How rare is the E61 550i m Sport?
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Topic: How rare is the E61 550i m Sport?
Posted By: ProfJohn
Subject: How rare is the E61 550i m Sport?
Date Posted: 18-June-2010 at 11:13
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Just wondering how I might find out how many E61 550i m Sports were sold in the UK with a manual gearbox. Am upgrading from the E46 330 Touring.... John ------------- Current: E61 550 MSport (manual!) Past: E46 330 SE Touring (great sleeper) E30 M3 (gone and sadly missed) |
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Posted By: 540 V8
Date Posted: 18-June-2010 at 23:31
Rare enough that I can't afford one!
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Current:E34 540i Touring 6 speed manual(Mpower bodykit & suspension)& Chrysler Voyager 3.3 V6 auto Previous:E34 530iSE AC Schnitzer suspension. E28 525e auto-Standard |
Posted By: Dergside
Date Posted: 19-June-2010 at 17:22
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BMW UK Customer Service should be able to give you a fairly accurate figure (you'll get the number on bmw.co.uk) but at a guess I'd say there will be more occurrences of rocking horse poo in any of the years the 550i was available than manual 550's. V nice car. ------------- Now: BMW 523i SE '00, 318i SE - e91 '07, 325i Coupe '93. Prev: e46 328i SE Touring, 330Ci, 318Ci. e39 523i SE. e36 325i Coupe *2, 323i SE, 316iSE. e30 325iSE 2dr, 320i Conv, 320i 2dr, 316i. |
Posted By: ProfJohn
Date Posted: 19-June-2010 at 21:44
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Thanks. 330 gone to a mate in the trade, not a great price
but I hate selling cars to the general public! Manual 550i Touring is not listed in Glasses Guide... ------------- Current: E61 550 MSport (manual!) Past: E46 330 SE Touring (great sleeper) E30 M3 (gone and sadly missed) |
Posted By: Andrew Rolland
Date Posted: 24-June-2010 at 12:40
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Since being an owner of an E60, in nearly three years I've seen one 550i MSport auto (twice), three other 545is and not one 540i. All saloons. It would appear that just about any V8 E60 is indeed as common as rocking horse poo. Never seen any V8 tourings. I've seen plenty of E60 M5s, commoners! The 550i has a 367 bhp 4.8 litre V8, not a huge amount over the 545i but it will be a newer car as it replaced the 545i in '05. ------------- Be exclusive and drive a Petrol 5 Series! Current '13 62 F10 535i MSport Auto Previous '04 04 E60 545i SE Auto '03 53 E60 545i SE Auto (Stolen) '98 S E39 523i SE Auto |
Posted By: ProfJohn
Date Posted: 24-June-2010 at 21:25
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Have found one! Manual 550i MSport Touring with xenons,
leather and few other toys. Would have preferred it in black, but that's being very choosy, and silver grey looks fine. ------------- Current: E61 550 MSport (manual!) Past: E46 330 SE Touring (great sleeper) E30 M3 (gone and sadly missed) |