Geneva Preview: BMW 5 Series GT Concept breaks out!

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Wagons/Estates, Geneva Motor Show, Hatchbacks, BMW

Click above for a high-res gallery of the BMW 5 Series Gran Touring Concept

It's been several years in the making, but BMW's plan to expand their inroads further into the "lifestyle" market appears ready to finally bear fruit. Looking something like a ground-bound X6 that's missed a few collagen injections, the 5 Series Gran Turismo concept will likely be one of the last Bimmers that Chris Bangle has had a significant hand in designing (for better or worse).

In any case, these first shots of the 5 Series GT have slipped out in advance of the car's planned Geneva Motor Show unveiling, and it looks like it was caught at some sort of an unveiling for what looks to be a select group of invited media (notice the camera and video rigs in plain sight).

We'll leave the judgments up to you and the gimmicky segmentation jargon to BMW ("Progressive Activity Sedan"... really?), but this double-jointed slant-back definitely looks production-ready, with its evolutionary front end (grille borrowed from the 2010 7-Series, headlamps from the Concept CS, rump from the X6, etc.), We would expect the interior textures and colors to be toned down a bit for production, and perhaps the wheels will get an inch smaller or so, but other than that, we expect this on dealer forecourts without necessitating any major changes. Thanks for the tips, everyone!!

Gallery: BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo First Images



[Source: BMWBlog]Geneva Preview: BMW 5 Series GT Concept breaks out! originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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