Y's Factory BMW M5 is Radical or Ruined?

 Ys Factory BMW M5 is Radical or Ruined?
Y-s Factory BMW M5

Japanese tuners can be quite eccentric as far as body kit goes. This BMW M5-based sedan is an example of such eccentricity from Y's Factory. The front end features a revised bumper with tinted blue headlamp lenses. The low-profile tyres look at least 20-inch in diameter and are wrapped around 10-spoke black rims which feature what appears to be larger blue 6 piston calipers with matching hardware.

But the most visible signs of excess are at the rear where the car cannot be mistaken as it passes by. That is because of the two massive mufflers flanking an air diffuser. The wing on the boot rises up to about three thirds of the rear window and is wider than the body of the car itself.

Inside all that can be seen from the pictures are blue Recaro seats, standard M5 detailing and a floor that looks stripped out and bare. Details pertaining to the car's performance abilities can be seen on the tuner's website but unfortunately for us it's all in Japanese.

 

Source: thekucars.wordpress.com via autoblog.nl

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 skychao skychao
ricerrrrrr... but it DOES look at home on a track id haf to say. just very riced on the streets
February 9, 2009 6:13 pm
 trinity trinity
If it wouldnt look so cheaply made i'd love it for its track car looks (if it goes just as fast as it looks)
February 9, 2009 6:13 pm
 zdenda20 zdenda20
^^Given that u cant spell SUBARU, I guess theres no need to respond to your comment XD As far as this car goes, its not the prettiest, but seems that everything on it Xept for the Green (ugly) headlights and stickers has a function...id use it as a daily driver fo sho!
February 9, 2009 6:42 pm
 350Zed 350Zed
[X] park-bench rear wing [X] fart-can exhaust [X] excessively-lowered suspension [X] eye-wateringly-bright racing seats [X] Type-RRRR/SPARCO/GREDDY/NAWZ go-fast stickers [ ] gaudy paint color Uh oh... they missed one option on the Rice-Itâ„¢ option sheet!
February 9, 2009 6:58 pm
 moodyaaa moodyaaa
take an Acoord Honda !! leave BMW for Bimmers .. thats Sick
February 9, 2009 7:26 pm
 captwhizbang captwhizbang
Holy crap...I think I have seen this whole kit at Walmart....its called Racer-in-a-Box...$99.95
February 9, 2009 7:36 pm
 Xanavi23 Xanavi23
Only the rear diffuser is ugly. The rest of the car is fine.
February 9, 2009 8:10 pm
 UnReal UnReal
As a track-car that is EXCELLENT!
February 9, 2009 8:13 pm
 joshg_5 joshg_5
BUMP! ...If this is supposed to be an actual track car. It is...right? If it is, then I appreciate what they did with it and I wish they did this with a M6 instead. If not, WTF!?!?
February 9, 2009 9:41 pm
 Bremen_Koenigsegg Bremen_Koenigsegg
For goodness sake, Y, stick to your own brands! Nobody in the west appreciates what you do to our cars. (Fun Trivia: Using the letters in the first sentence, you can spell "rice" three times.)
February 9, 2009 8:45 pm
 Lemon Lemon
Gross. On the street or track. Gross.
February 9, 2009 8:48 pm
 dimeNickel dimeNickel
nice try, M5 is really a pathetic car. maybe that brought the factory some satisfaction to whatever garbage on wheels it was
February 9, 2009 10:35 pm
 joshg_5 joshg_5
WHOA, NOW! I don't "like" the M5 either, but you're being downright disrespectful now...
February 9, 2009 10:36 pm
 Joe_Limon Joe_Limon
If DTM some how grew past 2 teams competing... I could see this being the third make.
February 9, 2009 11:32 pm
 Xanavi23 Xanavi23
The car is designed as a track car, so its less priority on looks. The rear diffuser is ugly but the rest of the car is fine. The downforce granted by a large wind-tunnel testing wing can't be gained by anything else. It might look "Rice" but if you remove your heads from your @$$es and watch some GT racing, you'll see GT wings in play because they grant the BEST downforce out back. Track cars need downforce, good suspension tuning can only grant so much stability and handling.
February 10, 2009 12:28 am
 Anthropos Anthropos
...And I thought the 5-series came ugly from factory, this actually beats it! cannot believe it!
February 10, 2009 1:05 am
 tootall tootall
Wow!!! The rear end seems to be a bit over the top. I hope form dose follow function in this case.
February 10, 2009 1:12 am
It's a track car. It may look a bit over-done but everything is there out of necessity. Get past judging a car by its looks and you can start appreciating them more for its purpose and function. Go out on a track and try a lap in a high powered machine without downforce aids (especially on an aerodynamically challenged car like a sedan) and you'll start slapping rear spoilers on your cars too. The tin-can exhaust is what bothers me the most...it could've been more discreet since an NA car doesn't need the biggest diameter piping to maximize power increase. A big can like that is(functionally and aesthetically) more appropriate for a turbo charged car...but I'd like to hear what it sounds like at idle and at full blast!
February 10, 2009 1:17 am
 GOR777 GOR777
It looks very cheap.
February 10, 2009 1:46 am
 spamme spamme
how to say 'crap' in japanese?
February 10, 2009 2:18 am
 porschekrazii porschekrazii
rice it up ;) HA HA!
February 10, 2009 2:38 am
 lucifa lucifa
Ricers touching European (or American, I suppose) cars is tantamount, amongst enthusiasts, to sacrelige. I'm one of those who adore the M5, or even the regular 5, but this is just horrendous in my opinion. If it's a track car, then I can understand the lowered suspension, large brakes, racing seats (though, maybe not the colour of them) and at a stretch the skirts and perhaps the spoiler, though that sort of wing would be appropriate for a world-championship level driver. What I don't understand, along with the tinted lights, is the tin-can exhausts -- on a ricebox they look... "good", if you're thus inclined, but I cannot imagine anybody outside of Y thinking that's a good idea. If they're purely functional, they don't need to be that large on a NA car. To be honest, though, I doubt this is a track car -- if you want a track car, then this sort of money could buy you a nice 911, which would probably thrash this around a track. If you need five useable seats, then you're obviously going to be using this on the road, which means part of this is probably for show. I don't know, this just smells like a poor-taste Japanese tuner take on a German car. Quite simply, I hate it.
February 10, 2009 7:24 am
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