BMW 525i Touring is a car that has a 5 door estate/station wagon type body with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
It is part of BMW's E61 family of cars.
Powering the BMW 525i Touring is a double overhead camshaft, 2.5 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 189 bhp (192 PS/141 kW) at 6000 rpm and 245 N·m (181 lb·ft/25 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
A 6 speed automatic 'box delivers the power to the driven wheels.
The stated weight at the kerb is 1665 kg.
The BMW 525i Touring is claimed to attain a maxiumum speed of 229 km/h (142 mph), stated fuel consumption figures are 14.7/7.9/10.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 248.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2886 mm | 113.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1558 mm | 61.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1581 mm | 62.2 inches | |
| Length | 4843 mm | 190.7 inches | |
| Width | 1846 mm | 72.7 inches | |
| Height | 1491 mm | 58.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.68 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1665 kg | 3671 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.3 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.26 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.68 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2494 cc (152.193 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 75 mm
3.31 × 2.95 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.12 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 192 PS (189 bhp) (141 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 245 Nm (181 ft·lb) (25 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 56.5 kW/litre 76.8 ps/litre 75.8 bhp/litre 1.24 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
98.24 Nm/litre
1.19 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Siemens MS45 fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1234.5 kPa (179 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 415.67 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 23.6 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 16.7 s
@ 86 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 29.4 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 229 km/h (142 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 115.09 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 84.65 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 113.51 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.81 kg/kW 19.73 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 14.7/7.9/10.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 14.7/7.9/10.3 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 6.8/12.7/9.7 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 19.2/35.8/27.4 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 16.0/29.8/22.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 248.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | L | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 11.40 m | ||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7J x 16 LM | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 16 LM | ||
| Tyres front | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/55 R 16 95W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 310 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 320 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 119086 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | E61 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2004 BMW 525i Touring Automatic added 2004-04-30. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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