, in Audi)"
-Or like, say, the 760, which introduced DI, you know, before audi.
"i-Drive (like, say, MMI in Audi)"
-Which, like DI, was a concept introduced on the 7, before, you know, audi.
"dynamic drive adjustable sway bars (similar to Audi Drive Select like, for instance, in Audi)"
-Which again, you know, appeared, like, in the early 2000's in BMWs, long before, say, audi.
"torque vectoring rear diff (like in X6 and, for example, in Audi)"
-Close, but, the X6, like you know, beat them to the punch.

Kinda sad that a company that supposedly 'never follows' doesn't innovate or create, but instead hates and imitates.

BMW wouldn't have DSG or AWD at all if Audi didn't exist, you can bet on that.

Doesnt matter. Pelosi/Feinstein/Waxman/SierraClub dont like it, its going away soon. Call your congressmen/congresswomen.

BMW always manages to mess up the back. I'll have to see the tail first.

It will undergo more of a change than that, I'm sure of it.

Or at least I hope it will...

Front end looks better than the current 5 series. But it should be more. More aggressive and unique. Headlight's design is very common like VW golf/Eos, Honda civic and bumper is very empty looking like an half open mouth.

JUGNU

If that is the new design, MB E is OK with the new look cause it is better looking car than this one. Even Audi A6 looks better.

looks good it needs some fog lights but looks fine SO FAR???????????

Looks like more of the same, they should go back to the '98 - 03 body-style and build from there IMO.

Looks very bland, please make it BMW, and then they might hopefully go out of business.

Bangle is gone and even the cars are smiling!

the next 5 will look like an small 7, cause the 7 looks like an big 3

A few comments for the E60 haters: I've owned nine (9) BMWs. Six of these have been 5 series including four (4) E39 cars. Loved them all. Have owned an E60 (545i) since March 2004, and it is by far the best of all. By the way, three of the E39 cars were 540is. Seems like there are more people out there like me since the E60 is the best selling 5 series ever! I personally love the way the car looks and rides. Its performance, even now after 5 years of driving, is still unequaled in a mass produced luxury sedan! The only weakness with the car is the runflat tires which I got rid of years ago!

clj
Maryland