While Bill Murray began every Groundhog Day at 6AM back in the early ’90s, the perpetual time warp I’m currently finding myself in starts with ‘5’ and ends with ‘Series sedan from BMW’.

Since the all-new seventh-generation 2017 BMW 5 Series range lobbed locally in March, I’ve sampled both petrol 530i fours and 540i sixes, spent a week with diesel six-cylinder 530d in May, and attended the 530e iPerformance PHEV’s local launch in June.

I know, I know, the world’s smallest violin plays quietly for me, especially given that, as I’d scored every 5er a commendable 8.5 from 10, I was hardly cursing that groundhog’s reappearance from its hole.

And here he is once again, my reacquaintance with the 2017 BMW 530i, if in the company of arch-rival 2017 Mercedes-Benz E300 to see how the pair measure up and, just quietly, to confirm (or otherwise) whether I’ve been on the mark with Munich’s large luxury car to date.
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