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08-19-2009, 08:49 AM
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09-16-2009, 10:41 PM
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The first confirmed prototype for the next-generation BMW M5 has been spotted testing on the Nurburgring. A thin fabric bra covering the prototype's front fascia can't hide the clear M-style front-bumper design. With BMW M's trademark quad exhaust set-up poking out from the rear bumper, and large, cross-drilled rotors accenting the beefed-up braking system, the prototype has all of the necessary M cues.
Reports still vary on what engine will power the next M5. Early reports spoke of increasing the displacement of today's 5.0-liter V10 to 5.5-liters, perhaps augmented with turbocharging. But with the arrival of the company's twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 engine in the X5 M and X6 M, we think it's highly likely that a version of this engine is on tap for the next M5 and M6 as well. At least in terms of acceleration numbers, a switch to the direct-injected, twin-turbo V8 likely wouldn't be a step down. In the X6 M, this engine makes 555 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 500 pound-feet of torque from 1,500-5,650 rpm. Compare that to the current 5.0-liter V10's 500 hp at 7,750 rpm and 383 lb-ft at 6,100 rpm. However, the twin-turbo V8's lower rpm thresholds might be troubling for purists. Now that full-on M5 prototypes are making test runs, the chances of nailing down what's under the hood in the coming weeks have gotten much better. Spy Photos: Turbocharged BMW M5 on the Nurburgring | Straightline Blog on Edmunds' Inside Line
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08-18-2009, 08:57 PM
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I could easily see, and expect BMW to use either the same TTV8 currently in use, or a newer version of it for the 550i. Which would leave the TTV10 for the M5.
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09-18-2009, 02:46 PM
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HA! I know one of the guys in a photo above! He took me for a ride in a US spec M6 a couple years ago on the Autobahn and country roads north of Ulm. It was absolutely the most afraid I have ever been. If I didn't know he was an M test driver I would have asked to get out!
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09-18-2009, 02:56 PM
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So because he a M test driver you wouldnt mind to die next to him...  anything can happen when you are going fast waving around curves.
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