The seventh - generation 5 - series grips the line on size but goes extended on tech. BMW has occupied the censorships off the seventh group of its respected 5 - series sedan which we have already ambitious in prototype form. Code - termed G30, the modern 5 - series sports new sheet metal that looks copied from the 3 - series while its collection of new tech specifications copies deeply from the 7 - series. Size - wise, the innovative 5 pretty much stays the sequence. Its scopes are all within an inch of the previous car’s, except for overall length which produces by 1.2 inches. Disparately, the current 7-series, the 5 - series does not use carbon - fiber assistance in its erection but BMW says weight - saving dealings such as an aluminum trunk - lid, doors pared and roof up to 137 pounds.