New BMW 5-series F10 generation: Parking Assistant and Surround View

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New BMW 5-series F10 generation: PDC (Park Distance Control) and rear and side cameras




Parking Assistant:

The new BMW 5 Series Sedan is the only car available as an option with the BMW Parking Assistant, a new system supporting the driver in safely and comfortably manoeuvring into parking spaces running parallel to the road.

The BMW Parking Assistant supports the driver from the start in choosing appropriate parking space. Ultrasound sensors integrated in the side indicator surrounds consistently measure the length and width of possible parking spaces next to the road or on the side lane when travelling at a speed of up to 35 km/h. The system thus looks for parking space exceeding the length of the car by at least 1.20 metres or 47.

Whenever the BMW Parking Assistant is not activated, this measuring process is conducted in the background without emitting any particular signals. But as soon as the driver comes to a stop and shifts to reverse, the iDrive Control Display informs the driver of a suitable parking space by presenting an appropriate symbol.

Once the driver has activated the system, all parking spaces sufficient for the car are presented while driving by. In both cases the driver simply has to press the Controller to use the Parking Assistant for extra convenience.

From this point on, all the driver has to do is operate the gas and brake pedals and supervise the actual driving manoeuvre, while the Parking Assistant moves the steering wheel appropriately in order to back up precisely into the parking space available.

Surround View:

Surround View available for the first time in the new BMW 5 Series Sedan provides an even more comprehensive and complete picture of the car and its immediate surroundings.

In addition to the back-up camera and the PDC (Park Distance Control) sensors, Surround View uses two cameras in the side mirrors, the data obtained in this way on the car and its surroundings being processed by a central computer.

This serves to provide an overall picture presented in the Control Display and showing both the car and its surroundings from a birds eye perspective. This clear overview then enables the driver to manoeuvre precisely even in confined space.

Side View is a sub-system of the Surround View option providing specific assistance for the driver in appropriate situations. Side View uses two cameras integrated in the front wings of the cars and serving to monitor traffic moving crosswise to the vehicle.

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• BMW
• 5-series
• F10
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• Parking
• Assistant
• and
• Surround
• View
• pdc

[mrjost55]

this is meant for the wife who got the car from her husband

[SuperleggeraVW]

Its a diesel... So of course it sounds like that.

[brincamuertos]

@ehehlol111

you are totally underestimating the capabilities of the diesel powered 7-series...

i recently rented a 730d in germany and had the opportunity to compare it with the 740i...

both felt pretty much the same although the petrol powered felt faster. But the diesel one had much more torque feeling and believe me, the sound was barely hearable from the inside... even at 160 mph in the autobahn...

[ehehlol111]

@brincamuertos if you've been inside a petrol powered 7 series im sure you would erase your comment

[brincamuertos]

@thatulsta

have you ever been on the inside of a diesel powered 7 series?

i'm pretty sure you would erase your comment...

[thatulsta]

I really don't understand the point of buying a 7 series if you're going to get ear raped by the noise of the diesel engine the whole trip the idea is to get a 'comfortable' luxury car, if you have enough money to spend on a 7 series in the 1st place then surely you can afford the fuel for it.

[Selleswiet]

I know, in America they don't know how a diesel should sound...

Btw if you can't park your BMW in such a big spot without this, than maybe you shouldn't buy a BMW...

[AntDX316]

@kubacki85 I'm saying because there are people who will never be "rich enough" to afford these things. And if they could they won't care to use it.

[kubacki85]

get rich then;)

[AntDX316]

The rich people get so much more advantage. It's not fair.