BMW 535i is a car that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 535i forms part of BMW's F10 family of cars.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 302 bhp (306 PS/225 kW) at 5800 rpm and 400 Nm (295 lbft/40.8 kgm) at 1200-5000 rpm respectively.
An 8 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1775 kg.
The BMW 535i is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 250 km/h, or 155 mph, claimed fuel consumption figures are 11.9/6.4/8.4 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined EU5, and carbon dioxide emissions are 195.0 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 | 2968 mm | 116.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1600 mm | 63 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1627 mm | 64.1 inches | |
| Length | 4899 mm | 192.9 inches | |
| Width | 1860 mm | 73.2 inches | |
| Height | 1464 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 141 mm | 5.6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.65 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1775 kg | 3913 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | 2.35 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.68 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMW | ||
| Engine code | N55B30M0 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2979 cc (181.79 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 89.6 mm
3.31 × 3.53 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.94 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 306 PS (302 bhp) (225 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) at 1200-5000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 75.6 kW/litre 102.8 ps/litre 101.4 bhp/litre 1.66 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
134.27 Nm/litre
1.62 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1687.3 kPa (244.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 496.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | twin turbochargers | ||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 6.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 25.6 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 172.51 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 126.87 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 170.14 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.88 kg/kW 13.17 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 11.9/6.4/8.4 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined EU5 | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 11.9/6.4/8.4 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 8.4/15.6/11.9 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 23.7/44.1/33.6 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 19.8/36.8/28.0 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 195.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | J | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | E | ||
| 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 | 8J x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8J x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/55 R 17 97W | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/55 R 17 97W | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 348 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 345 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.67 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.08 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 207438 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | F10 | ||
| RAC rating | 26.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2009 BMW 535i Automatic added 2009-12-06. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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