{"id":50422,"date":"2023-05-24T08:01:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50422"},"modified":"2023-05-24T08:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:01:21","slug":"2024-bmw-5-series-leather-free-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50422","title":{"rendered":"New 5 Series Is The First BMW To Offer Fully Vegan Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BMW Group announced in September 2022 plans to introduce cars with leather-free interiors<\/a> and now they\u2019re living up to that promise with the new 5 Series. Unveiled today, the eighth-generation luxury sedan has a completely vegan cabin using leather-like Veganza. It\u2019s not just on the seats and door panels, but also on the steering wheel for the first time.<\/p>\n

It comes as standard in black but can be optionally had in three other colors and also with decorative perforation. Go for the M Sport Package and the seats come wrapped in a combination of Veganza and Alcantara, which isn\u2019t leather either since it\u2019s a synthetic textile made from polyester and polyurethane. This optional vegan upholstery has perforated surfaces and is adorned by translucent accents in red and blue.<\/p>\n

The M Sport Package also gets you an anthracite headliner, M pedals (including footrest), and M-specific displays. Cars ordered with the M Sport Package Pro also receive M seatbelts and a Harman Kardon surround sound system. If you prefer real leather, there are several bicolor Extended Merino upholsteries at an additional cost, including Individual options.<\/p>\n

Another novelty pertaining to the interior is the optional fixed panoramic glass roof. It\u2019s 841 millimeters long and 818 millimeters wide, which makes the viewing area nearly 90% larger than the sunroof of the old G30-generation 5 Series. The glass covers almost the entire surface of the roof, extending without interruption from behind the windshield to just before the rear glass. The expansive glass can be had with a sunblind, which you can also get for the rear and rear-side windows.<\/p>\n

Yet another premiere in a BMW is the ability to separately regulate the temperature in the footwell of the front seats. There\u2019s a second solar sensor to regulate the temperature in the back in a more precise way for improved rear-occupant comfort. Unsurprisingly, a four-zone automatic AC is offered and comes along with a separate panel. There are also vents in the B-pillars and nanoparticle filters for all flavors of the 5 Series.<\/p>\n

While the previous-generation model did offer a six-speed manual gearbox for a while in the 520d sold in Europe, you won\u2019t be finding a stick shift inside the G60. All versions with gasoline, diesel, and plug-in hybrid powertrains use a newly developed eight-speed Steptronic Sport automatic with shift paddles behind a redesigned steering wheel.<\/p>\n

The revamped 5er will hit the market in October and will be followed by the long-roof Touring next spring.<\/p>\n

Source: BMW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BMW Group announced in September 2022 plans to introduce cars with leather-free interiors and now they\u2019re living up to that promise with the new 5 Series. Unveiled today, the eighth-generation luxury sedan has a completely vegan cabin using leather-like Veganza. It\u2019s not just on the seats and door panels, but also on the steering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}