BMW 5 SERIES - CATALOGUE Manual page 17

Standard/optional equipment.
Sports leather steering wheel with multifunction buttons, very comfortable
grip; the integrated buttons can be used to operate the telephone, voice and audio
functions as well as the cruise control.
Steering wheel heating: just press a button to quickly warm up the steering
wheel – very pleasant in winter.
-speed manual transmission
for a very sporty drive. Smooth, with
perfect ratios and precise, short-throw
gearshifts. The tight spacing of gear
ratios means that you can make even
more individual use of the engine's
power (not for i).
-speed automatic transmission
Steptronic with electronic gear selection
and adaptive transmission management
for very fast, immaculate gear changes
(standard on i).
Leather steering wheel with
multifunction buttons enables
comfortable control of many different
functions, without having to take one's
hands off the wheel. The buttons on
the left cover the complete set of cruise
control functions; those on the right are
for audio functions such as the radio
and telephone.
Cruise Control with braking
function stores any desired speed
upwards of approx. km/h and
maintains it. The speed limiting function
warns the driver via a lamp in the
instrument cluster and an acoustic
signal when the selected speed is
exceeded.
-speed sports automatic
transmission Steptronic, with
sports mode for a particularly sporty
drive and shift paddles on the sports
leather steering wheel.
Dynamic Driving Control allows
the driver to select Normal or Sports
mode at the push of a button. Comfort
Mode in conjunction with Adaptive
Drive or Dynamic Damping Control.
Standard equipment
Start/Stop button for starting or
stopping the engine after unlocking
the car. The vehicle key is automatically
recognised, without having to be
inserted in the ignition.
Active Cruise Control with
Stop&Go function and collision
warning. For enhanced comfort in stop-
and-go traffic. Combines speed control
with active distance control, slowing
the car down to a stop if needed, and
starting it up again in standard stop-
and-go situations.
Instrument cluster with four
analogue displays – speedometer,
tachometer, fuel gauge and engine oil
temperature – with a high-resolution
Info Display in landscape format ( . ")
below. This displays data such as current
fuel consumption, on-board computer
functions and, in combination with the
Navigation system Professional or
Business, navigation instructions.
Optional equipment