BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo 530d road test
Back in the old days, before carmakers started devoting their energies to creating new niches to tempt buyers into spending their cash, you had a simple choice: if you wanted a family car, you either bought a saloon or an estate, if you wanted a bit more space. The 4×4 muddied the waters slightly, but the choice was still confined to three body styles. But now there’s the crossover, a style of car that is intended to be all things to all people. Its popularity has led to BMW launching the 5 Series Gran Turismo, which combines the features of an estate, SUV, coupe and saloon.
The 5 Series Gran Turismo is a BMW, so you know that it’s not going to be cheap to buy: an initial purchase price of £42,225 is pretty costly, but when you also add the £9,030-worth of optional extras fitted to our test car (none of which were particularly outlandish), things start to get really expensive. It’s a big car so, despite BMW’s EfficientDynamics package of energy-saving measures, the official fuel consumption on the combined cycle is still 43.5mpg. For something of its size, that’s not a bad figure, but in real-world driving a figure in the mid-thirties is more likely, so expect regular trips to the black pump at the fuel station. CO2 missions of 173g/km are again pretty impressive for a car of its size and weight, but it still means that owners will be shelling out £180 a year in vehicle excise duty. Residual values, however, should hold up fairly well, as the rarity and quality of the car will attract second-hand buyers: expect the car to retain around 41% of its value after three years and 60,000 miles.
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