2010 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo - Review - Motor Authority

BMW flew me out to the prettier parts of New Jersey, stuffed me full of rich food, and put me through a day of "university" before letting me loose behind the wheel of the 5-Series GT. Some physicists say that if you keep slicing any distance in... BMW must be approaching that theoretical quantum limit with the intervals in their model range, as the new 5-Series Gran Turismo --or GT, as it's badged--somehow finds space between the 5-Series sedan, X6 sports-activity "coupe" and the 5-Series... Despite its closeness to other models in the BMW range, including the 7-Series, with which it shares its wheelbase and some styling elements, the 5-Series GT does stand out in several ways. In the end, though, it's still very much a familiar bit of BMW engineering. Aside from the basic areas of space and configuration, which we'll address in a moment, the 5-Series GT has just one other area of contrast with the 5-Series, X6 and 7-Series it shares so much DNA with: the driving experience. Unlike even those other BMWs, the 5-Series GT lacks a real feeling of connectedness to the road. Source: www.motorauthority.com