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Originally Posted by mswaz
There are well more than 200 a year made. Not sure of the numbers but my guess is maybe 5% of total annual production? Maybe 5K to 10K a year? Again this is just a guess. Remember people typically with perfect cars don't complain so if you were to add up all the unique people here that have had a serious issue. Myself included, though I do not consider the whining a serious issue as it never had any impact on the performance or usability of the car.. then I think you would be suprised to see how few the numbers are. Take that number multiply it by 20 for people having issues that don't subscribe or post to any thread and you would likley see the overall percentage is very small... Owning one I would never discourgae someone who was interested in one to look elsewhere. Bottom line it is a fabulous vehicle.
I feel for the people here that have had or are having issues as I was one of those at one time with another vehicle. I do know first hand how frustrating it is to not have your car. But at the same time we should not automatically conclude that they are all bad and not recommend them. Remember we need to sell these things someday....
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If you dig around I think you'll find your 5-10k estimate is orders of magnitude out, the estimated combined production numbers for the X5M and X6M for MY2010 was circa 150 for North America although I heard it reached nearly 200, probably similar for the whole of europe. I was told only 15 MY2010 cars were registered in the UK this year. BMW only sold 1146 M cars accross the whole BMW range in Jan 2010, the X5 M is rare.
Its not about putting people off, I'm not shouting don't buy an X5 M but I am saying there are too many engine issues for the amount of units produced, there is either something wrong with quality control or the design is inherently faulty, I don't know which it is but either way its not good on a vehicle of this value.