The BMW 528i Touring is a 5 door estate/station wagon style road car with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
It forms part of BMW's E39 range of cars.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.8 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 190.5 bhp (193 PS/142 kW) at 5300 rpm and 280 Nm (207 lbft/28.6 kgm) at 3950 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual transmission.
The BMW 528i Touring weighs a claimed 1625 kg at the kerb.
Its maximum speed claimed is 229 km/h (142 mph), officially quoted fuel consumption is 14.6/7.5/10.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 240.0 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 | 2830 mm | 111.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1512 mm | 59.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1522 mm | 59.9 inches | |
| Length | 4805 mm | 189.2 inches | |
| Width | 1800 mm | 70.9 inches | |
| Height | 1440 mm | 56.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1625 kg | 3583 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 46% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.32 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.8 litre 2793 cc (170.439 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 84 mm
3.31 × 3.31 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
193 PS (190.5 bhp) (142 kW) at 5300 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
280 Nm (207 ft·lb) (28.6 kgm) at 3950 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
50.9 kW/litre 69.2 ps/litre 68.2 bhp/litre 1.12 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
100.25 Nm/litre
1.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1259.8 kPa (182.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 465.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 5.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 8.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 21.5 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 28.8 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 229 km/h (142 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 118.86 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 87.42 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 117.23 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.44 kg/kW 19.11 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 14.6/7.5/10.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 14.6/7.5/10.1 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 6.8/13.3/9.9 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 19.3/37.7/28.0 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 16.1/31.4/23.3 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 240.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.000 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 7J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 7J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/60 R 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/60 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 15169 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | E39 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 BMW 528i Touring added 1996-09-03. Last modified 2025-12-30. |
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