550i US base price $57,400

550i OPTIONS
active steering $1,250
rear door impact bags $385
comfort access $1,000
sun shades $575
comfort seats $1,200
fold down rear seats $475
lumbar support front seats STD
heated rear seats $350
PDC STD
xenon adaptive headlights STD
active cruise control $2,200
navigation $1,800
HUD $1,000
Dakota leather STD

550i Packages
Sport $2,300
Premium Sound $1,800
Cold Weather $750

New colors are Monaco blue and Deep green, Orient blue and Oxford green are gone (no carbon black ).

Manual transmission and SMG delayed until further notice! Yikes.

No M Sport trim kit package

Sport package still includes 18" style 124 wheels

 

Wow, some shockers there. $1000 for Comfort access? No more manual trans? Active steering broken out from Sports Package like the other US '06 models. Wow. I had a feeling they wouldn't f--k the current '06 owners too badly by adding a bunch of stuff to the Sept. cars in the US. Looks like I might be right considering the lack of other changes and options availability?

 

Nice! Thanks to the removal of the AS from the sport pack my MSRP will be $95 less than the 545i would of been. Now WTF is up with delays on the manual tranny. I hope that means that the 4.8 litre engine is just too damn powerful for the current manual.

Thanks for the info!

 

It not unusual for the manual box to be delayed in the beginning on the V8 engines

 

Boy, fully loaded $70K. Wow. I'd better lease it.

 

Where is SMG, huh? We need a better SMG. Like the one in M3.

 

so what's the latest in terms of when orders can actually be placed and when will delivery begin?

 

So what's the vicious rumour that the 550i will have exhausts (twin/dual) on both sides?

Maybe i'll wait for other goodies to come out and get a late model year 2006 (3/2006 production) or a 2007 550i (9/2006 production)?

Do good things really come to those who wait?

 

Press release pics showed exhausts like the 545i

 

I'm told that US BMW dealers will get their September alotment figures on July 26 and orders need to be in by July 28. Delivery for a September build would be, what, four to six weeks later? So the first 550s will arrive here sometime in Oct.