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Originally Posted by SlammedM6

As for regular 5 series production....

E60 5 series came out in 2004. Facelift came as a 2008.
F10 5 series came out in 2011. Facelift comes as a 2014.

Based on this... It is coming a year sooner then the previous E60!

This is correct, the LCI on the F10 is coming at the end of yr 3, which is 1 yr earlier than historical 'norms' (not just when you look at the E60, E39 as the same, as were prior generations).

As far as the F10 M5 being 'morally' old after it's first yr, trust me, I am no stranger to such. I had a 2000 E39 M5, which was the first yr the E39 M5 was sold in the US (it did sell as a 1999 in other continents). In 9 months it got awfully old, largely due to the 01 MY having:

1. Angel eye design (a first for BMW at the time)
2. Rear CELIS tail lights
3. Navigation screen went from a 4x3 to a 16x9
4. Steering wheel was significantly updated
5. Front PDC became available
6. M-Audio option became available

I had a feeling the F10 M5 would be coming a year earlier (one reason is the F07 5-series GT came out a yr earlier than the F10 and would have been 'weird' to update the GT which is essentially a 5-series, and not carry it over to the rest of the lineup). I am glad my patience will be rewarded, as I am really looking frwd to a ED Aug of next yr for the M5 which now seems will be the LCI model. Not sure I would've been able to hold for 2 full yrs had the LCI followed the usual 4 yr pattern