M Sport Kit for U.S. E60s??

Wallie05

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On a recent trip to London, I was driving by (in a taxi) a BMW dealership in the Westminster district when I noticed an E60 5er parked outside the dealership. The thing that caught my eye was that it looked like a 2005 M5. But it turns out that it didn't have the grille slits on the side front panels and it didn't have the M5 mirrors. But it did have the front spoiler, sideskirts, and M5 wheels. I thought it must have been an add-on that some guy put on his car. But when I brought this up to a British colleague, he informed me that the M5 look-alike sport kit is the latest, and only? sport kit available in the UK. What gives? Europe gets an M Sport kit and all we (Americans) get are blacked out window trim and bigger wheels/tires. I didn't get a chance to see the inside, but according to my friend, the UK E60 Sports also come with M seats and steering wheel.

Can any UK members confirm this? Does anyone know of any plans to introduce the M kit in the U.S.? I couldn't find a pic, but just go to any BMW UK website and build your own with the sport package and it's clear to see. I'm not a big fan of the E60, but I must admit that M5 look did look quite striking...
 
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Its beautifully ! I was at barnes and noble browsing through the car mags. The front view with that wonderful aggression front damper. When I go home i went the the bmwusa site, NOT, I was so disappointed. Is this coming to the states in the near future ?
 
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Yup, that's it Militant Grunt; that's exactly what I saw (sedan). Although the one I saw was silver and was some sort of diesel (530d?). Thanks for the post. I guess the wheels aren't the exact same, but close enough--the real M wheels are 19s and don't have the slit between the spokes. But oh well, I think the front spoiler, sideskirts, wheels, and rear bumper work well on this car, even though I don't like it all that much to begin with.

Nataku: What magazine did you see it in? I haven't seen it any of American car mags? Did you find in some UK version or something?
 
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Not really M5 wheels on that Pkg. 18's not 19's. Looks good though my 03-540-Sport has that pkg on it making it look closer to the E39 M5. BMW only offered it on the last year of the 540.
Hope they don't wait that long again.

BTW- Any news of a refresh for the 5 as they are doing with the 7?
 
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Euro price for the new M5 kit........mounted and painted is 2200 euro with out tax. (No rims of course, those alone are 3000 euro) I kinda like the Hamann kit a bit better. Maybe if I "pretty up" my beast, she will appreciate it and stop giving me problems.
 
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