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Unity and struggle of opposites
In front of the car manufacturers, there was always an acute question, to what extent can be neglected to the fault of sports and the opposite. After all, sportiness is not only a powerful engine Expriccific Body Opports. It is also a rigid short-step suspension, this is the sound of the motor, a pleasant Wow is a genuine connoisseur. And another mass of details, not quite fit in the concept of comfort. CompromiseSevened. And only elegant technical solutions are capable of narrowing the abyss between the sportiness and component. If you do not take such expensive manufacturers like Aston Martin, the most successful solutions have always been umercedes and BMW. Moreover, these firms are as if on different directions of the abyss, but what is called, at the very ejecting. If Mercedes has always been typical of comfort, then BMW is in the first place - with pleasure driving, and not in the back seat.
In the summer of 1996, BMW pleased its fans with new modifications of the 5th series - models535i and 540i. About the second of them and will be discussed.
It seems that 540th differs little from his predecessor. Only regular 18-inch discs of lower-profile rubber give out its sportiness. The salon is the same, only a symbolism has changed on the handle of the checkpoint - in the standard package 540i now includes 6- and not a 5-speed box.
You forget about the similarity, as soon as you get behind the wheel and run the engine. The sound penetrating the effluent sound insulation testifies to the power of the motor. And the first passed meters take offside - you are in a real sports car.
The new engine 540 actually has a volume of not 4 liters, as it would be possible to assume, looking by the crucible trunk lid. The volume rose to 4.4 liters, soon it will be time to change the range of models.
The power of the V-shaped eight remained the same (286 l. C), but the motor seriously added in torque (420 nm at 3900 rpm).
With this torque engine and a new box, the car has become even more sporty. The first two programs are short, designed for a frisky start from the scene. Enjoy the start to fully, however, failed.
The asphalt was completely dry and clean, and the winter tires had already stood on the car, which, unlike the standard, has much smaller coupling properties, and the system that impedes the wheel slip, reset the turnover too longly launched engine. Winter tires affected the car handling. In turns, it was necessary to fall more accurately, since the bouncer of the rear axle took place quite quickly. But I and Vormol have its own charms. Especially if the car is well ruled by one steering movement.
With these pure sports signs, the car remained quite comfortable. Comfortable leather chairs. A complete set of devices are non-shy-slim. Suspension swallowing all road coating defects. Someone she may seem harsh, but it is rather the merit of low-profile rubber.
Of course, some elements could be more sporty. For example, the steering wheel. He could be a piper. It is clear that then I would have to clean the airbag and all the control buttons of the audio system and the APS. But this steering wheel is not bad, that's just in freelancers have to make it too much revolutions. Fans will chase and the more their passengers would have come in handy chairs with even greater side support. But these are the details that will like one, there are no other.
The main thing is that BMW almost managed to combine comfort and sportiness, well, or at the farmer she approached this very close.
Savva Simonov
A source: Motor magazine
