According to earlier posts, SMG will no longer be offered in the US on the non M E60.
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Appearently the Manual transmission is on hold at start of production, but Steptronic and SMG are available........See this post--->(Click Here)

 

The ordering guide seems to again indicate that the Priority 1 Nasca leather must be ordered with ventilated seats, but cannot be ordered with heated seats. Don't we have US members with Nasca and heated seats??

 

What about sat radio? Can you get XM or Sirius?

 

Eh same stuff as the 2005 545 besides the extra ponies...

 

Yeah, and now that I waited for the 550i I might be left without the option of SMG???

Man I hope that the SMG option *IS* available on the 550i, and soon.

-Tony

 

That's all we got for the 530i.

 

Any BMW color, past or present can be ordered...always...there is a cost of about $2,000. Hey, if it's carbon black you want, don't hesitate...you just may regret it later. It's nice when money talks...

 

Not for US cars (in the past few years anyway). They would occasionally do it before , but in the last couple of years they (BMW NA) has been refusing non-standard paint orders (even with current BMW colors, let alone past ones). They did not let me take Stratus Gray for my E60, and this was a color that is used on the 6er which is built right next to the 5er in the same factory (Dingolfing). BMW NA does have a reputation of going in cycles where they allow special paint orders for a couple of years and then stop allowing it, and so on. But since the dealer's computer networks were changed a couple of years ago and all orders had to be placed through the BMW network they have not accepted special paint orders. They have a drop down menu when they choose what color to order and the choices are only what is available for US cars. I assume there would still be a way to do it IF BMW NA wanted to, but they don't. My salesman had a client who was the head of one of the movie Studios in Los Angeles and tried to order a 760Li in a special color (Carbon Black I think) and was willing to pay any amount BMW asked for, but BMW NA refused to accept the order. They did not even make an acception in his case.

Things could have changed since I tried to do it a year ago, so its worth a try I guess. Let us know if you try and succeed.

 

With all this talk about the delay with tranny choices did anyone notice that the sport package now has satin chrome instead of shadowline trim?

 

I noticed that too. I've asked my sales guy if the satin chrome is an interior treatment ... should get an answer soon.

He did fax me another sheet which summarizes the packages available for MY2006 5 series. It does show shadow line in the sport package but doesn't list satin chrome.

Another odd point is that the order guide shows a space saver tire in the sport package, but the package summary sheet says the sport package comes with run-flat performance tires. Does a spare tire usually come with run-flats?