X5 "M" Testing in South Carolina

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by sch

From worldcarfans.com - BMW X5 engine details

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080302....ails-whispered

Our people inside the corridors of power at BMW have sent us one of two interesting messages regarding the strength of the next top-of-the-range X5.

Firstly, the sources say the vehicle will not be named iS as have been previously, although this is not yet confirmed even within BMW itself. However, what has been let out the bag as the proverbial cat, is how talented the X5 king will be on tar.

Brandishing the same 4.4 V8 petrol with two turbos strapped to it as what we’ve seen in the X6 xDrive 50, the X5 promises to take us to 405kW/ 543 bhp and over 700Nm of supplied torque. The engine has obviously been remapped and tweaked to supply these astounding SUV numbers. Zero to 100km/h may be a matter settled in around 5 seconds with the normal top speed limited to 250km/h. Power will go to all four wheels via xDrive, which is claimed to be the fastest-reacting 4x4 system in the world.

Take that article with grain of salt.

[sch]

Any idea on ETA? Fall production?

[CGSTL]

Soooooo...... Any updates or rumors coming your way?

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

Take that article with grain of salt.

[cue03]

Whenever this becomes available it will have a hefty tag associated with it. Performance comes at a price. I bet this thing will suck petrol worse than a hooker on payday.

For me it will be either this or the Cayenne GTS. I love the looks of the BMW over the Cayenne though. But the GTS will be a nice ride for sure.

Curtis

[chilliwilli]

Bump...

[LeMansX5]

There will not be any X5 ///M. Performance X5 thread is here.