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BMW 5 Series (F10), the Glossary

The sixth generation of the BMW 5 Series consists of the BMW F10 (sedan version), F18 (long-wheelbase sedan), BMW F11 (wagon, marketed as Touring) and BMW F07 (fastback/hatchback, marketed as Gran Turismo) executive cars and were produced by BMW from January 2010 (for the 2011 model year) to 2017, with F10 being launched on 20 March 2010 to domestic market and F11 in the summer of 2010.^[1]

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Adaptive cruise control

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is a type of advanced driver-assistance system for road vehicles that automatically adjusts the vehicle speed to maintain a safe distance from vehicles ahead.

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Adrian van Hooydonk

Adrian van Hooydonk (born 21 June 1964 in Echt, Limburg), is a Dutch automobile designer and BMW Group's Design Director.

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All-wheel drive

An all-wheel drive vehicle (AWD vehicle) is one with a powertrain capable of providing power to all its wheels, whether full-time or on-demand.

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Alpina

Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH & Co.

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Astra International

Astra International is an Indonesian conglomerate controlled by Jardine Matheson.

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Auto Mobil International

The Auto Mobil International (AMI Leipzig), also known as Leipzig Auto Show, is the first motor show organized by the Leipziger Messe since 1991, in Leipzig, Germany.

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Automatic parking

Automatic parking is an autonomous car-maneuvering system that moves a vehicle from a traffic lane into a parking spot to perform parallel, perpendicular, or angle parking.

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Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.

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Automotive head-up display

An automotive head-up display or automotive heads-up display — also known as an auto-HUD — is any transparent display that presents data in the automobile without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

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Automotive night vision

An automotive night vision system uses a thermographic camera to increase a driver's perception and seeing distance in darkness or poor weather beyond the reach of the vehicle's headlights.

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Avtotor

Avtotor (Автотор) is an automobile manufacturing company located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

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Axle track

In automobiles (and other wheeled vehicles which have two wheels on an axle), the axle track is the distance between the hub flanges on an axle.

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Blind spot monitor

The blind spot monitor or blind-spot monitoring is a vehicle-based sensor device that detects other vehicles located to the driver’s side and rear.

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BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW, is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

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BMW 3 Series (E90)

The fifth generation of the BMW 3 Series range of compact executive cars is designated under the model codes E90 (saloon), E91 (estate, marketed as 'Touring'), E92 (coupé) and E93 (convertible). BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 3 Series (E90) are BMW model codes, BMW vehicles, cars of India, cars of Mexico, sedans and station wagons.

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BMW 5 Series

The BMW 5 Series is an executive car built and sold by BMW since 1972 and is currently in its eighth generation. BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 5 Series are station wagons.

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BMW 5 Series (E39)

The BMW E39 is the fourth generation of the BMW 5 Series range of executive cars, which was manufactured from 1995 to 2004. BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 5 Series (E39) are BMW vehicles and Euro NCAP executive cars.

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BMW 5 Series (E60)

The fifth generation of the BMW 5 Series executive cars consists of the BMW E60 (sedan version) and BMW E61 (wagon version, marketed as 'Touring'). BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 5 Series (E60) are BMW model codes, BMW vehicles, cars of India, cars of Mexico, Euro NCAP executive cars, Latin NCAP executive cars, sedans and station wagons.

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BMW 5 Series (G30)

The seventh generation of the BMW 5 Series consists of the BMW G30 (sedan version) and BMW G31 (wagon version, marketed as 'Touring') executive cars. BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 5 Series (G30) are BMW model codes, BMW vehicles, cars of India and Euro NCAP executive cars.

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BMW 6 Series

The BMW 6 Series is a range of grand tourers produced by BMW since 1976.

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BMW 6 Series (F12)

The third generation of the BMW 6 Series consists of the BMW F12 (two-door convertible version), BMW F13 (two-door coupé version) BMW F06 (four-door "Gran Coupé" version) executive-sized grand tourers. BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 6 Series (F12) are BMW vehicles.

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BMW 6 Series (G32)

The G32 BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo is the second generation of the BMW Gran Turismo range of 5-door liftback executive cars launched in 2017, based upon the BMW 5 Series (G30). BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 6 Series (G32) are BMW model codes, BMW vehicles, cars of India, Euro NCAP executive cars and sedans.

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BMW 7 Series (F01)

The fifth generation of the BMW 7 Series consists of the BMW F01 (sedan version) and BMW F02 (long-wheelbase sedan version) full-size luxury sedans. BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW 7 Series (F01) are BMW model codes and BMW vehicles.

