RE: Spotted: E60 BMW M5

RE: Spotted: E60 BMW M5

Tuesday 23rd August 2011

Spotted: E60 BMW M5

The E60 M5 is dead. Long live the E60 M5?



In November the eagerly anticipated F10 BMW M5 will roll on our streets for the first time. You'd expect this to have an effect on the values of E60s, but it might be more than you think.

There's little doubt that, like each and every M5 before it, the F10 M5 will be a rather handy tool. Exactly how much better it'll be than the outgoing E60 variant remains to be seen, but there's more chance of the F10 doing a vertical take-off than it being twice as good as its predecessor. However, it appears that compared with a one-year-old E60 the new car will cost around twice as much to buy.


When we recently looked at some examples of 200mph cars for under £40,000, subsequent forum comments showed the esteem in which the M5 is held.

Early examples are now well under £20,000, and for that you're still getting a car with plenty of life in it, but if you're pondering the acquisition of a new one, you might be tempted by something like this example of a later E60 M5 from our classifieds as an alternative.


Not only is this one loaded, but it's a one of a limited edition of 25 '25th Anniversary' cars and hasn't even done 10,000 miles yet. Best of all, with a sticker price of £49,850 it's approximately half the cost of the new F10...and that's before the new model has been formally released. If you can wait until early next year, the saving could be even greater.

So, would you be tempted, or is the allure and exclusivity of the latest M5 worth the extra outlay?

 

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M5 Russ

Original Poster:

2,243 posts

191 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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E60 M5's are great cars but I would only drive a manual plus it's so big and heavy. The F10 already looks huge so for me the last truly great M5 was the E39 and that's why I won't be selling mine anytime soon.

WorAl

10,877 posts

187 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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cloud9 God I love these cars.

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Drove to work in mine today.

I really ought to sell it soon though.

ArosaMike

4,192 posts

210 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Amazing Powertrain in completely the wrong car. Just doesn't make sense next to an AMG E-Class IMO.

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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ArosaMike said:
Amazing Powertrain in completely the wrong car. Just doesn't make sense next to an AMG E-Class IMO.
Somebody's been reading evo.

bern

1,262 posts

219 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Zod said:
ArosaMike said:
Amazing Powertrain in completely the wrong car. Just doesn't make sense next to an AMG E-Class IMO.
Somebody's been reading evo.
laugh

Just what I thought!

Is the new M5 really going to cost £100k?

Cassius81

280 posts

188 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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I've always liked the E60 M5 and I'm not generally a BMW fan. An estate in particular seems a rare and unusual family car choice.

However, you hear bad things about the gearbox. Can someone with experience confirm if it is really that bad?

vescaegg

25,489 posts

166 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Zod said:
Somebody's been reading evo.
hehe that may be word for word from the latest issue....

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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bern said:
laugh

Just what I thought!

Is the new M5 really going to cost £100k?
More like £80k from what I've heard. I paid £70k back in 2006. eek

E21_Ross

34,941 posts

211 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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M5 Russ said:
E60 M5's are great cars but I would only drive a manual plus it's so big and heavy. The F10 already looks huge so for me the last truly great M5 was the E39 and that's why I won't be selling mine anytime soon.
you do realise the kerb weight of the E39 M5 is about 30kgs lighter than the E60, if wikipedia is not mistaken don't you? i admit, quoting wiki probably means it's wrong though hehe

there will be a manual F10 M5, whether it'll come to the UK remains to be seen though!

edit - the new M5 will cost £73-74k base spec, it's on BMWs website somewhere.

anything fast

983 posts

163 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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give it 12 months and these will start turning up for as little as £15,000. Shame, BMW really should make the M cars in limited numbers so idiots dont get hold of them...

205007

107 posts

151 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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anything fast said:
give it 12 months and these will start turning up for as little as £15,000. Shame, BMW really should make the M cars in limited numbers so idiots dont get hold of them...
spoilsport!

Luca Brasi

885 posts

173 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Lovely cars. Last true M5. Although the new one will probably be even better and looks better, I'd still have an E60, just for that wonderful V10.

CuP197

49 posts

160 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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anything fast said:
give it 12 months and these will start turning up for as little as £15,000. Shame, BMW really should make the M cars in limited numbers so idiots dont get hold of them...
no, no, no and no.

keeping them from the few 'idiots' is spoiling it for the rest of us who perhaps can't afford top dollar but are no less deserving of M car ownership.

Rawwr

22,722 posts

233 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Zod said:
More like £80k from what I've heard. I paid £70k back in 2006. eek
You can build an F10 M5 on the BMW site at the moment. Pricing isn't too bad smile

Sivraj

256 posts

190 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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Ohhh yes please !... cloud9
One day!!!!!!!!!!!!

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

203 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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No thanks

Not without another 20 grand for if it goes wrong

E21_Ross

34,941 posts

211 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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thinfourth2 said:
No thanks

Not without another 20 grand for if it goes wrong
have you never heard of warranty, and extended warranty for when its over 3 years? wink

this is 1 year old so if something goes bang then it gets sorted free. so why would you need 20k??? and what on earth did you have in mind that you are so sure that it'd go that would cost 20k!? i recall you saying that all diesels spend more time in the dealers too!?

do you always talk about of your arse? hehe

anything fast

983 posts

163 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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CuP197 said:
anything fast said:
give it 12 months and these will start turning up for as little as £15,000. Shame, BMW really should make the M cars in limited numbers so idiots dont get hold of them...
no, no, no and no.

keeping them from the few 'idiots' is spoiling it for the rest of us who perhaps can't afford top dollar but are no less deserving of M car ownership.
good point, just winds me up when i see a car like this driven by a plank, you know the type blacked out windows and a number plate like K1LLA..

edo

16,699 posts

264 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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The only thing that isnt perfect about this (and the M6 which I have) is the old tech gearbox, but when the V10 is on song, nothing else matters.

Enjoying the car now, since in a few years they'll be outlawed by the greenies.

Got a fuel card against the M6 now too. So a minimum of 60% reduction in fuel. driving