What’s the best way to have a different looking car? Surely, you have to paint it in an original color. Or, at least, wrap it in a color full of personality. Well, that’s what these guys did: they took a BMW X5M and dressed it in blue. Not any kind of blue, but a Long Beach Blue-like, to transform it in a proper M-version of the X5 model.

Who are these guys? European Auto Source is their name, and they are known as trusted BMW tuners. They chose a new set of wheels, which joins the two colors of the body: black and blue. Under the car, there’s a new, louder Eisenmann Race exhaust system, which adds some ponies to the 575 stud of horses.

The exhaust is the only modification brought to the V8, twin-turbo engine, so we expect a torque in the vicinity of the original 750 Nm, and an acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h of 4.2 seconds, just like the factory version.

So, do you like it? I must admit that I’m still looking at it, and I can’t decide what I feel. It looks interesting, but it’s a little too flashy for my tastes. However, when you pay about $100.000 for a car, you have all the right to personalize it however you wish, without wondering what others think about it.

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Propelled by a humongous 3.0L Twin Power Turbo engine, you wouldn’t really expect much in the way of tweaking since this engine’s got it all, with the development of around 425HP.

The guys at EAS immediately slammed a new ECU chip on and instantly unlocked the raging BMW M4 Black Sapphire’s full capacity. EAS has devised this “plug ‘n play” solution that after being installed instantly adds 50 – 60HP all in a day’s work. Apart from fixing things under the hood the guys overt at EAS decided to sylize the M4 to match each and every horse it gained through magical tinkering.

For this very reason a new set of H&R springs was fitted on the BMW M4 Black Sapphire followed by a set of spacers which tied the stock rims well within the wheel arches. Black Sapphire painted trimms were added, hence the name which gave the BMW M4 Black Sapphire an overall stealthy fighter jet look.

What is inspiring about the work done on the BMW M4 Black Sapphire by EAS is the fact that the vehicle retains its original look and feel and is only slightly tweaked to get as much juice as it can give. Be sure to check the other EAS project started on a BMW M3 E90 discussed in the preceding article.

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