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Originally Posted by solstice
The M6GC I believe was produced to September 2018 while the F90 M5 started production in December 2017 so overlapping a new generation M sedan while an older coupe version of the car is in production has recently been done. So this would not in itself be unprecedented.
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That's right. So in that case they obviously determined that it made the most sense to do it that way. But that doesn't mean that it would make sense in every other case. To wit, you are no doubt aware that the M6 was the last of its kind for the foreseeable future. That fact could very well have played a role in the decision to release the M5 as early as they did this time.
Whatever the reason, it clearly did not become the new normal for all M product launches since two counter examples - the X5/X6 M I already mentioned, and the X3/X4 M as well - have occurred since.