This is a true beauty made from one of BMW’s most cherished hits.
The E39 BMW HTML5 was the most iconic car that the Bavarian manufacturer made. The car made a lot of noise and had an optional manual gearbox that could kill tires. Although the M5 was a sedan model, how would it look if there were a coupe version?
TheSketchMonkey stopped wondering and created a render. He also removed two doors from the sedan and added flame surfacing design style, which Chris Bangle introduced in 2001. It was not as well-received as the “Bangle Butt”, which was featured on the 7Serie that year, but it had a significant impact on modern BMWs.
The video gives us valuable additional information about how the flame design came to be while we were redesigning the car. The secret brainstorming project “deep blue” at BMW was the catalyst for its creation. It was a 1996 project in which designers spent six months in a California beach home looking at old models to come up with something new. It is possible that the project would have taken less time if designers had not been living in a beach house.
After failing multiple times to find a new design, they came up with the idea of taking inspiration from fire. They were able to abandon the traditional boxy design because of the flame’s dynamic nature.
TheSketchMonkey didn’t completely redesign his car by adding flames to the E39M5 M5. He aimed to alter the car’s taste rather than its actual design. He expertly shapes the flat surfaces of his Bimmer to create a sleek and aggressive appearance. It also looks much more modern thanks to the removal of unwieldy trim plastic on the doors and bumpers.
The final product, which he has created with his creative skills, is modern and retains the spirit of the original car. The subtle touches TheSketchMonkey adds to the M5 are what we like, but what do YOU think?