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Bavarian balance

It cannot be seen, it can only be felt. And best - on BMW 530i
 
Let's say right away: for three months, the editorial office was not quite ordinary from among the collected in Kaliningrad, but the BMW 530 Exclusive. That is, the most luxurious, and, accordingly, the most expensive version in the Russian market is at a price of 59900 euros. And what balance are you talking about? - The reader has the right to ask. - Prices and quality? And about this too, although the main thing is in another.
 
Of course, for chrome rims and stripes on the lid of the trunk, which differs externally from other modifications, no one is a lot from the buyer. But it is worth open the door, sit in a chair, look around - how everything will become clear. First -class black skin Montana, a magnificent natural tree - these are the materials that dominate in the decoration. The side glasses are double, so even at high speed in the cabin is quiet and comfortable. The range of adjustments of the front seats (of course, convenient landing is provided with light pressing on the corresponding buttons on the side), it seems, has no limits. Even the degree of inclination of the top of the back (what if a sutul is a man?) Separately selected. The electric drive is also equipped with a curtain on the rear window. There are also curtains covering the side glasses of the rear doors.
 
Anyway expensive? Then pay attention to the chrome rims on the instrument panel, to the TV (which is also the on -board computer display) in the central panel. The quality of the image of almost all the channels known in Moscow is quite decent, however, the image disappears on the go, only the sound remains - the car is accustomed to take care of your safety. Finally, the steering wheel with wooden inserts above and below, which helpfully drives up, is worth turning off the engine, and returning to the starting position - it is worth starting the engine. On the steering wheel-the Audiosystem control buttons with a 6-disks CD changer located in the trunk, a cruise control system and a lunch.
 
Flaws? Very subjective: we like it more than a wooden one - stylish, but not too functional - the steering wheel, but, say, a leather bagel from the Bavarian Emka is a small diameter and very convenient. However, no one bothers to order it. Well, the smoking person is hardly a tiny ashtray placed near the armrest. But, believe me, all this is pure nit -dodgy water, and mere trifles against the general background.
 
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Just in the amazing balance of the BMW 530i and its main basic value is. If you like, everything is balanced - both separately and in general. The engine is the famous in -line six, without any boost, capable of ensuring adrenaline injection into the blood, singing in a special voice after 3000 thousand revolutions, throwing a roomy car forward almost any speed. Automatic transmission - without delaying the gas supply and instantly adjusting to the individual driving style, also equipped with Sport mode and makes it possible to switch transfers on their own. Suspensions - they give comfort, but behave uncompromisingly in turns and at high speeds, providing stability and giving the extremely clear picture of what happens between wheels and the road. Brakes - with emergency slowing, it is better to look forward, but back, where the main danger may arise. Finally - a honed steering, and almost perfect weighting on the axes. That's all this, taken together, and it costs as much as the manufacturer requires.
 
The car got into the editor with a mileage of 20 thousand kilometers. We managed to roll about two thousand. During this time, it turned out, for example, that in monstrous Moscow traffic jams (in addition, there was still winter) the car eats 15.5 liters of 95th gasoline per 100 km. Once again, we were convinced that the rear -wheel drive is especially demanding of the quality of the rubber. So, during the recent cooling and snowfall, worn out and non -naked, although Continental winter tires did not allow to go out a yellow bulb that signals that the anti -circus system was activated. By the way, the branded DCS stabilization system works very correctly, excluding the loss of stability. Of course, she is not omnipotent, and the driver should fight the skid, but it helps. In snowfall, we were amused by setting the car in turning the gas with a quick click on the gas pedal and observing how, as if caught on, DSC came into effect, but quickly realizing that the fuel mixture was already served as much as necessary, and the angle of rotation of the lamb was already supplied Provides movement in a straight line, disconnected. As if waved his hand on the driver.
 
And one fine evening, it was worth drowning the motor, the inscription appeared on the instrument shield: the glass -gunner tank is almost empty. Pouring a liquid is not a problem. But why are almost two canists, even considering that the tank in the Russian configuration accommodates as much as 6 liters? But because a puddle formed under the machine. Therefore, there is only one road - to the service. It turned out that the floodplain slag was frayed against the right front wheel. The reason was the flying clamp. Most likely, it was torn by some piece of ice. Fortunately, the slag was available, and changed it in twenty minutes. But the plastic clamp had to be ordered in the central warehouse of spare parts, and wait almost three days. During this time, the new hose managed to be a little to be a bit. Fortunately - the warranty is valid, and the work is penny.
 
Andrey Osipov, Oleg Osipov
 
Brief technical characteristics of the BMW 530ia Exclusive
Engine volume, cubic meter. See: 2979
The number of valves for the cylinder: 4
Power, l. With. at about./min.: 231/5900
Max. Torque, Nm/at about. min.: 300/3500
Acceleration to 100 km/h, p.: 7.6
Maximum speed, km/h: 244
Average fuel consumption l./100 km.: 9.5
Fuel tank volume, l.: 70
Dimensions, mm.: 4775x1800x1435
 

Source: Newspaper "Automobile Izvestia" [No. 7 (31), 2003]