Car Throttle

I normally can comfortably say I understand the automotive industry pretty well. Sometimes, though, that sense of security shows through as being a little thin, a little optimistic.  It's times like this where I raise my hands and profess, "I don't get it." What the world really needed was a hatchback BMW 5-series. Apparently.  And the good news is, now we have one!  These are the first official (leaked) photos of the upcoming BMW 5-series GT (GranTurismo), which is... a 5-door 5-series hatchback! Yeah, I don't get it either.  As you can tell from the cheesy watermarks, we have automobile-magazine France to thank for the leakage of these embargoed photographs.  What we can see from them is that... this is one seriously awkward looking car.  I

BMWBlog has leaked the first actual pictures of BMW's 5-Series Gran Turismo (GT) Concept! Dubbed to be in the "Progressive Activity Sedan", the 5-Series GT Concept joins some other recent weird segment blurring vehicles (X6, I'm looking at you).  Say hello to the next generation 5-Series ! I'm pleased to see that it's styled in the mould of BMW's recent 7-Series sedan. Smart move BMW, I love the 7-Series! This is very thinly guised, expect to see this in extremely similar production form. The interior, other then the details and coloring, looks to be production as well. In fact, very little (if anything) is changed to the center stack and dash area. It's certainly an odd vehicle, taking inspiration from the sedan, wagon and SUV segments. I wonder how it