Thursday 10th August 2023

New M Performance Parts for incoming 5 Series

Can't wait for an M5? Make a new 5 look like one, courtesy of the M Performance catalogue

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The weirder the BMW M Performance Parts seem to become, the more popular they get. Curious. You wouldn’t necessarily have 5 Series and i5 buyers down as those after carbon side skirts attachments, an M Performance Aramid antenna cover or floor mats with the tricolour, but here we are. Both now have the option of ‘aerodynamic, interior and chassis parts… for high-performance customising’.

There really is everything, too. Carbon is the main draw, with an M Performance Carbon front attachment, Carbon Pro rear spoiler and rear diffuser on offer, plus the mirror caps and sill plates. There’s even a carbon fuel filler cap, for heaven’s sake, which features ‘double-sided adhesive tape on the inside and can be attached to the existing fuel filler cap by the customer’. Let’s not forget who’s always right here, folks.

Mercifully, there are some parts in the catalogue that might have some actual bearing on the car. There are lighter alloy wheels available from 19- to 21-inch, plus M Performance brakes that can be spotted with the red calipers.

The internally ventilated and perforated rotors ‘provide improved thermal load-bearing capacity and thus deliver even higher breaking power under extreme conditions, for example on the race track.’ Again you’ve got to wonder who’s taking a 5 Series to circuit - though seemingly the demand is there.

Then we’re into the really silly stuff. Winter wheels can go in the branded tyre bag, there’s a key case made up of Alcantara, Nappa leather embossed with carbon fibre effect, plus the digitally printed accent stripes. It’s a pretty extraordinary goody bag of M Performance.

Says something of the G60 5 Series, then, that it doesn’t look all that bad with everything added on. The carbon bits make the ride height look lower, the wheels fill out the arches, and the diffuser… well, there have been worse ones. Maybe they’re onto something with this M Performance stuff. BMW evidently believes there's demand, with all the accessories set to be available from the launch of both 5 Series and i5 in October.

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[Martin 480 Turbo]

y a w n . . .

[Leon R]

Other than the white accents on the skirts I quite like that.

[bumskins]

WTF is that back bumper/"diffuser" treatment all about? Looks garbage even going by BMW's latest standards - suppose at least they didn't stick one of those hilarious trapezoidal exhaust tip sets on it

[ex-devonpaul]

These days a BMW tends to stand out if it doesn't have an 'M' badge on.

[Seesure]

More tat for the Wannabees...

[DoctorX]

That's a nice colour.

[moggy1000]

So the BMW guy went to Kia who then started making really nice cars. Now BMW are nicking some of their design back (albeit not as well).

[C5_Steve]

It's a nice looking car, but come on. Stick on carbon fuel filler door? What's next? Official BMW 4D plates?

[corcoran]

unholy

[Mark-C]

What else can they do? Nobody buys cars anymore and they aren't differentiated by their engine once they're all EVs so it's down to monetising software upgrades, selling features as subscriptions and flogging stick-on tat.

[stef1808]

I quite like this actually, especially with m package pro which removes all the white accents for gloss black. Seriously considering the iM60 now instead of the MSplaid which has 100 issues

[Leins]

ex-devonpaul said:

These days a BMW tends to stand out if it doesn't have an 'M' badge on.

I firstly read the title as “Non-M Performance Parts”, and thought that’s a novel approach!

[nismo48]

Some interesting add ons.. the front brake upgrade is a sensible option

[Om]

The council thread is thataway --->

[iphonedyou]

Mark-C said:

What else can they do? Nobody buys cars anymore and they aren't differentiated by their engine once they're all EVs so it's down to monetising software upgrades, selling features as subscriptions and flogging stick-on tat.

Loads of people buy their cars. And the majority of those buying stick on parts will have done so.

[Jerome Anderton]

Good to see the return of "Go faster stripes"

[HazzaT]

Looks like total st, tonka toy styling seems like they tried to turn it into a baby X6. The G30 isn't a looker but it's a solid 8 next to this heifer.

[FHCNICK]

And all this tat will sell by the boat load.

[C.MW]

Oh FFS, please, no.

[InformationSuperHighway]

How did we get here from the E39? Dreadful.