LCI 5-Series M-Sport to have ///M badge on front fenders. UPDATE with facebook App

Boss330 · 06-05-2013, 05:45 AM

Check out the picture on page 17 on the pricelist (preisliste) that you can download here:

http://www.bmw.de/de/neufahrzeuge/5e...limousine.html

Seems like there is a ///M badge on the front fender. And in fact on the following page it's listed as a standard feature on all M-Sport models:

Quote:

Schriftzug „M“ Chrom, Seitenwand vorn

UPDATE:

Updated with Facebook app to configure the LCI. Also shows the ///M badge on M-sport models.

https://www.facebook.com/BMW/app_135659626612512

wdimagineer · 06-05-2013, 06:14 AM

When will they stop diluting the brand? M might be the most powerful letter in the world, but it's also the most overused.

At least they didn't stick it on the boot.

PatrickC23 · 06-05-2013, 06:45 AM

Doesnt Audi do this? I swear every A4 I see is marked with an S nowadays. This just makes me happier I own the real deal.

chong0 · 06-05-2013, 08:20 AM

all car companies are doing this including with audi's S-type.

I had a volvo R back in the day and now they are all R-types. i think if you just have different wheel options now you get a badge.

PatrickC23 · 06-05-2013, 08:27 AM

Really? If you buy a 550 M Sport thinking its an M5, you deserve to get hosed.

Hunter5179 · 06-05-2013, 10:58 AM

That's terrible

hinckley · 06-05-2013, 12:08 PM

I agree that they have really diluted the M brand. The iconic ///M is now on the non-M "M-Performance" models in Europe. It is also on the new X5 M-Sport key fob (as well as that model's front fenders). I'm sure we'll now see it on the fenders and fobs of all M-Performance and M-Sport models.

PatrickC23 · 06-05-2013, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hinckley

I agree that they have really diluted the M brand. The iconic ///M is now on the non-M "M-Performance" models in Europe. It is also on the new X5 M-Sport key fob (as well as that model's front fenders). I'm sure we'll now see it on the fenders and fobs of all M-Performance and M-Sport models.

I was just saying to my wife at dinner the other night that our Key Fobs should have an ///M on them

BC87 · 06-05-2013, 12:17 PM

meh, no skin off my back

PatrickC23 · 06-05-2013, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BC87

meh, no skin off my back

Agree, def doesnt bother me at all. M division makes parts, those parts end up on other cars, if they want a badge so be it. They still wont have the most important part unless they shell out another $30k.

Timberwolf · 06-05-2013, 03:28 PM

BMW made an Mtechnic badge which sat on the molding of a e36 3 series they put out with M3 aerodynamics. Didn't bother me then, doesn't bother me now.
What bothers me is massive weight they keep adding to these cars and the lack of visceral feel and introduction of too much techno gadgetry to replace real inputs.

Rob///M5 · 06-05-2013, 08:41 PM

Cheese

MSportDC · 06-05-2013, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

BMW made an Mtechnic badge which sat on the molding of a e36 3 series they put out with M3 aerodynamics. Didn't bother me then, doesn't bother me now.
What bothers me is massive weight they keep adding to these cars and the lack of visceral feel and introduction of too much techno gadgetry to replace real inputs.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Stash21 · 06-06-2013, 12:40 AM

Let them put their cats in the oven. Still wont make them a biscuit.

Tourbillon · 06-06-2013, 12:16 PM

Aside for M owners knowing the difference, everyone else thinks it's nothing special anymore. A friend my mine, after seeing my car, mentioned he knows someone else with the same car. I asked him if he was sure and he said yes, it has the same kind of bumpers and wheels and has M badges on it. I asked when his friend purchased it and he said March of last year. I told him it's impossible that he has an M5 as I received one of the first shipments in the US, which was in mid August. Granted the friend doesn't know much about cars, it's a testament to just how easily the public perceives an M as just every other BMW.

PatrickC23 · 06-06-2013, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourbillon

Aside for M owners knowing the difference, everyone else thinks it's nothing special anymore. A friend my mine, after seeing my car, mentioned he knows someone else with the same car. I asked him if he was sure and he said yes, it has the same kind of bumpers and wheels and has M badges on it. I asked when his friend purchased it and he said March of last year. I told him it's impossible that he has an M5 as I received one of the first shipments in the US, which was in mid August. Granted the friend doesn't know much about cars, it's a testament to just how easily the public perceives an M as just every other BMW.

More reasoning to justify the LCI only bothers us, noone else knows

Boss330 · 06-06-2013, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourbillon

Aside for M owners knowing the difference, everyone else thinks it's nothing special anymore. A friend my mine, after seeing my car, mentioned he knows someone else with the same car. I asked him if he was sure and he said yes, it has the same kind of bumpers and wheels and has M badges on it. I asked when his friend purchased it and he said March of last year. I told him it's impossible that he has an M5 as I received one of the first shipments in the US, which was in mid August. Granted the friend doesn't know much about cars, it's a testament to just how easily the public perceives an M as just every other BMW.

I completely agree with you on how similar their appearance is. And be quite certain that this similarity is NOT by mistake. BMW obviously does this intentionally, as does Audi and Mercedes.

24601 · 06-06-2013, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by wdimagineer

When will they stop diluting the brand? M might be the most powerful letter in the world, but it's also the most overused.

At least they didn't stick it on the boot.

+1

Tourbillon · 06-06-2013, 06:06 PM

Part of the allure of an M, aside from its driving characteristics, was the exclusivity and the tendency to make people wonder what kind of BMW is that? Nowadays, not so. Instead, continual bastardization of the M brand. AMG is guilty as well. Time for a P car?

stealth.pilot · 06-06-2013, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourbillon

Part of the allure of an M, aside from its driving characteristics, was the exclusivity and the tendency to make people wonder what kind of BMW is that? Nowadays, not so. Instead, continual bastardization of the M brand. AMG is guilty as well. Time for a P car?

Agree. Time for Porsche.

Rohardi · 06-06-2013, 08:21 PM

Why don't they just call the "m" sport package something else like just "sport" package so they dont muddy the waters using the "m" branding???

MJones3 · 06-06-2013, 08:39 PM

^^^Agreed!

This is just sad..

Do customers really want this? I can understand if you want the bumpers, wheels etc, because I think it makes the cars look better. But who would want the ///M badges??

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hinckley Brigadier General 3493 Rep 3,213 Posts Drives: '24 M4C Conv Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida iTrader: (1)	I agree that they have really diluted the M brand. The iconic ///M is now on the non-M "M-Performance" models in Europe. It is also on the new X5 M-Sport key fob (as well as that model's front fenders). I'm sure we'll now see it on the fenders and fobs of all M-Performance and M-Sport models. __________________ CURRENT: '24 M4C Conv RETIRED : '23 M8C Conv \| '20 X4 M40i \| '18 M4 6MT \| '13 M5 6MT \| '08 550i 6MT \| '04 545i 6MT \| '98 540i 6MT \| '94 530i 5MT \| '84 528e 5MT Other retirees from Chevrolet, Buick, Subaru, Honda, Acura, Merkur(!), Volvo, Saab, Audi and Porsche
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MJones3 Captain 569 Rep 896 Posts Drives: RWD Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sweden iTrader: (0)	^^^Agreed! This is just sad.. Do customers really want this? I can understand if you want the bumpers, wheels etc, because I think it makes the cars look better. But who would want the ///M badges??
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