A pair of 2018 BMW M5 prototypes have been spotted testing around the Nurburgring, as test engineers further fine tune the iconic sports sedan. BMW has already released most of the details regarding the new M5, including the standard xDrive system. The M xDrive system enables the rear-biased set-up by only bringing the front wheels into play when the rear wheels aren’t able to transmit any more power to the road and additional tractive force is required. The driver can choose from five different configurations based on combinations of the DSC modes (DSC on, MDM, DSC off) and M xDrive modes (4WD, 4WD Sport, 2WD).
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The M5 retains the individual settings seen in the current generation M5 – for its steering, engine, suspension and gearbox shift speed. As announced also, the new M5 drops the 7-Speed Double Clutch Transmission in favor of an eight-speed M Automatic. Furthermore, the six-speed manual – as we know it from the F10 M5 – is now gone.
In the footage below, you can already see the new LED headlights with an LED eyebrow running across the top reaches the outer edge of the twin kidney grilles, along with enhanced wheel arches and a rear diffuser supporting the trademark quad-outlet exhaust.
The final figure of the new M5 will be 600 PS ( 441 kw) giving the sports sedan a standard sprint time of 3.8 seconds. BMW will unveil the M5 next week.
Can’t possibly be 3.8, that’s what the 30 Jahre does
Yes. Without launch control
Too bad the parking garage 7 didn’t have launch control: 7-0 floors in 3.1 secs.
I guess it will be 3.3 Secs on the paper and 3.1 secs in reality with 4WD. 3.7 seconds should be possible with RWD mode, thanks to the new 8 speed automatic, 70-100 kilos less weight and 70 Nm more torque than the 30 Jahre Bmw M5 F10.
I heard the 0-100 sprint would take 3.5 seconds with launch control
No, it’s under 3.5 seconds, as Dailybimmer says: 3.3 on paper with 4WD and 3.1 in reality, possibly 3.0 flat. That would be INSANE! No question: the F90 M5 will DESTROY the competition!
Keep on dreaming, typical bmw idiot fan.As long as there is E63 AMG, the shitty m5 will always lag far behind.
Plot Twist: you are a “typical Merc idiot fan”.
But seriously, the M5 has always been and always will be the better drivers car than the E63. Yes the current gen E63 was faster in a straight line but only thanks to the added traction. And that’s okay. Mercedes doesn’t have to be as fast around a track or as fun to drive as the M5. It only needs to be very fast and comfortable. And it does both.
Stop this BS. BMW and Merc are evenly matched in many ways. They’re both very good. If you can’t admit that, then you’re pathetic.
Bye.
BMW weren’t obliged to buy an independent tuner to compete with M. So let him keep dreaming.
M = the most senseless letter in the world. AMG = Add More Gas and see the fastest bmw in your rear view mirror.
Actually, M is Motorsport, and has been active @ BMW for 5 decades – Batmobile CSL, M1, M3, M5. Of course, BMW started winning long before that, with the original pre-war 328. AMG stands for Additional Money, Gunther! Which is Mercedes needed to buy AMG to compete with M.
bmw can’t be evenly matched with the king Mercedes-Benz. BMW always lags behind, and by a very wide margin. Don’t you believe me? Then look at the global sales figures.
Global sales figures tell me that BMW sold more than Mercedes for more than 10 years in a row you imbecil.
While Mercedes as busy with Chrysler! The partnership of, um, eguals.
Of course they can’t be matched: BMW have a motorcycle division (motorcycles), Mercedes have a commercial division (cabs, busses, delivery vans, garbage trucks). Mercedes have reclaimed their sales crown by going down market & entering into Japanese co-production, BMW are scraping by with record margins from the new 5. Mercedes are dieselgate, BMW are a software update.
Sounds much better than before.
BMW has finally caught up with the RS7 performance.lol
By having awd? Still no hunchback.
The E63 AMG will easily eat this crap for breakfast (as it always did).
Actually, Mercedes will sell you their AMG crap in a 4 cyl. hatchback. Which, like the E, is pretty much indistinguishable from the rest of the line. The E hasn’t always eaten the M5 (if ever) – in fact, Mercedes had to buy AMG just to compete.
The pathetic m always lagged behind and it always will. The AMG belongs to Mercedes-Benz, and that’s it. The fact is that it destroys the senseless m in all holes.
How old are you? You sound like a stupid 10 year old kid.
Why are you even here? We don’t go on Merceses blog to bash om Mercedes and go tell stupid shit that ain’t true.
BMW and Mercedes recognize each other as main competitor. Reason? They both make very good cars, choosing between the 2 is a matter of preference. So just su with your BS.
I like the Mercedes Infiniti sells.
Wrong again. M has existed since the ’70’s, when CSLs were winning. Mercedes bought AMG when they were Daimler Chrysler.