Category: Executive 
Price Range: £27,430 to £65,330
Handling, refinement, comfort, quality.
Too much of the clever kit is confined to the options list.
Brilliant all-round package, impressively updated.
The 5-Series is one of the most desirable large saloons of its type, and the Touring estate is more desirable still. It returns excellent residual (resale) values, and makes for a sound investment new or used. Entry-level 520d models aren't quite as popular as the more powerful six-cylinders and the diesels, but all are easy to sell on as long as they have the basics: a good metallic paint colour, a nice set of alloys and, these days, sat nav and a decent sound system.
