The BMW 5-Series is a mid-size luxury car manufactured by German automaker BMW since 1972. The car is in its sixth generation and sold insedan and touring body styles. It is BMW's second best-selling model after the 3-Series and in 2010 produced about 50% of the BMW's profits.^[1]

On January 29, 2008, the 5 millionth 5-Series was manufactured, a 530d Saloon in Carbon Black Metallic