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BMW M5 E60 Ring Taxi Nurburgring Kyosho 1:18

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BMW M5 E60 Ring Taxi Nurburgring Kyosho 1:18 08593RT Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast BMW M5 E60 reproduces the factory Ring Taxi, the V10-powered M5 that gave enthusiasts high-speed passenger laps around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, finished in full BMW Motorsport livery with Ring Taxi graphics and door numbering. A factory-special variant built for collectors assembling a Nürburgring or BMW M-car display, distinct in role and finish from the standard-color production M5 sold to retail customers worldwide.
BMW M5 E60 Ring Taxi Nurburgring Kyosho 1:18
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Brand
BMW
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08593RT
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About the BMW M5 E60 Ring Taxi Nurburgring Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast BMW M5 E60 reproduces the factory Ring Taxi, the V10-powered M5 used for passenger hot laps around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Finished in full BMW Motorsport livery over the E60 sedan body, it is a factory-special diecast aimed at Nürburgring and BMW M collectors rather than standard-M5 buyers.

The Ring Taxi is BMW's answer to a simple pitch: let paying visitors experience the Nürburgring Nordschleife from the passenger seat of a genuine M car, driven hard by a professional. Kyosho's tribute captures that program's most recognizable livery on the E60-generation M5.

Kyosho's BMW M5 E60 in Ring Taxi Livery

The Ring Taxi Program at the Nürburgring

BMW's Ring Taxi program put professional drivers behind the wheel of factory-liveried performance cars and sent paying passengers around the Nürburgring Nordschleife at racing pace. The M5 E60 wore the assignment particularly well: a four-door sedan with genuine motorsport pedigree, driven flat over the circuit's corners and elevation changes that define the Green Hell. Kyosho's diecast reproduces that specific livery, the BMW Motorsport tricolor stripes and Ring Taxi lettering placed exactly as they ran, rather than a generic M5 in showroom color.

The S85 V10 Beneath the Livery

Under the wrap sits the S85, BMW's 5.0-liter naturally aspirated V10 built with input drawn from the contemporary Formula 1 program, producing 500 horsepower through a seven-speed SMG sequential gearbox. That engine is what made the Ring Taxi credible rather than gimmicky: passengers were riding in a car that could genuinely exploit the Nordschleife's long straights and sudden direction changes. Kyosho's model carries the correct E60 proportions, quad exhaust tips, and the M5's characteristic power-dome hood, details that matter as much as the livery on a factory-special reproduction.

Diecast Build and Livery Registration

Panel Fit and Decal Placement

Kyosho casts the body in zinc alloy diecast, with doors, hood, and trunk opening on metal hinges that hold their position rather than drifting shut. The Ring Taxi decals are applied with tight registration around the character line and door shuts, a harder job on a factory-special livery than on a single-color production car because the stripe has to stay continuous across every panel gap. Lifting the model from its tray, the weight signals proper zinc alloy construction rather than a lightweight promotional toy, and that heft carries through when the doors are worked open and closed.

Interior and Wheel Detail

Inside, the cabin follows the E60's dashboard layout with molded switchgear and a mapped center console, while the wheels reproduce the alloy design the Ring Taxi cars actually wore, correctly offset within the arches rather than pushed too far inboard. None of this reaches the sealed-resin precision of a boutique specialist, and Kyosho does not pretend otherwise. What the diecast format buys instead is the opening doors and hood that let a Ring Taxi collector display the S85 engine bay, a trade a sealed resin piece could never offer.

Positioning This Factory Special in a BMW Collection

This M5 works best alongside other Nürburgring-themed pieces or a run of factory-special BMWs rather than parked next to a standard-color road M5, since the value here is the program tie-in, not paint rarity. Collectors chasing a complete E60 M5 story often pair a Ring Taxi example with a conventional colored car to show both sides of the same chassis: taxi duty and private ownership. At roughly 20 centimeters, the model sits comfortably in a standard 1:18 cabinet row. For anyone who has queued for a Ring Taxi lap in person, or simply follows Nürburgring culture, this is the more specific and more interesting version of the M5 E60 to own.

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