2022 BMW 540

The 2022 BMW 5 Series ranks toward the top of the luxury midsize car class. The 5 Series has lively engine performance and handling, a spacious interior, comfy seats, a wealth of standard tech features, and an easy-to-use infotainment system. The 2022 BMW 5-Series's #2 ranking is based on its score within the Luxury Midsize Cars category. The 2022 BMW 5 Series is a terrific luxury sedan. The 5 Series is comfortable and relaxing to drive day to day but still athletic enough to entertain when the roads get twisty. It's available with a variety of engine options â from a punchy 248-horsepower four-cylinder to a monstrous 627-horsepower V8 â and each shuttles this BMW along with enthusiasm. The 5 Series also impresses with its airy cabin, comfy seats, quality cabin materials, and user-friendly infotainment system. It's a very well-rounded car. The BMW 5 Series has a fairly conservative interior. The overall styling is sleek and attractive, and the level of fit and finish is great, from the many soft upholstered surfaces to the crisp metal accents. The 5 Series is outfitted with BMW's iDrive infotainment system, which pairs a 12.3-inch touch screen in the center of the dashboard with a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster behind the steering wheel. These displays are beautifully rendered, and they respond promptly to inputs. The touch screen can also be controlled in other ways, including a knob and touchpad on the center console, a few buttons on the dashboard, and a voice recognition system. These redundant controls and a logical menu structure make iDrive one of the easier setups to use in this segment â that is, apart from the optional gesture recognition feature. It allows you to adjust settings with hand motions, like turning up the stereo volume with a twirl of your finger. The BMW 5 Series has 18.7 cubic feet of trunk space. That's above average for a luxury midsize car , and it's plenty of room for stowing a couple of carry-on bags or two sets of golf clubs. The rear seats can also fold down, which makes it easier to fit long items. The BMW M5 is easily one of the most athletic vehicles in this class. It feels exceptionally agile and planted for a car of its size when navigating along switchback roads, and it grips tenaciously to the pavement when barreling out of turns. But the beauty of the 5 Series lineup is that even the mainstream models are enjoyable to drive. The steering is crisp and responsive, the large brakes provide confident stopping power, and the suspension expertly reigns in body lean around turns â yet it still soaks up bumps and dips in the road comfortably. The entry-level BMW 530i it's equipped with a 248-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder engine, an eight-speed automatic transmission, and rear-wheel drive. Standard features include a 12.3-inch touch screen, a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster, navigation, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, HD Radio, a 12-speaker stereo, Bluetooth, two USB ports, keyless entry, push-button s