Aussies developed BMW with a bed
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Why not? In Australia, Ford sells the F6 Tornado, Pursuit and Super Pursuit under the Ford Performance Vehicle (FPV) banner, hauling ass as well as anything else. BMW doesn't offer anything even close, so what is a Bimmer enthusiast to do when he has to stop at The Home Depot for garden supplies? Certainly not put them in the X5!
There is always someone out there who solves problems such as this before they actually become an issue. In this case, a bloke named POWERCHIP from the M5Board has taken a BMW E39 M5 and is converting it into what he calls the M5 UTE. It seems that after talking to Shane from Southern Rod and Custom in New South Wales Australia it looked like his dream car might just come true.
The yearlong transformation of this great sedan into the M5 UTE is truly amazing. Every inch of the vehicle is being properly engineered to drive just like the M5 from which it spawned. Click here to check out the 200+ photo album that details the build every step of the way.
[Source: Jalopnik via M5Board]
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Car videos & Motorcycle videos 7:39PM (12/22/2006)
Now this would be interesting to see in person.
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Cody Peterson 7:54PM (12/22/2006)
It actually looks pretty sleek... and I'm sure it can get you from A to B fairly quickly...
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brian 8:04PM (12/22/2006)
if you think this is good, the aussies have changed almost every thing into a "ute" !
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Jaymez 9:20PM (12/22/2006)
Cool project. I don't really care for the BMW Uber-Yuppie brand, but, the project is cool. It's the only BMW I wouldn't mind owning.
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Paul 8:26PM (12/22/2006)
I would love to see Chrysler Build a Ute With the LX platform and Charger front end And sold here in Australia
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Marc James 9:27PM (12/22/2006)
As a truck-hating yuppie, a small part of me just died seeing that picture. :)
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RealityDriven.com 10:12PM (12/22/2006)
It actually looks pretty good, but anything looks good with large wheels like that. And the bed is quite long so I'm sure it's much more functional than a BMW wagon or even an X5 for that matter.
We just started a new site, www.RealityDriven.com
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KazO 11:16PM (12/22/2006)
I don't see myself owning any pickup that can't haul full sheet goods (because my current BMW wagon will haul 10ft pipe with all glass closed), but this is pretty cool. BMW built a pickup out of a E30 M3 ages ago, so it's not exactly the first 'M Truck.'
Looking at the drawings, I can't help but think instead of just a little roundel, there should be a bigass ///M on the tailgate, a'la 80s pickups.
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Barney 12:03AM (12/23/2006)
I wonder how many sheep it would haul.
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Andy 11:54PM (12/22/2006)
Upscale Euro brands across the board were considering luxury pickups a la Mark LT. The gas spikes of 2005-06 killed those plans.
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JON C 12:33AM (12/23/2006)
So rock-n-roll
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nagmashot 1:48AM (12/23/2006)
nothing new to cover a BMW into a "pickup"...
here is a other example... a old BMW E30 turned into a pick up...
http://geilekarre.kabeleins.de/upload/nickpage/1/14178/np_pickup__29.jpg
http://geilekarre.kabeleins.de/upload/nickpage/1/14178/np_pickup__33.jpg
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Mullet Man 7:15AM (12/23/2006)
$80k El Camino....Brilliant!
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bryan 10:23AM (12/23/2006)
that is the hottest bmw truck ever. wait aint it the only one ?
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Jay 10:58PM (12/23/2006)
I seem to recall in an old issue of Car and Driver a picture of an older 5-series BMW (the front half, anyway) grafted onto the rear half of a tow truck. It was just weird enough to be cool. C/D described it as "centaur-like." Obviously not a slick an execution as this.
Damn...wish I had saved that issue.
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Jay 11:36PM (12/23/2006)
Oh yeah...and then there's these:
http://esoteriq.org/images/random/bmw_truck.jpg
http://www.custom-glock.com/sema05/sema05-Pages/Image128.html
http://www.funpic.hu/en.picview.php?id=378&c=1&s=dd&p=138
http://www.funpic.hu/en.picview.php?id=377&c=1&s=dd&p=138
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billy 7:09AM (12/24/2006)
If you like Utes, go to my site http://www.BeautUtes.com then and check out real Australian Utes (Cars)the gallery is here http://www.BeautUtes.com/gallery
Cheers
Billy
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Carlton 10:39AM (12/24/2006)
A BMW only a redneck could love.
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dave 12:23PM (12/25/2006)
Just a note to say that the E39 will go down in history as one of the best cars ever made. The future is pointed in the direction of technology, and rightly so; but these cars are such an amazing, intuitive experience to drive that will never be duplicated ... the general public would rather put their $ in gadgets. I've thought about starting a business of rebuilding e39's to sell; I don't think it would be cost effective though. (sigh) when they're gone, they're gone.
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