jonathanc Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Just a curious question here. Was having a chat with a dealer about a 2001 W reg E39 M5 and he insists that it's facelifted because, according to him, it has clear indicators instead of orange ones. The car has no "angel eyes" and 16:4 widescreen monitor which all the other facelifted M5s have. I am not 100% sure but I suspect the dealer is wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesC Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 2001 doesn't = w reg for a start. All facelifts have the widescreen TV, facelifted angel eyes and the clear bits on the rear lights instead of the dark bits. The facelifts came out in early 2000. I'm guessing it's a pre-facelift, 1999 w reg. Edit: 2000 for a W reg. So proably an early 2000 car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanc Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 2001 doesn't = w reg for a start. All facelifts have the widescreen TV, facelifted angel eyes and the clear bits on the rear lights instead of the dark bits. The facelifts came out in early 2000. I'm guessing it's a pre-facelift, 1999 w reg. Edit: 2000 for a W reg. So proably an early 2000 car. Ah yes, thanks for clearing that up! Lucky I asked or would have wasted a trip down to view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbloodyturbo Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Where is it? there was a silver one in quite good nick for sale in autosales of kirriemuir a week or two ago. 88K on it which is reasonable for these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Sachs Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm probably wrong, but was looking into these a while ago, I think off the top of my head the fully facelifted ones are 2002 onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesC Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm probably wrong, but was looking into these a while ago, I think off the top of my head the fully facelifted ones are 2002 onwards. Yes, you are This is my november 2000 530i. Facelift lights etc: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Sachs Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Yes, you are This is my november 2000 530i. Facelift lights etc: http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f329/jamescalv/BMW/BMay.jpg Nice car James, not exactly an M5 though is it? Just spotted this on wiki During its five years in production, there were some cosmetic changes in 2001 to include: * Revised headlight design incorporating illuminated "Angel Eyes" (incandescent glass rings surrounding the headlights) * Jewel tone Celis tail light design * Park Distance Control sensors in the front bumper (previously in rear only) * Thicker three-spoke M steering wheel identical to the one fitted to the E46 M3 * Grey instrument panel * Improved solar sensor for standard automatic climate control * Revised navigation/audio unit with larger (6.5-inch) monitor (Standard on US Spec 2001-2003) * Rear head protection airbags added * Second-generation M Mobility tyre repair system in place of earlier version * Available M Audio System with special tweeters, Kevlar/carbon coaxial speakers and two subwoofers behind the rear console * Alcantara headliner included with Extended Leather interior (previously only included with Complete Leather) For the subsequent two model years, changes were limited to the addition of new exterior colors (from 9/01 production) and the upgrade to a DVD-based navigation system (from 9/02 production). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesC Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Nice car James, not exactly an M5 though is it? Yeah but my point was that they wouldn't upgrage the poverty models and leave the flagship model un-facelifted. Just spotted this on wiki During its five years in production, there were some cosmetic changes in 2001 to include: * Revised headlight design incorporating illuminated "Angel Eyes" (incandescent glass rings surrounding the headlights) * Jewel tone Celis tail light design * Park Distance Control sensors in the front bumper (previously in rear only) * Thicker three-spoke M steering wheel identical to the one fitted to the E46 M3 * Grey instrument panel * Improved solar sensor for standard automatic climate control * Revised navigation/audio unit with larger (6.5-inch) monitor (Standard on US Spec 2001-2003) * Rear head protection airbags added * Second-generation M Mobility tyre repair system in place of earlier version * Available M Audio System with special tweeters, Kevlar/carbon coaxial speakers and two subwoofers behind the rear console * Alcantara headliner included with Extended Leather interior (previously only included with Complete Leather) For the subsequent two model years, changes were limited to the addition of new exterior colors (from 9/01 production) and the upgrade to a DVD-based navigation system (from 9/02 production). The facelift date was september 2000, but gets called the 2001 facelift, just to confuse people! Here's some text from the M5board: What changes were made to the E39 M5 during the time that it was produced? Though there were no major mechanical alterations to the E39 M5 during its entire production run, there were a number of equipment alterations that appeared with the 2001 model-year M5 (from 9/00 production). These include: -Revised headlight design incorporating illuminated "Angel Eye" rings -"Jeweled" tallight design -Park Distance Control sensors in the front bumper (previously in rear only) -Thicker three-spoke M steering wheel identical to the one fitted to the E46 M3 -Grey instrument faces -Solar sensor for standard automatic climate control -Revised navigation/audio unit with larger (6.5-inch) monitor -Rear head protection airbags added -Second-generation M Mobility tire repair system in place of earlier version -Available M Audio System with special tweeters, Kevlar/carbon coaxial speakers and two subwoofers behind the rear console -Alcantara headliner included with Extended Leather interior (previously only included with Complete Leather) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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