There will be no M X5 (Period)

Wasn’t the 4.8is an M X5 except in name only?

Best news of the day, just my small world view I have little patience for sport-utes toting the M badge around heh.

How hard/easy is it to come by M logo’d decals and the like in the aftermarket? I see BMW’s with logo’s and such that don’t seem to make sense. I saw an X5 the other day that had a “Turbo” insignia on the back right tailgate.

These are annoying – especially if they are only for show.

Expanding on Gabe: 4.8is an M – hardly. M cars are much more than hotted up and rebadged versions of standard BMW models. Technically M GMBH is an independently operating subsidiary of BMW AG that takes the standard models tears them down, builds new components and systems, and relaunches a new model – an M car.

The 4.8is was little more than an option package offered through the standard BMW line, not a model developed by M. It did include some M-Sport components such as wheels, etc., but these M-Sport components accessories sold through BMW, but not developed by M.

For the same reason there is no M7, M GMBH’s mission is to create sports cars with technology derived from their involvement in BMW’s racing programs. The compromises of a large saloon such as the 7er or an “SAV” like the X5 in this goal has been reflected in many statements by M that they will never build versions of these models.