I must admit, I’ve been a bit of a harsh critic of BMW, lately. It seems as if each and every decision made by BMW over the past couple of years has been made by a computer, calculating risk and reward, potential profit and loss. However, every once in awhile, some madness shines through, a smile cracks on BMW’s typically stoic German face. Giving the BMW M550i an incredible color like Verde Ermes is one such moment and it’s the best part of the new 5 Series LCI.
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The 5 Series’ LCI is a successful one for a couple of key reasons; it takes an already good looking car and makes it better, it adds new and improved technology and it gets an awesome new green. Green is a criminally underused color in the automotive world, especially among the Germans, so it’s great to see it here. It’s not just any green, though. Verde Ermes is a deep, shadowy green that instantly makes the car look both more muscular and more sophisticated.
It’s not hard to see why BMW chose the BMW M550i to debut this new green color on, either. It’s a color that manages to be both dark and shadowy while also being bright and vibrant. So it shows off the M550i’s body lines and creases so well, yet still looks imposing, like a proper sport sedan should. It also looks great contrasted against the car’s gloss black grilles, trim and wheels.
If I were a customer looking for a BMW M550i, it’d be Verde Ermes or bust for me. Seldom do we see truly special colors like this new green on any BMW, never mind a regular non-M BMW. The Bavarians have been lacking in the interesting color department for a while now.
Just take a look at the brand’s most expensive, supposedly most thrilling car — the BMW M8 Competition Coupe — and check its available color palette. There are two reds, two blues and a sea of grays. Okay, there’s a brown but it looks more like a dark red. This is coming from a brand known for such colors as Dakar Yellow, Laguna Seca Blue, Techno Violet and Hellrot Red. Ironically, the only BMW with some exciting colors at the moment might be the X2.
So to see BMW offering an incredible green such as Verde Ermes on 5 Series that isn’t even a proper M car is really refreshing to see. Good on you, BMW, for putting out this new green because it truly is a fantastic color. I’ll have one, please.
Absolutely stunning especially with that color. Can’t take my eyes off of it.
Yeah, nice color. What about the engine tho, does it hold up past 50000km, or needs a replacement? Better get that extended warranty ;)
BMW refreshed the N63 engine in 2018 and it seems pretty good so far. Of course, it’s too early to call it reliable with certainty, but I think it’s gonna be a durable engine. There’s no way BMW will continue making fragile V8s, they learn from their mistakes and I know they’re capable of making a reliable V8 (F10 M5, F90 M5, E39 540i etc.).
I have personally checked 4-5 m550i and they all have had engines replaced at under 50k! Big fan of N63’s performance, but reliability is utter crap, to this very day. Comapring it to e39 540i is absurd, that thing was a tank.
Really hoping they got it right, at long last.
Where have you checked those M550is lol. There’s no way all of them had engines replaced, that’s ridiculous.
At my local dealership. Why is that so surprising Marcel ? those engines are notoriously crappy, makes sense a person does his due dilligence if looking to buy a used one, and I have. I’ve even had a dealer tell me to my face to better stay away from M550i’s for now, how about that? ;)
Do you live in Russia mate? Your surname sounds very Russian. If you do, then I believe you, because cars there are treated like rubbish, and yes BMW pre-refresh N63 engines were quite fragile. Just one more question. Were those M550is pre-refresh cars with 467hp or brand new ones with 530hp?
Not from Russia, Eastern Europe.
Normal, Pre-refresh 467hp m550i’s made in Dingolfing, not Kaliningrad or wherever they make Russian-market cars, I know those are crap.
This condition applies to all N63s from 2008 all the way to the last 467hp G-gen car, g30, g11, doesnt matter.
530hp is apparently ok, but then, i havent checked any of those, they are still too expensive for me ;)
I really hope this new N63 will be better, because reliability aside, it’s an absolutely wonderful engine. It’s universally praised for its sound, performance and smoothness. Let’s wait a few years, and then we’ll see if N63 engines are still fragile.
Give the bro some respect. Mine happened at my dealer in West Chester Pennsylvania
Where in this whole conversation was I disrespectful to him?
Don’t let’s dwell on that too much, let’s focus on the cars we are discussing
I’d like to talk about cars as well, it’s just your comment that confused me. Let’s carry on now.😁
I do apologize.
It’s true. I had my 2012 N63 changed completely and the service supervisor confirmed it that that engine was being changed across board. They even called it some funny name. Something care. But the N63 had issues at the beginning. When I sold the car I got a good price because the buyer noted he had a virtually new engine.
If I am not wrong in my impressions, seeing the video, the design guy pissed in his pants
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This is a really great green… we love here at home the colours green, turquoise and blues…
If the rest would be chromed and this brake part instead of red grey, it would be better.. of course with all details improved, like mentioned
Yesterday, showed those Photos to Wife… My Wife is my Guidance, hard Opinion, Trust and Confident to say her real feelings Truth. So she is My ‘Client’ and me the ‘Designer’… So, every time I do a fun ‘work’ I show her and we share Opinions, Arguments and Explanations. I showed her such Pictures and asked her if she likes those Bumpers, she said: “Horrible, those big Holes Mouths at lower Part eating the Streets” Sometimes, I remain Astonished for her hard Words, but give her the reason for the Simple Truth
As she studied Law and was Lawyer for a while advocating for Aviation Companies, she is the right Opinion