Thanks, TwinsPoppa,
Yes, these arches appear to be called "Le Mans" flares in the USA. The "Sport Plus" package in the UK includes these and the 20" rims; the "Sport" package includes - amongst other things - the aluminium running boards. In fact, the Sport package includes quite a lot of extras. The reason the issue of the arch trims/flares popped up when I was at the US BMW dealer was that I was going to buy some rear mudflaps. I pointed out that I had these wider arch trims (I showed him a picture of mine) and so he told me ( quite correctly, as it turned out - see my previous post in this thread) that the rear flaps would not fit my car. He seemed intrigued by the wider arch trims/flares and said thay weren't used in the USA (they obviously were/are, as you have pointed out). Subsequently, I bought a rear mudflap kit here in the UK to see if I could get the flaps to fit but it did not look right. I would have needed to resort to some surgery to do it properly. I would be interested to know if anyone has fitted the OEM rear flaps to their X5 fitted with "Le Mans" flares!
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