How are you finding the interior the e60 looks a bit bland is the M5 version higher spec? I love the fit and finish of the e39 M5 nice leather door handles centre console and high gloss trim, it really is a nice place to be on long journeys.
I doubt he knows yet as he's not taken delivery.
I drive an E60 LCI quite a lot now - and elements of the interior are better than the E39, and some things are worse.
Pros:
a) More 'modern' materials - less of the elephant-grain style of plastic.
b) Nicer fonts on the instrument cluster display
c) Softer, nicer warning tones
d) iDrive
e) More up to date feel inside
f) Feels slightly more luxurious, in the standard models there are more leather trimmed areas than the E39 - the centre console is leather trimmed as standard and so are the door handles, though your console in an M5 is already leather.
Negatives:
Not as well built. There are areas where you can tell they have cheaped out - put your hand in the door bin of an E39 and it's perfectly and completely carpetted all round. Do the same on the E39 and they've used a less nice material and only carpeted the bits you can see. There is a lot of this sort of stuff in the E60. General fit and finish is excellent and better than the pre LCI car for sure, but it isn't quite the 'hewn from granite' feel of the E39.
Stupid cheap looking plastic twirly knobs for the climate control which lack any sort of screen - you have to read off the temperature from the dial, just like in a Peugeot.
If you dont have the smokers pack specified, then there are NO 12v plugins in the front of the car. There are two in the rear console for rear seat passengers and nothing for front seat passengers. Completely stupid.
Seems to have a higher tendancy to rattle than the E39...
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