BMW 540i Sport Line will remind you that there's more than one way
to dress up a 5-Series.
With so many M-styled versions of
the 5-Series out there, it's almost easy to forget about the fact that BMW will
let you configure this car a great number of ways.
You can get an M exterior, but if you just
want to combine different options, you could, for instance do what this
customer did when ordering his all-new 540i in Sport Line trim with a few
touches of "M" and BMW Individual here and there.
The car was on display at BMW Abu Dhabi, and judging
by these pictures, aside from the Sport Line exterior, it also features
20" BMW Individual two-tone V-Spoke wheels, a Shadow Line treatment for
the window surrounds, and an M-Sport steering wheel.
The exterior isn't particularly pretentious, in
fact, you might say that it's quite tastefully configured, unless you'd like it
standing out a bit more, with more aggressive bumpers. As for the cabin, aside
from the sporty steering wheel, the main theme is clearly "luxury".
Performance-wise, the 540i is good for 340 PS and 450 Nm of torque, and will rocket to 100 km/h in
5.1 seconds. If you want to go quicker using the same 3.0-liter petrol engine,
take the xDrive version instead. It will hit that same mark in just 4.8
seconds.