{"id":529270,"date":"2010-04-15T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/15\/pics-aplenty-bmw-geeks-out-recounts-history-of-5-series\/"},"modified":"2010-04-15T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T23:33:00","slug":"pics-aplenty-bmw-geeks-out-recounts-history-of-5-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/529270","title":{"rendered":"Pics Aplenty: BMW geeks out, recounts history of 5 Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sedans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/bmw\/\" rel=\"tag\">BMW<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/luxury\/\" rel=\"tag\">Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/bmw5-history.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>History of the BMW 5 Series &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nOver the last 28 years, there have been five generations of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/5+series\">5 Series<\/a> cars, and millions of 5 Series fans made around the world. In an effort to continue that tradition with the introduction of this latest five series, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/bmw\">BMW<\/a> has recapped the gripping story so far of a car that has come to define and then redefine the phrase &#8220;sports sedan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Follow the jump for the tale, and wait until you get to the part about the precisely defined deformation zones in 1988 &#8211; you simply will not be able to turn away. Well, unless you&#8217;re checking out the high-res gallery of photos below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/low\/\">Five generations of the BMW 5<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/01bmwfiverhist_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/02bmwfiverhist_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/03bmwfiverhist_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/04bmwfiverhist_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/five-generations-of-the-bmw-5\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/05bmwfiverhist_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: BMW]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/15\/pics-aplenty-bmw-geeks-out-recounts-history-of-5-series\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Pics Aplenty: BMW geeks out, recounts history of 5 Series<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/15\/pics-aplenty-bmw-geeks-out-recounts-history-of-5-series\/\">Pics Aplenty: BMW geeks out, recounts history of 5 Series<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:33:00 EST.  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