does this special color deal u fellas are all talking about meant that we could order an e60 in, lets say, that blue that all the X5's come in.... my mom has that on her 4.8 and let me tell you..... that color is AMAZING... you would think that color blue would just look bad but the color never seems to look like "wow thats bright blue" its just a simply gorgeous color. if this is indeed the blue u are considering PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get it....
is this thing you guys are talking about available in the us on a 545

 

That color is mind-blowing... but from what I read this program isn't available in the US, right?

 

Merv,

Estoril blue is the very bright electric blue colour you see on X5s and 3 series sports. I ordered an X5 in that colour on trust as BMW could not provide pics and hated it when it arrived so they agreed to cancel it for me. It is a very loud, brash colour and I think it would make the E60 look cheap. Le mans blue is available which is an M5 and X5 4.8iS colour. It has a lot more class to it but I'm not a fan of blue.

LuvE60,

Carbon black is a standard colour option for the E60 M sport models in Europe. Most E60 sports in the UK are this colour and I'm not a fan of it as it looks like orient blue. The original carbon black colour as used on the M3 was far nicer (no offence intended for owners/lovers of carbon black E60's).

I was thinking of suggestions from BMW's back catalogue of colours. I may try to get Silverstone blue which is an M5 colour so they may not agree to this. It would look great with a polar grey interior.

 

Phoenix Yellow and a kiwi interior

I like the sound of Stratus with caramel, but I ultimately decided that caramel was a bit too sickly for me, which is why i went with the polar grey. Grey and orange dash lights / interior lights works really well, but the grey plastic looks less pleasing, and with individual you get grey + black which i much prefer...

I would go for a nice blue if you were looking for grey / silver alternatives....maybe lemans ?

 

With privacy glass all round perhaps and chromed M5 replica wheels?