[SSBMW]

Originally Posted by ENINTY

Beauty is obviously in the eye of the beholder, but I've seen the car in person at Sterling BMW next to a 2010 E60 (both black 550's) and I must say the front end of the new 5er looks like crap compared to the (silly) front end of the 2010 5er.

The body panel line between the hood and front fascia makes the design look cheap to me (like a Chrysler 300). And the bumper is just too tall and flat-faced; it looks like they were moving the clay model around the design studio and accidently smushed the nose against a wall and said "hey, that looks really good, let's keep it!" I've always liked the short overhang/blunt-nosed look of the 80's BMWs especially the E30, but those cars had character lines (non-integrated bumpers, non-aero headlights, etc.) which broke up the smoothness of the face; I think BMW tried to capture that design again, but it just doesn't look right.

The rest of the body looks like typically good BMW design, and the interior is just gorgeous.

Now if I could just muster up the nads to buy the M3 sedan they had next to it...

You can thank the new EU pedestrian safety standards for that !

http://www.safetyresearch.net/2005/0...an-pedestrian/

[ibimmer954]

Picked up my F10 535i last week. Deep Sea Blue/Cinnamon Brown. Here's one exterior shot an a couple interior pics. Yes, the 6MT is awesome.

[exclusivo]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

My friend said the wheels on the 550i are copied from JDM Mugen

http://www.google.com/images?q=mugen...ed=0CCEQsAQwAA

that was the first thing i thought when i saw the centers

[spuck]

Originally Posted by nogard13

Looks like the new 5er gets regular cupholders in the center console (although they are as far forward as they possibly could be).

Do you have more pics of the interior (screen, steering wheel, etc.)? Also, the "scrolling wheel" on the steering wheel has been in American cars for a while, especially GM.

Audi's had the scrolling wheel for years now, but even so, it's nice that bmw finally added it.

Speaking of cup holders, if you don't get the comfort access, you have to insert the key fob in between the cupholders... kinda weird, but i imagine most will have the comfort key.

[munna]

Haha.. thats awesome. You got to drive the same cars i did a few weeks back in Vancouver. I remember the same plates and same set of cars

The cars were a blast to drive. Overall a wicked event.

[spuck]

Originally Posted by munna

Haha.. thats awesome. You got to drive the same cars i did a few weeks back in Vancouver. I remember the same plates and same set of cars

The cars were a blast to drive. Overall a wicked event.

Haha... so they shipped these cars across the country!!!

[stickypaws]

Originally Posted by ibimmer346

Picked up my F10 535i last week. Deep Sea Blue/Cinnamon Brown. Here's one exterior shot an a couple interior pics. Yes, the 6MT is awesome.

Congrats!
Is your cup holder set up differently?
Looks smaller than in the OP's pics..... Is the console different?

[ibimmer954]

Yeah, MT console has one cup holder behind the iDrive controller. The space between the shifter and the dash is a small storage cubby (ashtray). On AT cars, there are 2 cup holders between the shifter and the dash and the ashtray is behind the iDrive controller. I'm guessing it's different because of space issues of the MT linkage.

[cotmfk]

Nice!

[Joonsup]

You look like benicio del toro. looks like the event was a blast

[spuck]

Originally Posted by joonsup

You look like benicio del toro. looks like the event was a blast

Haha, thats hilarious... I've been getting that since I was 16 years old... But I really can't see the resemblance from that pic alone

Maybe I should start asking my parents some serious questions

[JSpira]

I spent a week with the 530d and a week with the 550i. Great cars.

My review is excerpted and linked below.

The 2011 BMW 5 Series – 530d Review 22 May 2010

BMW has been making the 5er Series sedan since 1972, when the line replaced the BMW Neue Klasse (New Class) which included the 2500, 2800, and Bavaria. The 5er was the first BMW to carry …

[fruition3000]

They should have kept the old taillights. These taillights look like the ones on the g35\g37

[jocamryn]

^^^ But the Bimmer's not a rebadged nissan.....

Too bad I can't afford a F10 and a X6 next time around......

[Bartman619]

Geat Pics..funny how they put only single piston front brakes on the 550i, considering it's power and weight.

[John 070]

Originally Posted by Bartman619

Geat Pics..funny how they put only single piston front brakes on the 550i, considering it's power and weight.

They do that on the M3's as well if I'm not mistaken. It is an oddity but I believe it does save lots of $$$. And hopefully we will see that when we eventually DIY our own brakes. Though years ago we were wondering about the 135......

[ENINTY]

Originally Posted by Bartman619

Geat Pics..funny how they put only single piston front brakes on the 550i, considering it's power and weight.

It's a BIG piston.

[HoustonScott]

Who's the boy in the front seat....Looks like he will get his permit soon....

HS

[Craigito]

Pictures don't do this car justice. I was sorta ho hum about it until I saw a black in person up at Laguna Seca a few weekends back at the ALMS race. Sexy beast! Much bigger/longer in person too than the pix show.

[Davin]

cant wait for the M-Sport pack to be released on the F10's

[spuck]

Originally Posted by HoustonScott

Who's the boy in the front seat....Looks like he will get his permit soon....

HS

26 years old and i'm still considered a "boy"... lol, sure i'll take it... but between us i've had my license for 10 years and owned various bimmers driving them over 700,000kms combined with lead footed montreal enthusiasm... does that qualify for a permit down in texas?

[galahad05]

Lots of talk about brake pistons....


Here's a nice how-it-works:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-p...-calipers4.htm