A wealth of intelligent safety measures are in place in the M5 to ensure that you always feel protected on the road, even when approaching the car’s limits.
1. Adaptive LED headlights
The Adaptive LED headlights include BMW Selective Beam, cornering lights and adaptive headlights. The light colour is similar to daylight and provides an ideal, even illumination of the road to improve visibility and make driving in the dark less tiring. The iconic light design with four light elements makes the vehicle recognisable as a BMW even at night.
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2. BMW Head-Up Display
The full-colour BMW Head-Up Display with M specific functions projects all information relevant for the journey directly into the driver’s field of vision.
With the press of a button, the driver can switch to the M specific display, which includes a gear indicator, the rpm as a dynamic range curve with shift lights indicating the optimal moment to shift as well as navigation tips.
3. Parking Assistant Plus
The Parking Assistant Plus equipment package makes parking and manoeuvring the M5 easier. It features Surround View including Top View, Remote 3D View, PDC as well as a lateral parking aid, the Active PDC emergency braking function and the Parking Assistant with linear guidance that provides fully automatic parking both parallel and perpendicular to the road.
4. Driving Assistant Plus
Driving Assistant Plus offers greater comfort and security during monotonous or complex driving situations. These can include traffic jams, stop-and-go traffic or long journeys through the city, on country roads or motorways, along with navigating junctions and lane changes.
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5. BMW Night Vision with person recognition
BMW Night Vision with person recognition makes people and large animals visible on the Control Display from a distance using heat imaging and illuminates them with the Dynamic Marker Light in the main headlight. An additional warning system is also automatically activated when the M5 is started, regardless of the status of the imaging display.
6. Active Protection
Active Protection is the BMW ConnectedDrive preventive passenger protection system. Active Protection warns the driver if it detects signs of tiredness, safety belts are pretensioned in critical situations, electric seats are returned to upright positions and the windows and sliding roof are closed. After an accident occurs, the brakes are automatically applied until the car reaches a standstill.
