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2012 BMW 5 Series GT M Sport spy shots

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BMW has been spotted testing the upcoming BMW 5 Series GT M Sport out on public streets. Like all M Sport packages, the car has been dressed up with relatively modest yet sporty details inside and out.

The BMW 5 Series GT isn’t exactly an attractive, head-turning design to start with; you could say it looks a little bit like a hippopotamus trying to stand up – 0f course, we could be wrong. With this M Sport pack though, things are certainly smartened up. It just looks a bit more clean-cut and athletic.

As with normal M packages, the 5 GT M Sport will showcase a neat bodykit including revised front and rear bumper bars with aggressively styled vents and extensions in the front, as well as a lower front chin with the recent design trend of a deep central mouth and scoop at the bottom.

Other changes include sporty and much larger alloy wheels (whether or not these test car wheels represent the production wheels is not yet known), ‘M’ polished aluminium sill plates inside all doors and an ‘M’ leather-wrapped sports steering and gear level cover.

The car will also feature the usual smattering of ‘M’ badges throughout the vehicle. International speculation points at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in September as the vehicle’s official unveiling. We’ll keep you updated in regards to the Australian debut and pricing as soon as we can.

Tell us though, has the kit improved the looks of the big 5er GT? Perhaps you already liked it? Feel free to vent your emotions in the comments section below.


 

  • Jim Sim

    Looks like an X6 had sex with a 5 Series.
    *Vomits*
    Seriously, can it be any more ugly? At least the reliability will be second to none. Wait, no it wont. Germans, please get the hint and stop making rubbish. For the sake of humanity.

    • bangel

      YER cross between an XR6 and a territory .

    • igor

      Ahhh, Dim sim’s crawled out of his hole again. For the sake of humanity, crawl back in.

      • Jim Sim

        Hi Igor! Nah, its a bit warm down there, at least its dark in my hole, I wouldnt of seen this beautiful car…
        All joke aside Igor, It is one very ugly car. You must surely agree?

  • SteveP

    WHAT THE? It looks like the X6′s ret^rded little brother!!

  • dribble

    Since when have the Citroen design team moved to Germany?

  • Jim Sim

    Looks like an X6 had drunken relations with a 5 Series.
    *Vomits*
    Seriously, can it be any more ugly? At least the reliability will be second to none. Wait, no it wont. Germans, please get the hint and stop making rubbish. For the sake of humanity.

  • Jimmy

    BMW: Sometimes it’s okay to admit defeat.

  • Krish

    Definetly amongst the ungliest cars on the road today.

  • Baddass

    Is no BMW model safe?

  • troy

    KILL IT WITH A STICK!!!

    give it up bmw its not going to sell!

  • topdog

    The front dosent match the back. Its a mis fit its so plain to see so what were the bmw people thinking

  • Spooty

    Seriously. Say what you like about Bangle, but this wouldn’t have happened on his watch. The X6 has the proportions to make its enormous and strange rear end work; this is just silly.

    BMW have seriously lost their way – what was once a stylish and interesting design language appears to have been death-by-committeed.

  • Shak

    BMW seriously, just stop please. It was funny for a little while, but now the joke is getting old(and uglier).

  • Greg

    Is BMW selling many of these?

  • Charger

    It is the same league of Ugly as the current Subaru range!