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Hamann Makes BMW M5 Unrecognizable

As far as extreme body kits go, we're pretty sure they don't get much more radical than this. When this car's chassis left the factory, it did so wearing the body of a BMW M5, but not much is let of it now.
Yes, it hard to believe it, but that used to be the car we know as the F10 M5 sedan. So who messed with it? German tuner Hamann did and brought it over to the Auto Trader, an event held recently in sunny Dubai.

The changes are most visible at the front, where the M5 appears to have found a somewhat American personality. Like a muscle car, it has a brow over its headlights and a wider grille made from carbon fiber. And just like a muscle car, the chin is very prominent, though practicality isn't completely compromised. The yank tank also has a big hood scoop that we've never seen being fitted to this Bavarian model.

Coming round the back, supercar spotter Patrick3331 filmed a completely reworked lower valence. Instead of four tips, this car has one big exhaust canon half the width of the car. It's flanked on either side by a diffuser that's more esthetic than functional.

Editor's note: You know how BMW M cars used to be sold with a baseball cap in the back? This one is wearing it.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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