bmwgroup

As I am getting more and more closer to buying an M5 and I have been seeing alot of Pre-LCI M5 for under 40K lately all over for sale.

My questions is besides the Headlights and Tail lights, what are the difference in the interior spec from a Pre LCI to an LCI M5?

pjinca

Interior is different, door panels, trim, etc don't carry over. In an LCI car you may get the CIC NAV (hard rive based) with updated iDrive instead of the CCC units of Pre-LCI cars. Engine and transmissions are identical, but for some reason the 2006 models have had more problems (makes sense that was the first year)

nomis_nehc

2009 gets the hard drive, 2008 is still dvd based.

The LCI cluster is different than pre-LCI, the trunk is different as well.

denissm

Why were there problems with the engine in 2006?

jgt

First year models of ANY make tend to have more problems/issues/recalls than subsequent years.

EuroCarFan

I didn't know the trunk was different? Which area; inside or outside?

nomis_nehc

My bad, I forgot he's talking about the M5. The trunk is the same for both pre and LCI.

EuroCarFan

Cool...

mookish

I thought the non M pre and LCI trunks were the same also, what are the differences?

C's Bimmer

The LCI's are faster.