2006 M5, released end of 2005

Wagner///M3 · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 04:40:24 PM

Well when I asked the dealer yesterday when I could get a look at the M5 he told me that it would be released on November of 2005.

Divexxtreme · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 04:42:56 PM

Hmmmm...mine told me March of '05.

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Originally Posted by Wagner///M3

Well when I asked the dealer yesterday when I could get a look at the M5 he told me that it would be released on November of 2005.

jerrygee · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 04:54:47 PM

The September issue of Automobile Magazine says the M5 will be released in the US in the fall of 2005 as a 2006 model.

Don’t look for a manual gearbox in the new M5 as the new SMG III was designed from the get-go to be shifted via the SMG circuitry. The gearbox is designed around a four rod shift system which means that no neighboring gear is on the same shaft, leaving first and second gears at opposite ends of the conventional manual gearbox. This was done in part to make first through third gears very beefy and durable to handle the high loads.

The shift pattern is:

2 6 5 R
4 7 3 1

Neat stuff, I can hardly contain myself!

Idz21 · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 04:58:58 PM

I'm so excited. But I just can't hide it!

RaceCarDriver · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 06:48:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jerrygee

Don’t look for a manual gearbox in the new M5 as the new SMG III was designed from the get-go to be shifted via the SMG circuitry. !

I'd be very interested in ordering one if I could get a manual and not SMG.

2003 Laguna Seca Blue M3 (stolen)
2002 Corvette Z06
2003 Mini Cooper S

GHOSTRIDER · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 06:52:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Wagner///M3

Well when I asked the dealer yesterday when I could get a look at the M5 he told me that it would be released on November of 2005.

Sorry to be off topic, but Wagner, how do you like the look and ride of your car with the Tein springs?

Wagner///M3 · Fri, Aug-06-2004, 09:42:07 PM

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Originally Posted by GHOSTRIDER

Sorry to be off topic, but Wagner, how do you like the look and ride of your car with the Tein springs?

They are VERY nice. Though the back tires rub a little when hitting a bump fast but that is more of a rim offset issue

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Fri, Aug-06-2004, 04:54:47 PM	#3
jerrygee Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,035 Reputation: 0	The September issue of Automobile Magazine says the M5 will be released in the US in the fall of 2005 as a 2006 model. Don’t look for a manual gearbox in the new M5 as the new SMG III was designed from the get-go to be shifted via the SMG circuitry. The gearbox is designed around a four rod shift system which means that no neighboring gear is on the same shaft, leaving first and second gears at opposite ends of the conventional manual gearbox. This was done in part to make first through third gears very beefy and durable to handle the high loads. The shift pattern is: 2 6 5 R 4 7 3 1 Neat stuff, I can hardly contain myself!

Fri, Aug-06-2004, 04:58:58 PM	#4
Idz21 JohnnyCakes Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 32 Posts: 20,243 Reputation: 0 Location: Not canada	I'm so excited. But I just can't hide it!