The BMW 530i Touring is a 5 door estate/station wagon style car with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The BMW 530i Touring belongs to the E61 range of cars from BMW.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 3 litre capacity. This unit features double overhead camshaft valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It develops 254 bhp (258 PS/189 kW) of power at 6000 rpm, and maximum torque of 300 N·m (221 lb·ft/30.6 kgm) at 2500-4000 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 6 speed automatic transmission.
Claimed kerb weight is 1665 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 250 km/h, which is 155 mph, quoted fuel consumption is 13.3/7.3/9.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 230.0 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 | N52B30O0 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 85 × 88 mm
3.35 × 3.46 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.97 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 258 PS (254 bhp) (189 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 300 Nm (221 ft·lb) (30.6 kgm) at 2500-4000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 63.2 kW/litre 86 ps/litre 84.8 bhp/litre 1.39 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
100.13 Nm/litre
1.21 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1258.3 kPa (182.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 26.8 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 154.67 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 113.76 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 152.55 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.79 kg/kW 14.68 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 13.3/7.3/9.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 13.3/7.3/9.5 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 7.5/13.7/10.5 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 21.2/38.7/29.7 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 17.7/32.2/24.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 230.0 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 | |||
| 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 | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 124685 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | E61 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2005 BMW 530i Touring Automatic added 2005-01-04. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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