RE: Performance Editions revealed for BMW M3 and M5
Friday 1st June 2012
BMW has announced two M Performance Editions - one for the M5 and one for the M3 - exclusively for the UK market. Just thirty of each will be available, at £74,080 for the M3 M Performance Edition and £95,140 for the M5 M Performance Edition.
Red...Intended to showcase the sort of bespoke work BMW Individual can do for customers, the new M cars herald the arrival of three new 'frozen' (read: matt) paint colours; BMW Individual Japan Red with a Frozen Red wrap, BMW Individual Frozen White and BMW Individual Frozen Blue.
...white...Back on message, the M5s come with Black Merino leather upholstery (the M3 gets 'extended' Black Novillo leather) and both M3 and M5 get contrasting Mugello Red, Lotus White or Tobago Blue stitching as standard.
...and blue. God save the Queen!But while the M5 Performance Edition gets £22,075 of options for - er - a price hike of £22,075, which in some ways seems fair enough, the M3 version will cost you £16,075 over a regular M-DCT M3, but only gives you £9,790-worth of kit. No, we can't quite work that out either...
Performance Editions revealed for BMW M3 and M5
New UK-only special editions announced, and in a patriotic Jubilee trio of red, white and blue, too...
Red...
Eagle-eyed readers might spot a certain patriotic Jubilee theme to those colours, at which point we can all chortle about a German company celebrating the, er, British royal family. Yes, we'll leave that there...
...white...
There are no mechanical tweaks for either car (although the M3 gets the Competition Pack as standard, meaning 10mm lowered suspension, Electronic Damper Control with Sport mode and a revised DSC+ system), but there is a slew of extra equipment for both cars.
...and blue. God save the Queen!
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Discussion
cocopop said:
Performance Edition of a performance car. Odd.
I agree, and a performance edition that doesn't add any performance, just some different colours and options you could have paid for anyway...But as far as I'm concerned the M3 or M5 should be the ultimate version end of (excluding CSL versions, I'll allow them...)
They're obviously gonna be great, but it's a bit cynical to say the least by BMW. And the Beemer performance cars are already getting too expensive. £95k for an exec saloon? I know it's blisteringly fast, but for £95k you can afford some seriously good cars, both new or used. It's creeping in on Gallardo/R8/Vantage/Top spec GT-R territory....
It's a guilty pleasure car this M3.... I love it, but know i shouldn't?! Even in the matt red it looks brilliant, although from the pics it looks like the wheels are gloss black, when to fit the theme of the car a matt finish would look better. Having said that, even if i had the momey I wouldn't be wasting it on a marketing 'Performance Edition' con.
The blue 5-er just looks wrong however.
The blue 5-er just looks wrong however.
TNH said:
Ever thought that BMW are using the colours red white and blue from the 'M' badge, rather than anything to do with us Brits?
Though you've a point about it being nowt to do with Britain (see apology later in thread)
Re: cars. Indifferent. They'll sell them.
Edited by DrTre on Friday 1st June 14:49
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