Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing2023 BMW XMVIN 5YM23CS0XP9S20869 | 15,903 milesIn its entire history, BMW M has designed only two cars from a blank sheet. The first was the M1. This is the other one.Why We Acquired This VehicleM's usual job is to take a BMW that already exists and sharpen it. Twice in fifty years it has started from nothing instead: the M1 in the late 1970s, and this. The XM is the first standalone M model since that car, the first electrified one, and at its launch the most powerful vehicle the division had ever built - 644 horsepower and 590 lb-ft from a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 working with an electric motor mounted between the engine and the gearbox.What makes it genuinely unusual is not the output. It is that the same vehicle will cover roughly thirty miles without waking the V8 at all, then reach 60 mph in 4.1 seconds when asked. Very few cars ask so little of an owner on a Tuesday and give back so much on a Saturday.This example is finished in Black Sapphire Metallic over a two-tone Deep Lagoon and Vintage Coffee interior - a combination most buyers consider and then talk themselves out of, which is precisely why it is worth having. At 15,903 miles it has been driven properly and looked after while being driven. The verified appointments are detailed in full below.At a GlanceHighlights M Driver's Package Deep Lagoon / Vintage Coffee Leather Bowers & Wilkins Sound System Front Ventilated Seats Rear View Camera with Surround View and 3D View SiriusXM Satellite Radio Exterior: Black Sapphire Metallic | Interior: Deep Lagoon / Vintage Coffee 15,903 miles 4.4-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 Plug-In Hybrid 644 HP and 590 LB-FT Combined Up to 30 Miles of Electric-Only Range 8-Speed Automatic Sport Transmission M xDrive All-Wheel Drive 5YM23CS0XP9S20869+ Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specificationThe Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to FinishOur PerspectiveAt Perfect Auto Collection, we are not interested in whether a car is universally liked. We ask whether it was built with conviction, and whether we would be proud to keep it in our own collection.The XM qualifies on both counts. It is a divisive vehicle and it was always going to be - M built it to look like nothing else in the lineup and made no attempt to soften the result. What is easy to miss in the arguing is how completely it delivers on the engineering brief. This one adds the specification to match: the interior was ordered in a combination almost nobody chooses, and the one option that changes what the vehicle can actually do was ticked.Why Enthusiasts Value This ModelThe XM occupies a position nothing else does. It is only the second vehicle M has ever designed from scratch, it was the first M product with an electrified powertrain, and it was the most powerful car the division had built when it launched. It is also built in South Carolina, which makes it one of very few American-assembled vehicles competing at this level.Underneath the design argument is a serious chassis. M gave the XM rear-biased all-wheel drive, an M Sport differential, active roll stabilization, adaptive suspension, and rear-wheel steering - the collection of systems it uses to make a heavy vehicle change direction like a much smaller one. Drivers who arrive skeptical tend to leave surprised, which is the most consistent thing written about this car.What buyers are looking for among them is specific: a specification that goes beyond the standard order, an interior combination chosen rather than defaulted to, mileage low enough that the car has years of use ahead of it, and a seller willing to describe condition plainly. That is why the details matter - they are the difference between a listing that claims a car is well specified and one that can show it.Factory and Vehicle HighlightsM Driver's PackageThe M Driver's Package raises the XM's electronically governed top speed from 155 mph to 168 mph.Why it matters: Nearly every option on a modern car changes how it is equipped; this is one of the few that changes what it is permitted to do. On a 644-horsepower M car the factory limiter is the only thing standing between the driver and the rest of the powertrain, and a car without this box ticked cannot have it added retroactively in the same way.Deep Lagoon / Vintage Coffee LeatherThe cabin is trimmed in a two-tone leather combination of Deep Lagoon and Vintage Coffee.Why it matters: The XM's interior is the part of the vehicle M spent the most design effort on, and a two-tone order is the only way to actually see that architecture - in a single dark color the sculpting disappears. It is also why this car does not look like the black-on-black examples that make up most of the market.Bowers & Wilkins Sound SystemThe Bowers & Wilkins system replaces the standard factory audio installation.Why it matters: The XM spends a real share of its life running on electricity with the V8 asleep, which leaves it quieter inside than any M car before it. This system is what fills a silence