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2004 BMW 545i SMG Road Test

"Anyone can see the horizon. We wanted to see what lies beyond it." I lifted these words from BMW's glossy magazine-style brochure promoting their 2004 5-Series. After a few short minutes of seat time in this week's test vehicle, an SMG (sequential manual gearbox) equipped 545i, I concluded that BMW is not only seeing what lies beyond the horizon, they're creating it; the complexity of which had me feeling techno-challenged in a techno-driven world.

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2004 BMW 545i SMG Road Test

"Anyone can see the horizon. We wanted to see what lies beyond it." I lifted these words from BMW's glossy magazine-style brochure promoting their 2004 5-Series. After a few short minutes of seat time in this week's test vehicle, an SMG (sequential manual gearbox) equipped 545i, I concluded that BMW is not only seeing what lies beyond the horizon, they're creating it; the complexity of which had me feeling techno-challenged in a techno-driven world.