1 of 1,000 6speeds?

Wulffza · 5th July 2012, 21:44

I had this thought while reading a 1M thread. They have being getting plaques or ignition rings to the effect of '1 of 740', representing the 740 sold in the US.

In various places I have read that approximately 9,000 E60 M5s were sold over the lifespan in the USA and that 6 speed manuals were less than 10% of the total. Where can this be verified? If this is true, and since the 6sp was US only, that would make it very rare indeed!

How many BMW models have sold less than 1,000 units worldwide? (not counting all the silly UK M3 'Edition' models over the years)

MR.EurocarTurboit · 5th July 2012, 21:56

The 6 sps are very rare that's why I have one. That and I think auto cars are for women drivers sorry all you SMG lovers out there. That's just how I look at it. Dont kill me i know there are a lot more of you guys then me. I had a F1355 and took it back the same week to get a 6sp and I never looked back.

bradstard · 5th July 2012, 22:20

I also opted for the 6 speed manual because of the joy of driving a manual transmission. If I were to primarily track the car, I would consider an SMG as that's where I see that it really shines.

I did a search on the web and was able to find this site. I'm not sure how accurate the data, but according to this site there were 1,364 E60 M5's sold in North America with a manual transmission.
BMW M Registry - FAQ E60 + E61 M5

aznazasin · 5th July 2012, 22:28

I believe there were only 500 6spds brought to the US. Mine accounts for one of them.

I opted for a 6speed because of plans to supercharge the car later on. I was afraid to become another SMG failure statistic

Infamous Q · 6th July 2012, 01:36

I was told that only 200 was produce a year for the 4 year run it had. that is why I got one plus I love to down shift my self......

LeeDan00 · 6th July 2012, 01:44

count me in too. i looked long and hard for a 6 speed and that's the only thing i've driven all my life. it feels great to see stats like this. makes me feel my car is super rare, or not LOL.

beast27 · 6th July 2012, 01:49

Put me down as a proud 6spd owner as well.

Fiftytwoeighty · 6th July 2012, 05:40

6 speeds and 3 pedals for me!

I think I remember reading that, of the 6 speeds, they only made 104 in my color. It took me quite a long time to find a 6 speed.

I almost picked up a SMG, and but I really wanted a 6 speed. The engineer in me believes, in the long run, the 6 speeds will hold more value -- less can go wrong. My left foot and my right hand will NEVER out shift an SMG, but I don't care. If I blow up my transmission with a poor rev-match and poor heel and toe, I have only myself to blame.

No SMG = No Red/Yellow Cog = No problems!

bradstard · 6th July 2012, 14:37

After doing some research on the numbers found from bmwmregistry.com, it appears that the numbers are true. Alex Palevsky started the site and has been a writer for Bimmer magazine for 14 years. It does not break it down to the United States, but the manual production numbers for North America are the following:

E60 M5: 1,364 cars plus 6 pre-production models
E63/E64 M6: 701 cars

That's a total of 2071 potential E6x M cars in North America with a manual transmission.

chaseturbo · 6th July 2012, 14:55

Add another 6spd here..the only way to go on a V10