Used Car of the Day: 2008 BMW M5

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey


Today's used car of the day comes from the Illinois side of the St. Louis suburbs. It's a 2008 BMW M5 in the rare Interlagos Blue paint. It also has the Sepang Bronze Merino perforated leather interior trim and full interior leather package.


The seller says the car has never been in an accident and it has had a lot of routine maintenance done lately -- he or she even has the documents to show it. The asking price is $23,500.

As a reminder, that year's M5 had a 5.0-liter V10 that, when factory new, put out 500 horsepower and 383 lb-ft of torque. That twist got to the rear wheels via a seven-speed automated-manual transmission. It rode on 19-inch wheels and had features such as dual-zone climate control, sunroof, heated front seats, and a navigation system.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • Bd2 Looking forward to flooding the rental lots with Hyundai and Kia models, this is just one obstacle now eliminated.
  • Kcflyer keep the color. lose the stupid front design. make it reliable, at least as reliable as a base 911. Then and only then is it somewhat worthy of that price.
  • FreedMike I'm not sure why anyone would choose this over an A8 or S-class.
  • FreedMike I think the manufacturers who are discontinuing affordable small and midsize cars in favor of more expensive crossovers (that are built on the same platforms and use the same mechanicals as said small and midsize cars) may well live to rue that decision. Having said that, though, at least GM is offering decent entry level stuff beyond the Malibu, so good for them.
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh The only one worth missing is in the EU making 350-ftbs of twist off a 2.0 diesel ..
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