Frankfurt auto show in September. LA show for US, which is strange as car will go in production in August. But press release will be much before that.

Which is in November, so people ordering the F15 early on in August or thereabout will be ordering without ever having driven one, gotten inside of one, or even laid their eyes on one (other than in pictures that is).

Basically dealers will get their demos much before the car hits any US auto show. You can feel and sit in X5 at the dealer before ordering. No need to see at auto show. When E70 was released I had driven one at dealer before its debut at US auto show.

800+ dealers in US....1-2+ X5s per dealer....

Dealers already have the ordering guides with options.

OK that makes more sense... Thanks LeMans.

LeMansX5, when do you expect the press release to appear?

Good question... Also, when do you expect the demo cars to hit dealerships?

BMW is little unpredictable these days

E70 press release was first week of August, with cars at dealers by 2nd week of November. E70 production started September 28th, 2010 and in US showrooms by mid-November.

F25 X3 press release was mid-July 2010 with production start on September 1.

The factory needs few days after E70 production ends to retool for F15.

Given that production starts in August and it will debut at Frankfurt in mid-September, we should see the press release by June or before and demos to hit showrooms by mid-September. This will be similar to E70 debut when it was first shown at LA Auto show and was at US dealers around same time.

This means that the earliest one would be able to order an F15 is late September, or maybe even October... Is that right?

Agreed

I like it too, but the fog lights makes it look cross-eyed. ;)

I hope the real thing looks better in person. The pics are ugly. Glad my wife moved from the X5d to the Cayenne GTS.