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What if Bimmerfest M5 Touring fanatics staged a protest at BMW-NA headquarters

Something like: First, we all drive our E46 tourings and E39 tourings to Woodcliff Lake, NJ. Then we "circle the wagons" in the parking lot, and then we all honk our horns until BMW-NA brass agrees to bring the M5 Touring to the US.

Who's in?

 

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There's often been mention of the cost of "federalizing" a car to sell in the US. Anyone have any idea as to the actual cost to a manufacturer to do this?

If you figure BMW wouldn't have to spend too much to advertise this limited production car, and that there should be a fair amount of part sharing between the already imported two other models, the regular E61 and the E60 M5, what is required cost-wise to do this?

Crash tests, emission tests, MPG tests...what else? After all, many manufacturers bring expensive cars to the US in limited numbers. Surely the cost can't be that prohibitive.

 

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Since regular e60 tourings aren't scheduled to be sold in the US, I highly doubt that the M5 touring will make it here. Snapped this pic at BMW's European Delivery Center 2 weeks ago

e60 touring

Um, the 530xit will be sold here.

By "regular E60 touring", did you mean a rear-wheel drive E61?