no combustion M product ever had to offer.Front Ventilated SeatsThe front seats are ventilated in addition to heated.Why it matters: M's seats are large, deeply bolstered, and fully leather-trimmed, which is exactly the combination that holds heat - ventilation is what keeps the support working in July instead of working against you.Rear View Camera with Surround View and 3D ViewThe camera system combines a reversing view with a full surround image and a rendered three-dimensional perspective of the vehicle.Why it matters: The XM weighs over three tons and is unusually wide, with detailing that is expensive to put right - the 3D view lets a driver place all four corners precisely, which is what this car needs in the parking structures it will actually live in.SiriusXM Satellite RadioFactory satellite radio is fitted alongside the standard connected services.Why it matters: It is the least remarkable line on the sheet and among the most used - satellite coverage holds through the stretches where streaming does not, on exactly the kind of long interstate run this vehicle is unexpectedly good at.4.4-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 Plug-In HybridThe 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 produces 483 horsepower and works with a 194-horsepower electric motor mounted between the engine and the transmission, for a combined 644 horsepower and 590 lb-ft, and 0 to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds.Why it matters: Because the motor sits ahead of the gearbox, its torque arrives instantly and in every gear - it covers the fraction of a second the turbochargers need to spool, which is why a vehicle this heavy responds to the throttle like something a great deal lighter.Up to 30 Miles of Electric-Only RangeA 25.7 kWh usable battery gives the XM an EPA-estimated 30 miles of electric-only driving, at speeds of up to 87 mph.Why it matters: Thirty miles covers most people's weekday driving entirely, so the V8 can stay asleep through the commute and be there in full on the weekend. It is a rare performance car that asks almost nothing of its owner on the days they are not enjoying it.8-Speed Automatic Sport TransmissionAn eight-speed automatic with M-specific sport calibration sits behind the hybrid drive unit, with shift-speed settings selectable from the gear selector.Why it matters: This gearbox has a harder job than any other M transmission, because it has to deliver M shift response while also managing handovers between two different power sources - and the measure of how well it was done is that the driver never feels the changeover happen.M xDrive All-Wheel DriveM xDrive distributes power to all four wheels with a rear-biased split, working alongside an M Sport differential.Why it matters: The rearward bias is what keeps the XM feeling like an M car being driven from the back rather than an all-wheel-drive vehicle being pulled from the front - and four driven wheels are the reason 644 horsepower stays usable on an Ohio road in February.Behind the WheelStarted with charge in the battery, the XM pulls away in silence. There is no engine noise, no vibration, and no sense of the machinery ahead of the bulkhead - for the first thirty miles of a day it behaves like a large, extremely quiet electric SUV, and the school run happens without anyone raising their voice.Ask for everything and the character changes completely. The V8 joins with genuine noise, the electric motor has already filled the gap before the turbochargers arrive, and the whole vehicle leaves the way something two thousand pounds lighter would. What surprises most drivers is the corner afterward: rear-wheel steering and active roll control shrink the XM to a size its dimensions do not support, and it stays flat and precise where the weight suggests it should not.For the right owner, this is not simply a fast SUV. It is the one built for the driver who wanted an M car and needed the vehicle to also handle every ordinary obligation of the week without complaint.Preparation and Buying ConfidenceBefore presentation, each vehicle is evaluated for cosmetic condition, mechanical integrity, and the ownership experience it is prepared to deliver. Our process includes a comprehensive exterior and interior detail, with paint correction where appropriate. Key wear items such as tires and brake components are evaluated against our internal preparation standards.This vehicle is offered with our 7-day return policy and a 2-month / 300-mile limited warranty, subject to eligibility and written terms.We can also provide high-resolution photography, a personalized walkaround, available factory documentation, vehicle-history review, and coordination of an independent inspection.The Perfect Auto Collection Difference Carefully curated luxury, exotic, and performance inventory Transparent representation and detaile...

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M Driver\'s Package, Deep Lagoon / Vint Coffee Leat, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Bowers & Wilkins sound system, Rear view camera, Front ventilated seats