More fantastic BMW M5 news!!!

[Sir_GT]

MORE FANTASTIC BMW M5 NEWS!!!

Following the Concept M5 revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2004, BMW has announced first details of the upcoming M5 to be launched in Europe in January 2005. The M5 features unique front and rear facias and side sills, BMW M's signature four tailpipes, and wider wheelarches housing the 19-inch M5 wheel design. The front fenders incorporate an air duct which helps engine bay cooling, and a new door mirror design.

The fourth generation M5 will be the most powerful BMW road car ever built, generating 507bhp and surpassing 100bhp per litre.The new BMW M5 is powered by a normally aspirated five-litre V10 engine - a first for BMW - with the two five-cylinder banks arranged at a 90-degree angle. Redlined at 8,250rpm, the 507bhp and 520Nm of torque propels the car from zero to 62mph in 4.7seconds and to 124mph in 15 seconds before reaching an electronically limited top speed of 155mph.

Power is transmitted through a seven-speed sequential gearbox with Drivelogic, which offers eleven different change patterns. The new M5 also features a new DSC traction control system specifically developed for the car. The M5 also comes with an 'MDrive' button on the steering wheel, offering a one-touch function that changes the settings on the car to an enhanced sporting character. This is set up via iDrive with the owner choosing SMG, Electronic Damper Control and DSC modes and the rate of support of the Active Seat Control side bolsters. Once programmed, the driver presses the MDrive button to transform the character of the M5.

The functions of the Head-up Display alter depending on the driving mode selected. The default setting sees speed, navigation instructions, check control messages and cruise control settings projected onto the windscreen in the driver's line of sight. However, if MDrive is activated the display changes to a rev counter including vehicle speed that both flash at the driver when the next gear needs to be selected.

source: - www.cardesignnews.com


HOLEEEEEEEE... *secrets body fluids*

It FLASHES?! WTF?! It's 60,000 quid super-luxury, real-life, gran turismo car!!!

Forget the CLS55 AMG, this is THE car to have!

*squirting sound*

[Ziploc]

neat

[JiggaStyles09]

hmmm, i really hope that the 0-100 km/h is conservatively rated. because the E55 does it in low 4s i believe according to some magazines, and this damned M5 better be faster in a straight line than the E55 or im going to be dissappointed :x (as i dont think there is much doubt that it will handle better).

maybe its because of the torque issue as the E55 has like 515, in that case the M5 should be able to overtake it in the 1/4 mile.

[RC45]

Sounds like a GT-R Skyline for aging baby-boomers... :P

[sameerrao]

Sounds like a GT-R Skyline for aging baby-boomers...


Just missing a g-counter and a lap timer. :D

[fabro_s]

Excellent!!

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

apart from the handling, i think that the BMW is going to be at least 80 kilograms lighter,......but merc anyway or AMG is probably getting some improvement on the E55 AMG as well.....such as an improved gearbox(perhaps lighter), with more gears(at least 6, or they get their famous 7 speed gearbox)...a more powerful engine,..its easy to tune the 5.5 compresor engine for them once theyve got versions of 626 bhp and 580 bhp as well., some trim in the handling of the merc........see what happens nonetheless

[twboy1999]

there are some stupid parts about the new m5

before u can atually race race someone... do u knwo how many button u have to press?

1. dsc off
2. sport on
3. suspenstion setting
4. power ( when u start up the car is 400hp, when u want to race, u press power, and the engine has 500) thats fucking gay

[blah]

Who doesnt turn that stuff off when you start the car though? :twisted: :twisted:
Also i though the E Class was getting the 65 engine, since the C class is getting the 55.

[IgotWRXed]

isnt the 65 engine the same as the 600 engine? just the 60 is a TTv12? isnt it the same power?

[Sir_GT]

Sounds like a GT-R Skyline for aging baby-boomers... :P

lol.


Mind you, the M5 is far more practical than a skyline. I would never spend 50,000 quid on a nissan. 60,000 on a very well built, top quality german sedan with sub-5 second acceleration sounds much more practical.


And what's this crap about a straight line? Many mercs will go faster than a lot of sports cars in a straight line... that doesn't mean that they'll handle better. They never do. Not with a heavy chassis, heavy body, and a dodgy automatic gearbox.

[tigerx]

And what's this crap about a straight line? Many mercs will go faster than a lot of sports cars in a straight line... that doesn't mean that they'll handle better. They never do. Not with a heavy chassis, heavy body, and a dodgy automatic gearbox.


*cough**cough**cough* do not start dissing merc*cough**cough* we recently have one of our best member leave the site becuz of a major flame war in a bmw vs. merc trhead.

[Tomerville]

Too many electronics taking away the drivers sense of connection with the road IMO.

[68-998]

Too many electronics taking away the drivers sense of connection with the road IMO.

That's why I don't have ANY electronics. The closest thing I have to electronics is my Tacho :).

Anyway, thats a bit off topic.

On topic, the M5 looks very nice as well.

http://www.caranddriver.com/assets/image/762004174347.jpg

All the electronics are good for people who want a car they can drive around town safely in the wet, and still blast around a track on the weekend if they want to.

[gottacatchup]

All the electronics are good for people who want a car they can drive around town safely in the wet, and still blast around a track on the weekend if they want to.

Agreed, most people who buy this car a.k.a young CEO's or really old CEO's aren't gonna want to take this car to the limit all the time or ever for that matter. I doubt many M5's will ever see a track day so the electronics are good for thos people who need help handling 400/500 bhp on a rainy day and don't know what they're doing.

I know in my BMW on a wet day the tail has started to come around on me but the asm kicked in right away and i didn't have to deal with it, which was nice cause i really wasn't expecting the tail to come out.

And if you dont like all the electronics and think they take away from the driving experience then go buy and elise or turn them off.

[ahmedgiyab]

actually the acceleration is the same as the E55 AMG's..... :wink:

[5vz-fe]

All the electronics are good for people who want a car they can drive around town safely in the wet, and still blast around a track on the weekend if they want to.

Agreed, most people who buy this car a.k.a young CEO's or really old CEO's aren't gonna want to take this car to the limit all the time or ever for that matter. I doubt many M5's will ever see a track day so the electronics are good for thos people who need help handling 400/500 bhp on a rainy day and don't know what they're doing.

I know in my BMW on a wet day the tail has started to come around on me but the asm kicked in right away and i didn't have to deal with it, which was nice cause i really wasn't expecting the tail to come out.

And if you dont like all the electronics and think they take away from the driving experience then go buy and elise or turn them off.

Acutally most ppl who buy M5s are true car enthusiast, just goto BMWM5.com. Having that said, alot of current M5 owners should be equally happy about the new 7-speed SMG box.

[Sir_GT]

RS6>M5

I believe, because of those two cars being so close to each other, that ends up becoming a matter of opinion.

Mind you, if the M5 comes out with a touring version which is as good as the sedan, that would be the version I might be looking at.

[schnell318]

I don´t think there will be a touring version of the M5...sad :(
As for the head up display altering it´s function when MDrive is activated, that is just one of the coolest things I´ve ever heard :D :D

I don´t think it will be much faster than the E55 in a straight line but I´m 100% it will completely out handle it :twisted: so in the end it will be much faster. Got my fingers crossed :)

[bmagni]

really cool, maybe its too many buttons, but its a spuer saloon not a supercar so its ok for it, if u want a fast car with not so many electronics buy something else