It appears the controversial BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo will indeed live on into a second generation, as these images from our European spy photographers show a development prototype being tested.
From the looks of it, Munich is looking to dial down the polarising styling of the current car – while the mule is still heavily camouflaged, the roofline seems to be a little sleeker, the rear bootlid height a little lower.
The design of the new car will probably still ruffle a few feathers, but at least it won’t be quite so ungainly as it is now; whether BMW will be able to avoid compromising the GT’s trademark commodious interior and cargo space, however, remains to be seen. Expect the novel split-opening tailgate/bootlid of the current F07 to be retained here.
Underneath, the 5 GT should move onto the new modular, rear-biased Cluster Architecture (CLAR) platform that also underpins the new G11 7 Series and upcoming G30 5 Series. The Carbon Core construction first seen on the 7er – utilising carbon fibre, magnesium, aluminium and steel – should enable the new car to shave as much as 100 kg over the outgoing model’s kerb weight.
Like the current 5 GT, the new car probably won’t come with the base engines used on the rest of the 5 Series range, so it should skip the three-cylinder mills that will make a debut on the G30. Instead, the range should feature four- and six-cylinder engines, as well as a Power eDrive plug-in hybrid variant – the powertrain was demonstrated earlier this year with a combined power output of over 670 hp.
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looking good there!
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Definitely looks less dumpy.
To be fair, the 3GT was half as bad, but still both aren’t as sleek as the A5 and A7 Sportback.
Waht. The butt look like Preve’s.