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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Crackpipe... and I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
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    Image of Blix Blix
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    And I've been looking for an exorbitantly expensive Venza! Sign me up!
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Ja, ze depreciation curve vill be epic.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Wait a minute... something's not adding up here...

    4.4-liter V8 with 400hp and 450 lb-ft of torque, and a transmissions with eight necessarily closely-spaced gear ratios (meaning that the first gear must be exceptionally low for a car), and the 0-60 time is only 5.4 seconds?

    Really?

    What's the German word for "huge beer gut", because this car, and the engineers that designed it, must have them if that's the best they can manage with that much power.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/18/09

    @pauljones: I know right? Mm 10-year-old Jaguar, with a 4.0 liter supercharged V8 makes 370 HP and scoots to 60 in 5.3 seconds, and it does that with a Mercedes five speed and 4500lbs of heft.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/18/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: And it's infinitely classier, to boot.

    I'm still rooting for the eventual completion of the Continental, though.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/18/09

    @pauljones: Well, I'm looking for a big garage... er, house, right now so I can have a place to do some real work. The garage it's in right now is the limiting factor. I need space and 220V.

    A three car divided into an oversized two bay and an oversized single bay got away due to slow realtor syndrome last week. I almost cried.
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    Image of rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy
    11/18/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: and it's built on a chassis as old as the idea of the automobile itself. i don't mean any hate, there's an X308 XJR in my family too, and i love it to death when i'm flooring it in a straight line, but the chassis is ancient.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/19/09

    @rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy: Ancient AND bendy.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    Panamera, we've found your wingman.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/18/09

    In reply to BMW 5-Series GT Pricing Starts At $64,725
    And the cheaper X5 is a bad choice because. . . .
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/18/09


    @Schm: "..And the cheaper X5 is a bad choice because..."

    Dude. It's an X5. Just LOOK at it.
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    Image of jark jark
    11/18/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: too tall, uglier, probably even heavier…
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/18/09

    @DoctorNine: I say it's a toss-up for which one wins the award for dumb ass fugly douchebaggery on wheels.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/18/09

    @superveloce: The amphibious Veyron has them both beat.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/18/09

    @superveloce: I laud you for your eloquence!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    11/18/09

    @DoctorNine: Woah, woah, the X5 isn't that bad of a car. And it's not that bad looking either, if you line up the ML, Q7 and X5, they're all pretty similar in uglyness.

    The 5GT just sucks. We all can agree that the 5-Series Estate owns them all.
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    Image of MR42HH MR42HH
    11/19/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .:
    The 5GT is a too tall obese BMW. The X5 is an even taller, even more obese BMW.
    The 5GT is absurd, but not as absurd as the X5.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/19/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: Thank you, yes. Even Bangle-ized, the Estate is a good-looking piece of machinery.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    I find the 5-series wagon more attractive than the sedan.


    If I ever had the cash, I'd put The Missus in a 535xi with a 6MT (theoretically possible).


    I fail to see what the hatch thing would really bring to the table. The utility over the sedan would be minimal, and those operating under the assumption that they need more room usually get the SUV anyway.

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    Image of quayzar quayzar
    07/09/09

    @Mad_Science: Have you had a wagon? Not being derisive just curious.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/09/09

    @quayzar: I own two: an '06 WRX and a '67 Ford Country Sedan.


    Love them both.

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    Image of TTopJohn TTopJohn
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    Noooooooo! I was okay with the 5 Gran Turismo existing so long as there was still a proper 5 Touring sold alongside it. But this, this is horrible news. Granted, I can't buy them new, so I don't help the wagon business case. Still, the 5 wagon is such a choice way to transport more gear than a sedan while maintaining the driving dynamics and mpg of a sedan. It seems that wagons are poised for a comeback with people thinking twice about SUVs.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/08/09

    @TTopJohn: If you ask me, the 5GT should exist just fine, the existing 5 wagon (and its M variant) should be lifted about 1", given slightly larger wheels and a bodykit, and resold as something crossoverier. And then the X6 should be driven into a bonfire by its team of so-called stylists and left to burn.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    You're gonna die, clowns.
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    Image of uihidden uihidden
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    I just priced one quick - with a few options like nav, the 535xi wagon was about $65k. That's a hefty price - anybody with that coin is probably schlepping around in an X5 anyway.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    07/08/09

    @uihidden: Tasteless nouveau riche, they are.
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    Image of 3carsvo 3carsvo
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    Perfect timing for the new CTS Wagon to fill that void...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/08/09

    @3carsvo: Eeeeeyup, unless GM fucks the pup again (see: G8, ST)
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    Drunken German Badger Makes BMW Product Portfolio Decisions for US Market
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    Fuck you, BMW.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    Scheiße!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    07/08/09

    In reply to BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo May Spell End For U.S. Wagon
    Hello darkness my old friend. .


    Ah well. There's always the Used car market.

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