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09-01-2006, 06:27 PM
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4.6is - Why Is It Not Designated An "M"?
I had heard it was due to the fact the X5 is not a car and they would not designate a SAV as an M. True or wives tale? If BMW had wanted to designate the 4.6is as an M version what would it have been? The M X5? I think Mazda already has a claim on that one! The MX?? What do you guys think???? 
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09-01-2006, 06:29 PM
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because it's not an M car and the very nature of an m car is that it is a car
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09-01-2006, 06:43 PM
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hello, it is 2006 u should ask 4.8 is
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09-01-2006, 07:11 PM
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answer I was told
I asked this of BMW service manager, he said because that would make it an "MX5" and that would cause trademark issue with Mazda-mx 5.
Don't know if it's true but guess it's plausible.
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09-01-2006, 07:30 PM
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09-01-2006, 07:38 PM
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when i bought it, the official word on non M badging was also because the 4.6is did not come in a manual gearbox...
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09-01-2006, 07:57 PM
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hopefully we'll hear more soon on whether they'll be an ///M version of the X5. If so, I think it'll be called X5 M just like the Z4M
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09-01-2006, 10:48 PM
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Yeah...how come they don't come in a manual? My 3.0 comes in a manual but not the 4.8is....it doesn't make sense.
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09-02-2006, 12:15 AM
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there was a "batch" of early e36 M3s for US market only that came with auto tranny, so the lack of manual is not an issue here, I guess
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