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Originally Posted by Bimmernerd
I do not understand why some people believe the M550d to be a serious competitor to BMW M5? To begin with, the price for the M5 is almost 50% higher than that for the 550i in Sweden at least. IMO the M550d will probably be a serious competitor to 550i or 550i xDrive...and like someone said, I think it is very unlikely that BMW will market the M550d in the US :-(
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Could it be country specific because of local tex regulations?
Anyway, my fully loaded 535d costs EUR 120.000 in the Netherlands.
The base price of the M5 is EUR 132.000.
I'm just guessing but a fully loaded M550dX could be somewhere around EUR 135.000.
So, IMO a not so fully loaded M5 is definitely an alternative to the M550dX.
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