This vehicle has a 4 door saloon body style with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
The BMW 530d is one of the E60 range of cars from BMW.
It's powered courtesy of a turbocharged engine of 3 litre capacity. This powerplant features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It produces 215 bhp (218 PS/160 kW) of power at 4000 rpm, and maximum torque of 500 N·m (369 lb·ft/51 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
The power is delivered to the wheels via a 6 speed automatic gearbox.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1685 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 243 km/h (151 mph), claimed fuel consumption figures are 10.6/6.3/7.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 208.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2888 mm | 113.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1558 mm | 61.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1582 mm | 62.3 inches | |
| Length | 4841 mm | 190.6 inches | |
| Width | 1846 mm | 72.7 inches | |
| Height | 1468 mm | 57.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.68 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1685 kg | 3715 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.28 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.26 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.63 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged diesel | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2993 cc (182.644 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 90 mm
3.31 × 3.54 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 218 PS (215 bhp) (160 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 500 Nm (369 ft·lb) (51 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 53.6 kW/litre 72.8 ps/litre 71.8 bhp/litre 1.18 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
167.06 Nm/litre
2.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 17:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo DDE 5 common-rail diesel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2099.3 kPa (304.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 498.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo D. | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 5.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 7.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 7.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 19.4 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 15.7 s
@ 90 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 27.5 s
@ 192 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 243 km/h (151 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 129.37 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 95.15 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 127.6 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.51 kg/kW 17.56 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 10.6/6.3/7.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 10.6/6.3/7.8 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 9.4/15.9/12.8 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 26.6/44.8/36.2 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 22.2/37.3/30.2 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 208.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | K | ||
| 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 | 324 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 320 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.7 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.47 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 110176 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | E60 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2003 BMW 530d Automatic added 2003-05-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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