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Old 07-31-06, 04:38 PM
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BMW, 5-Series, 535i, Refresh


BMW will launch next year in spring a mildly restyled BMW 5-series. The photos are showing two shots of the interior including the new automatic shift lever, and a sedan and station wagon featuring new air intakes in the front skirt and a smoother rear skirt.

With this facelift BMW intends to put the 5-series in a better market position against the just released restyled Mercedes E-Class.

It will also mark the introduction of the BMW 535i.










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lol at joystick...
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For the love of GOD, please tell me that gear shifter is not the final product.
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Damn !
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Originally Posted by ic144
For the love of GOD, please tell me that gear shifter is not the final product.
I think it will be. The latest X5 spy shots have that same lever. I think it looks horrible. I like the current ones they have.
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It might be finalized, but there will probably some type of wood or aluminum on that... Otherwise that is plain horrible. Otherwise, it looks good. I dont really notice much of a difference but we'll find out soon.

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Originally Posted by ic144
For the love of GOD, please tell me that gear shifter is not the final product.
Never mind the shifter. That awful, pseudo-square housing around it with the El Cheapo silver paint is even more hideous.

Way to go, Bangle .....you've given us ANOTHER winner of an interior.
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I'm not diggin that wagon look...
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Old 07-31-06, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by genearch
Don't jump off the bridge just yet. It is my understanding that that surround is a current M5 version, just there for fitment.

From what I've read, the shifter is supposed to be pretty cool. We'll see when the new E70 arrives.
i just hope it doesn't get much harder to get the car from P to D like the 7 series
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The more I look at that shifter, the more it reminds me of a 2 inch "hot dog". And I'm straight BTW. hahaha.
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That shifter reminds me of a cheap joystick I bought for my Nintendo back in the 80s.

I was hoping that BMW would make the interior more appealing. Same crap, different smell...
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Bangle should dangle from a roof with that shifter around his neck What is that?
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In the last decade, the BMW 5 series has to at least be in the top 10, for one of the most hideously (industry wide) designed cars. If you were to take into account Cars and SUV's, it still IMO, has to be among the top 10's most ugliest. For Pete's sake the 5 is even uglier than the X3.

For the time being, thank goodness they have an excellent aftermarket in AC Schnitzer, Dinan, etc., that helps immensely.

"F" the refresh on the 5, BMW needs to start from scratch!
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Originally Posted by ic144
The more I look at that shifter, the more it reminds me of a 2 inch "hot dog". And I'm straight BTW. hahaha.
LOL - yeah - it's the new "I-Johnson".
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
LOL - yeah - it's the new "I-Johnson".
LOL, I wasn't going to say anything earlier....You think this will help capture the women's market for the 5-Series?
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