2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

[Mockngbrd]

0-100km in 4.4 seconds (E60 M5 took 5.7 seconds)
0-200km in 13 seconds

crazy!


2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

Ray Wert —This is it. Months after we drove a pre-production model out on a Swedish lake, here now are official images and details on the new BMW M5.

The unsurprising news? It looks exactly like the concept shown to a private group two months ago.

The semi-surprising news? The twin-turbo V8 engine is putting down a sub-Cadillac CTS-V 552 horses. Hell, the uber-Caddy's even got a good 50 more torques than the new M5. Did an American automaker just beat the Germans at the power war? It seems so.

In March, when Chris Harris drove the new F10-platformed M5 for us and EVO magazine, BMW wouldn't yet confirm what tweaks had been made to the X6M/X5M twin-turbo V8, but admitted to different intake and exhaust systems and cryptically stating it would be unlikely to let the M5 have less power than the hot-UVs. True to form, the new M5 has more than 547 HP.

Unfortunately for BMW, it's only a little bit more — 552 HP. While a sizable jump from the previous E60 M5's power output, it's still a few horsies short of the newest badass bomber from across the puddle — the Cadillac CTS-V.
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But really, the numbers aren't actually what's important here. The real important thing — as far as 'merican fanboys are concerned — is this is the first time a new BMW M5 has launched and a freakin' Cadillac can be considered the reference point on it. That's a shift of Teutonic proportions.
Here's what else we've learned from this leak of photos and data from AutoZeitung and BimmerPost:

0-100km in 4.4 seconds (E60 M5 took 5.7 seconds)
0-200km in 13 seconds
M-Drivers-Package will increase top speed from 250km/h to 305km/h
Active M-differential with torque vectoring
Possibly breaks 8min lap at Nurburgring
Tires are 265/35 ZR 20" front 295/30 ZR 20" rear
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More details will come next week ahead of the official unveiling at the M Festival next Thursday. But for the moment, feast your eyes on this Thanksgiving-sized feast of photos of car you've pretty much already seen — and we've even driven. (Hat tip to Ed!)

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[Leica]

Breaking News - 2012 BMW M5 Official Photos

From BMWBlog .com - To find out more interesting BMW news and stories, visit their site here.

Before the scheduled launch, photos of the 2012 BMW M5 has been leaked by AutoZeitung, a German magazine. The full specification is yet to be known, however, the same magazine hints that the 2012 BMW M5's engine will deliver 560 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 501 lb-ft of torque (680 Nm) at 1,500 rpm and will sprint to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 4.4 seconds. The M-Drivers-Package brings the top speed to 189 mph (305km/h). In these leaked photos, the 2012 M5 is shown in Montecarlo Blue exterior paint and with 265/35 ZR 20 front tires and 295/30 ZR 20 rear.

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Munich Automobiles

 

[totoseow]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

talk cock..since when is E60 m5 sprint to 100 in 5.7 sec?

http://www.fastestlaps.com/cars/bmw_m5_e60.html

 

[Mockngbrd]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

website say one... must hav been a typo of 1sec

 

[golfgti]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

uh oh bet there will a ton of M5 copy bodykits for 535 or 523... same issue as existing M5, u cant tell if its a real or fake.

 

[Oilman]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

Eeyer not nice.

 

[hoks]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

Twin turbo got hpfp failure or not?

But yeah, not enough effort to differentiate it from a non M 5er.

 

[MW]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

Eeyer not nice.

Eeyer I agree with u

 

[C3P0]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

The bonnet looks quite normal......

 

[jonleeck]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

The bonnet looks quite normal......

huh , how does a abnormal bonnet look like?

 

[golfgti]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

huh , how does a abnormal bonnet look like?

hes talking abt the powerdome of the m3. like the subaru wrx, the scoop/dome makes the top variants stand out

 

[C3P0]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

hes talking abt the powerdome of the m3. like the subaru wrx, the scoop/dome makes the top variants stand out

Exactly bro. That's what I meant.

 

[kenntona]

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Twin turbo Ms !!! Juice-able !!!

In a few years' time, all top-range BMWs will be forced induced.......

 

[hitmee]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

uh oh bet there will a ton of M5 copy bodykits for 535 or 523... same issue as existing M5, u cant tell if its a real or fake.

U mean mw?

Twin turbo got hpfp failure or not?

But yeah, not enough effort to differentiate it from a non M 5er.

Confirmed have!

Twin turbo Ms !!! Juice-able !!!

In a few years' time, all top-range BMWs will be forced induced.......

When have triple turbo?

 

[delrosa81]

Re: 2011 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

uh oh bet there will a ton of M5 copy bodykits for 535 or 523... same issue as existing M5, u cant tell if its a real or fake.

Ya man, now got ppl selling M3 lookalike bodykits. Saw so many fake M3s on the road.......