Italian manufacturer Lancia had presented some new cars offered, and is not available in the USA.

After the Geneva Salon two hectic days we went for a nice dinner at theMndarin Hotel next to the Rhone river in Geneva. There we met up with Ashok, Vic, Ruud and Marc.

Member Ruud showing his wintertyres for the M5 E39 with a 240 km/h speedrating.

As well as his keychain!

Interesting collection of exotics in the hotel garage. The Bentley Azure was PINK!

Poor Z8! It had export plates and had not been driven for a while. It is apparantly not too uncommon for some very wealthy individuals to buy their cars at the salon then used then once a year or so when they go back to Switzerland to see the salon or the more of Geneva.

Parking outside the hotel Mandarin du Rhone.

Member Ashok has a very fast "diesel"-M5!

All-in-all it was a great weekend in Geneva along with some friendly people. Both from the the bmwm5.com M5 Messageboard as well as professionals from BMW M and Alpina. It was great to finally know that the M5 E60.

So I would like to thank these people:

BMW M: For professional people at the Geneva Salon and that you release the "Concept M5" for Geneva!

Ashok: for coming up with the idea of a meeting half a year before we even knew it would be presented here. Of course we start planning about Paris Salon already!

Marc: For excellent help in Geneva with everything!

Vic and Ruud: For excellent support when questioning BMW M!

If you have any questions or if something is incorrect, please e-mail me: gustav@bmwm5.com