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I have no choice but to cut off all the extra spending, entertainment, showgirls, gadgets, you name it, so I can start saving money before the next generation BMW M5 will come out in 2012. No seriously, not even kidding this time…….

I don’t often get super excited about new models, it usually takes a while for a new bimmer to sink in and be accepted by me, but the moment I saw this rendering of the F10 BMW M5, I just fell in love. The design lines are just rights, very masculine and muscular, a wide body, extremely aggressive but yet still appealing even to the most conservative BMW fans - yes, I’m one of them.

But what I love the most about this new rendering is the fact that it does NOT resemble in any way the new 7 Series. I honestly got tired of seeing all those photoshops of the next 5er being based on the bodystyle of the 7 Series.

As many people close to BMW have said, the cars are absolutely different and the only slightly similar design element are the headlights.

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Well, we have seen a lot of strange things posted on our blog in the last few years, right? I mean, we saw an orange painted M5 and a wannabe BMW, but have you ever seen a gold plated M5? I didn’t think so….neither did we.

So this gold plated BMW M5 was spotted on the roads of Moscow and quite frankly, it simply makes my head spinning just by looking at it. The  car has been creating a lot of buzz all over the web, some believe it’s an insult to a BMW car, others, more extravagant, like the show off look of this car and the yellow shine that makes it stand out.

Hopefully this one won’t be carjacked like the gold plated Porsche in Moscow last year.

As far as I myself, if I were to own a beautiful, classy M5, I think I will just leave it the way it is, no need to modify a car that has all it needs.

More photos after the jump

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One of the most popular comparisons on our blog has always been the one between the BMW M5, one of the fastest sport luxury sedans, and the runner-up from Detroit, Cadillac CTS-V, a less expensive vehicle that offers impressive performance.

The BMW M5 is powered by a 5.0 liter V10 engine producing 500 horsepower and 383 lb-ft of torque. Some drive tests revealed a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds.

The runner-up CTS-V has a far more powerful engine under the hood, a 6.2 liter V8 with 551 horsepower and 551 lb-ft of torque. 0-6o time is around 4.2 seconds.

Price difference between the two aforementioned vehicles is quite significant, the M5 tested by the folks at Cars.com has a price tag of $94,000, while the CTS-V was priced at $60,000. Now let’s see how they stack against each other.

Google Street View: Yup, no more privacy in this world and we’re here to confirm it again. The unique but weird looking Orange Lumma BMW M5 has been spotted again through the wonderful eye of Google Street View.

Courtesy of  the folks at BushAutoblog, the Orange BMW M5, or by its real name CLR 500 RS, was found on the map right across from the Sheraton Park Tower in Knightsbridge, UK. The BMW Lumma CLR 500 RS is powered by a V10 engine that delivers 560 HP and it tops out at 203 mph.

As a trademark, Lumma painted their M5 in this orange color, liked by some, but disliked by many others. As far as myself, I prefer the black matte finish we’ve seen before.As BushAutoblog points out as well, the car is registered in Dubai, which for some reason doesn’t surprise me.

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This is a never ending comparison and for the past year or so, we have published several articles on it, starting with the Cadillac CTS-V being faster on track than the BMW M5, then we debated on whether one should choose the CTS-V over the M5 and last but least, a showdown between MB C63 AMG, CTS-V and M5.

The folks at MotorWeek took the afermentioned cars for a road test and let’ see which one they chose:

Cadillac confirmed itself as a true uber-sport sedan builder in 2004 with the factory-tuned CTS-V. Now caddy has kicked it up a notch with their all-new 2009 CTS-V. And what better way to test out its prowess than to pit it against Germany’s tuner sedan flagship, BMW’s M5. This match-up was too big for our town, so we’ve come to Georgia’s Roebling Road Raceway for a heavyweight smack down.

The BMW M5 enters this fray with the confidence of experience, having defended its title against any number of young street brawlers over the years, including the original CTS-V.

The BMW M5 is the more solid-feeling and composed of the two. Its more refined suspension and flexible power band show it to be truly at home on the track.

The Caddy puts up impressive numbers and is the more immediately entertaining of the two, but you get the feeling you’re conquering the track rather than cooperating with it.

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The Audi versus BMW comparison articles have been increasing over the last year or so. While the Mercedes-Benz is considered a traditional competitor to BMW, Audi is more and more moving into that spot.

Many BMW officials have acknowledged several times that Audi is competing with them on all the segments and they are seen more and more as their primary competitor.

In the past, we covered many articles which put different BMWs and Audis head-to-head, like the Audi A5 vs. 330i or 335i vs S5.

Today, 4RingBlog.com goes a bit further and writes an article on the BMW M5 vs. the Audi S6. Of course, at a first glance, a fair comparison would have been between the M5 and the RS6, but unfortunately for the Audi fans, that model is not available in the U.S …..yet.

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Let me start by saying that the BMW M5 is one of the best looking and most valuable BMW models. But went a tuner goes overboard and transforms the M5 into a Honda Civic look-alike, with some German features, then I have a problem.

We have seen the modded M5 from G-Power with its 730 horsepower, so we know that it’s possible to have a fast M5 and still keep the classy look. But a Japanese tuner proves us wrong and takes the modding art to a whole nother level, by turning this M5 Sedan into….well, I don’t even know what to call it.

Let me start bitching about the oversized “Supra” like mufflers that flask an air difuser. And if that wasn’t obvious enough, then the 5 ft by 1.5 ft wing sitting on the trunk, definitely makes me cringe.

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I couldn’t resist not posting these photos the moment I saw them. I mean, you don’t get every day to see an orange BMW, especially an M5 Touring. The weird looking orange painted M5 Touring was spotted in Stockholm, Sweden and initially it seemed like it just came out of the paint shop.

There was a rumor in the beginning that the car was not actually painted, but rather “dressed up” with a foiling tape, as we have seen in the past. I keep staring at the photos and I cannot wonder what went through the owner’s head, why would someone want to paint their car orange, especially a beautiful M5 Touring?!

Well, there are many strange things in this world, but who are we to judge the “crazy bimmer fans” ? 

P.S that Silver trim just doesn’t go with the orange paint.

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This BMW M5 whether or not you like the exhaust sound is extremely loud. I think this car would be legal here in the states. I’m not a big fan of mods on German cars, but this BMW pulls it off. I really like those red headlights.

Modded M5 E60 Loud Exhaust Sound

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I was browsing Youtube the other night and came across a BMW M5 commercial which apparently was banned from TV. It’s an older commercial since the M5 advertised is the previous generation model, codename E39. 

I could also established from the video that the commercial was supposed to air in UK since the caption says: “The BMW M5. Fastest saloon car on the planet”. Saloon is the equivalent of sedan and it’s a very common word in the UK.

In my opinion, the commercial is very creative but I do see why TV stations would ban it.

P.S A reader just emailed me and said that some countries did air the commercial, for example South Africa.