Published on April 25th, 2019 | by Subhash Nair

BMW 5-Series Now Available as 530e M Sport or 520i Luxury

Good news for anyone shopping for a brand new BMW 5-Series. We finally have the locally-assembled G30 in competitive specs.

BMW Malaysia introduced two new variants of the G30 5-Series today: the BMW 530e M Sport and 520i Luxury.

BMW 530e M Sport for RM 338,800.00

More than a year after the launch of the 530e Sport, an M Sport variant of this PHEV has been introduced. It’s still propelled by a TwinPower Turbo 2-litre engine and an eDrive system in its 8-speed automatic gearbox. The M Sport package brings the following features and equipment:

Exterior

BMW Individual High-Gloss Shadow Line
Active Air Stream Kidney Grille
‘M’ badges on the front side panels
LED fog lights
Adaptive LED headlights with BMW Selective Beam
New 19″ M Light Alloy Double-Spoke 664 M rims, mixed tyres and flat tyre indicator
M Sport Brakes with ‘M’ designation on blue brake calipers
2 sided trapezoidal exhaust tailpipe finishers in light chrome

Interior

M leather steering wheel
M illuminated door sill finishers
M-specific pedals
Sport seats for driver and front passenger
Dakota Leather upholstery
BMW Individual anthracite headliner
Aluminium Rhombicle and Pearl Chrome trim finish

Safety and Convenience Features

‘Comfort Access’ keyless entry
Contactless tailgate operation
Lane Departure and Change Warning
front collision alert with brake intervention
rear collision prevention
crossing-traffic warning
Parking Assistant for automatic parallel and perpendicular parking

6 colour/upholstery variants of the 530e M Sport are on offer:

Black Sapphire exterior with Black Leather Dakota upholstery;
Black Sapphire exterior with Night Blue Leather Dakota upholstery;
Sophisto Grey exterior with Black Leather Dakota upholstery;
Sophisto Grey exterior with Night Blue Leather Dakota upholstery;
Bluestone exterior with Black Leather Dakota upholstery;
Alpine White exterior with Black Leather Dakota upholstery;

BMW 520i Luxury for RM 328,800.00

Completely new to the Malaysian G30 range is the new 520i Luxury. This is moved by a downtuned version of the TwinPower Turbo 2.0-litre petrol engine.

In the 530i (which was introduced at launch), this engine generated 252hp and 350Nm of torque. In the 520i, it only outputs 184hp and 290Nm.

With its 8-Speed Steptronic transmission, 0 to 100 km/h is dispatched in 7.8 seconds. The 530i does that in just 6.2 seconds. It has a top speed of 235km/h.