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BMW B47

The BMW B47 is a four-cylinder common rail diesel engine produced by BMW.

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BMW Brilliance

BMW Brilliance (officially BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd.) is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Shenyang, China and a joint venture between BMW (as majority holder) and Brilliance Auto.

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BMW Group Plant Dingolfing

The BMW Group Plant Dingolfing is a network of BMW plants in Dingolfing, Dingolfing-Landau, Lower Bavaria, Germany with a total area of around 280 hectares.

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BMW iDrive

iDrive is an in-car communications and entertainment system, used to control most secondary vehicle systems in late-model BMW cars.

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BMW India

BMW India is the Indian subsidiary of German car manufacturer BMW.

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BMW Manufacturing (Thailand)

BMW Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company based Rayong, in the Rayong Province of eastern Thailand and a subsidiary of BMW Group Thailand.

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BMW N20

The BMW N20 is a turbocharged four-cylinder DOHC petrol engine with variable valve lift and variable valve timing which replaced the N53 (or BMW N52 in some markets) and was produced from 2011 to 2017 by BMW.

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BMW N47

BMW N47 is a four-cylinder common rail diesel engine that has many improvements over its predecessor, the M47.

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BMW N52

The BMW N52 is a naturally aspirated straight-6 petrol engine which was produced from 2004 to 2015.

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BMW N53

The BMW N53 is a naturally aspirated straight-6 petrol engine which was produced from 2006 to 2013.

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BMW N54

The BMW N54 is a twin-turbocharged straight-six petrol engine that was produced from 2006 to 2016.

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BMW N55

The BMW N55 is a turbocharged straight-six petrol (gasoline) engine that began production in 2009.

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BMW N57

The BMW N57 is a family of aluminium, turbocharged straight-6 common rail diesel engines.

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BMW N63

The BMW N63 is a twin-turbocharged petrol V8 engine which has been in production from 2008 to present.

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BMW X5 (E70)

The BMW E70 is the second-generation BMW X5 mid-size luxury SUV. BMW 5 Series (F10) and BMW X5 (E70) are BMW model codes and BMW vehicles.

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).

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Dingolfing

Dingolfing is a town in southern Bavaria, Germany.

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Double wishbone suspension

A double wishbone suspension is an independent suspension design for automobiles using two (occasionally parallel) wishbone-shaped arms to locate the wheel.

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Dual-clutch transmission

A dual-clutch transmission (DCT) (sometimes referred to as a twin-clutch transmission) is a type of multi-speed vehicle transmission system, that uses two separate clutches for odd and even gear sets.

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E-segment

The E-segment is the 5th category of the European segments for passenger cars, synonymous with the term executive car.

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Euro NCAP

The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) is a European voluntary car safety performance assessment programme (i.e. a New Car Assessment Program) based in Leuven, Belgium.

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Executive car

Executive car is a British term for a large car which is equivalent to the European E-segment and American full-size classifications.

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Facelift (automotive)

An automotive facelift, also known as mid-generational refresh, minor model change, minor model update, or life cycle impulse, comprises changes to a vehicle's styling during its production run including, to highly variable degree, new sheetmetal, interior design elements or mechanical changes, allowing a carmaker to freshen a model without a complete redesign.

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Fastback

A fastback is an automotive styling feature, defined by the rear of the car having a single slope from the roof to the tail.

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Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an F4, or front-engine, four-wheel drive (4WD) layout places the internal combustion engine at the front of the vehicle and drives all four roadwheels.

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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.

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Geneva International Motor Show

The Geneva International Motor Show was an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual motorsports festival featuring modern and historic motor racing vehicles taking part in a hill climb and other events, held in Goodwood House, West Sussex, England, in late June or early July.

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Grand tourer

A grand tourer (GT) is a type of car that is designed for high speed and long-distance driving with performance and luxury.

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Hatchback

A hatchback is a car body configuration with a rear door that swings upward to provide access to the main interior of the car as a cargo area rather than just to a separated trunk.

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Head-up display

A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD or head-up guidance system (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints.

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Hofmeister kink

The Hofmeister kink (German: Hofmeister-Knick) is an automotive design feature consisting of a rearward/forward angle near the base of the rearmost pillar.

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Hood (car)

The hood (North American English) or bonnet (Commonwealth English outside Canada) is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles.

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Hybrid electric vehicle

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain).

