Have you ever felt like a car manufacturer is crossing its fingers and hoping for the best? This is one of those moments. The (take a deep breath to hear the full official name) 2025 BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance #1/1 The G90 M5 will officially be the first G90 M5 sold in North America, it will reportedly be the only one ever painted in Ice Orange Metallic, and it will undoubtedly weigh more than a Ford F-150. To quote the great John Phillips, “Some people look at things that exist and ask, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and ask, ‘Why is that?’”
Sure, the new M5 is still in its infancy, but its legacy is set to be that of a luxury sedan. With a curb weight of 5,000 pounds, it weighs 420 pounds more than an all-wheel-drive F-150 Crew Cab, 550 pounds more than a Tesla Model S Plaid, and 300 pounds more than a Chevrolet Silverado RST Crew Cab with all-wheel drive and a 5.3-liter V-8. While tech like all-wheel steering is amazing, the M5 remains the big boy of the super sedan segment, and the internet will probably never let BMW forget that. So how about a little orange, huh?
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It’s not the BMW with the longest name, because that would be the BMW Individual M760i xDrive V12 Excellence Model THE NEXT 100 YEARSbut it’s the only M5 that’s expected to be made in this dull orange hue. You see, BMW has been phasing out the color, perhaps due to a lack of demand, but there was enough left over to paint exactly one M5 body a few weeks before it began mass production of the new car. It’s a commanding color, and one that fits well with the visual and physical heft of the brand’s latest super sedan.
2025 BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance #1/1
Oh, and the orange doesn’t stop at the paint job—the orange and silver leather on the BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance #1/1 is nothing short of striking. It’s a bit of a nod to the pinstripes on the alloy wheels, the headrest print, and the custom trim. BMW says that over $57,000 in custom options were added to the M5 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance #1/1, which works out to about $1,727.28 for every extra character in the vehicle’s name compared to a standard M5. It’s also one of the few cars to have an apostrophe, a number sign, and a slash in its name. Maybe the only one.
2025 BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance #1/1
There’s a catch to all this, though, besides driving around in what the average person assumes is a Spalding basketball-themed M5. Just because the BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance #1/1, a name I’m going to repeat as much as possible throughout this article due to its gratuitous absurdity, will be the first G90 M5 sold in North America doesn’t mean the winning bidder won’t have to wait. Delivery is scheduled for September, and given that U.S. deliveries of regular G90 M5s are expected to occur in the fourth quarter of this year, that doesn’t give the winning bidder much of a head start. Sure, they’ll be first, but for how long?
2025 BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance #1/1
As its name suggests, the 2025 BMW M5 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance #1/1 will be auctioned off by Gooding & Co. at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, America’s most exclusive automotive event, with all proceeds above MSRP going to the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, as charitable donations are often part of the operation of these new-car auctions. So, will it reach its MSRP? I guess we’ll just have to wait a few weeks to find out, and you can bet we’ll be there live to see how that experience unfolds. Of all the ways to celebrate Monterey Car Week, this is one of them.
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