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      03-20-2019, 10:05 PM   #8
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A dealer in NY I spoke to said July but he caveated he didn't think the new V8 would be in the 550 since it would take it too close to the m5. We shall see soon.
FWIW, this thread which has a lot of posts by someone that is either a BMW employee or knows one (or more) says that not only will the M550i get the "new" V8 but that it will also have the new gauge cluster. Personally I'm hoping iDrive 7 comes with the gauge cluster as well, since I'm hoping to keep the M5 for a while and I'd love something where they upgrade the iDrive over time (mostly just for bug fixes, though new features would be great as well).
Sounds great but what will BMW do for the LCI coming Spring/Summer 2020? I'm thinking the MY20 5 series may have some of what you describe, but it likely won't have all of it. They'll reserve some tech bits for the LCI.

Prove me wrong, I'm ready for a new car this August.
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