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Jakarta

Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.

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Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad (p), known as Königsberg until 1946 (ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk; Królewiec), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland.

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Knock-down kit

A knock-down kit (also knockdown kit, knocked-down kit, or simply knockdown or KD) is a collection of parts required to assemble a product.

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Kulim District

The Kulim District is a district and town in the state of Kedah, Malaysia.

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Lane departure warning system

In road-transport terminology, a lane departure warning system (LDWS) is a mechanism designed to warn the driver when the vehicle begins to move out of its lane (unless a turn signal is on in that direction) on freeways and arterial roads.

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MacPherson strut

The MacPherson strut is a type of automotive suspension system that uses the top of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).

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Model year

The model year (sometimes abbreviated as MY) is a method of describing the version of a product which has been produced over multiple years.

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Multi-link suspension

A multi-link suspension is a type of independent vehicle suspension having three or more control links per wheel.

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Naturally aspirated engine

A naturally aspirated engine, also known as a normally aspirated engine, and abbreviated to N/A or NA, is an internal combustion engine in which air intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure and does not have forced induction through a turbocharger or a supercharger.

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Petrol engine

A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline).

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Plug-in hybrid

A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or simply plug-in hybrid is a type of hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a rechargeable battery pack that can be directly replenished via a charging cable plugged into an external electric power source, in addition to charging internally by its on-board internal combustion engine-powered generator.

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Rayong

Rayong (ระยอง) is a city (thesaban nakhon) on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand and the capital of Rayong province.

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Regenerative braking

Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism that slows down a moving vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy or potential energy into a form that can be either used immediately or stored until needed.

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. BMW 5 Series (F10) and sedan (automobile) are sedans.

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Shenyang

Shenyang is a sub-provincial city in north-central Liaoning, China.

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Start-stop system

A vehicle start-stop system or stop-start system (also known as S&S, micro hybrid or micro hybrid electric vehicle (μHEV)) automatically shuts down and restarts the internal combustion engine to reduce the amount of time the engine spends idling, thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions.

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Station wagon

A station wagon (US, also wagon) or estate car (UK, also estate) is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate, or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid. BMW 5 Series (F10) and station wagon are station wagons.

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Straight-four engine

A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.

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Straight-six engine

The straight-six engine (also referred to as an inline-six engine; abbreviated I6 or L6) is a piston engine with six cylinders arranged in a straight line along the crankshaft.

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Toluca

Toluca, officially Toluca de Lerdo, is the state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca.

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Torque vectoring

Torque vectoring is a technology employed in automobile differentials that has the ability to vary the torque to each half-shaft with an electronic system; or in rail vehicles which achieve the same using individually motored wheels.

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Traffic reporting

Traffic reporting is the near real-time distribution of information about road conditions such as traffic congestion, detours, and traffic collisions.

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Traffic-sign recognition

Traffic-sign recognition (TSR) is a technology by which a vehicle is able to recognize the traffic signs put on the road e.g. "speed limit" or "children" or "turn ahead".

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Turbo-diesel

The term turbo-diesel, also written as turbodiesel and turbo diesel, refers to any diesel engine equipped with a turbocharger.

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Turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.

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United States Department of Energy

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, and energy conservation.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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V8 engine

A V8 engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.

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Vehicle rollover

A rollover or overturn is a type of vehicle crash in which a vehicle tips over onto its side or roof.

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VinFast LUX A2.0

The VinFast LUX A2.0 is a four-door executive sedan produced by Vietnamese automaker VinFast between 2019 and 2022. BMW 5 Series (F10) and VinFast LUX A2.0 are sedans.

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Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels.

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ZF 8HP transmission

The ZF 8HP transmission is ZF Friedrichshafen AG's trademark name for its 8-speed automatic transmission models for longitudinal engine applications.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series_(F10)

Also known as 5 GT, BMW 5 GT, BMW 5 Gran Turismo, BMW 5 Series ActiveHybrid, BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo (F07), BMW 5-Series GT, BMW 518d, BMW 530Le, BMW 550i, BMW 550i Gran Turismo, BMW ActiveHybrid 5, BMW Concept 5 Series Gran Turismo, BMW F07, BMW F10, BMW F11, BMW F7, BMW Progressive Activity Sedan, BMW V5, Progressive Activity Sedan, Progressive Activity Vehicle, Progressive Activity Vehicles.

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BMW model codes

Cars of Mexico

Euro NCAP executive cars

Latin NCAP executive cars

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