2005 BMW M5 News *Official Pics*

[Vintalage]

When we gave you details on BMW’s new M5 due here next summer (Cover, April 26), we had to read between the lines to get the full picture. Now BMW has released the first official photos and more details.

At the new M5’s heart is a purpose-built 5.0-liter V10 delivering 507 hp. With individual throttle butterflies, BMW’s bi-Vanos variable valve timing, dual-flow stainless steel exhaust system and a stratospheric 8250-rpm redline, the BMW delivers its 507 hp at 7750 rpm and 383 lb-ft 6100 rpm. This is up 107 hp and 15 lb-ft on the outgoing model’s 4.9-liter V8 engine, making the new M5 is the most powerful road-going BMW ever.

The engine is mated to a third-generation version of BMW’s sequential manual gearbox (SMG), now boasting seven forward ratios and new electronics to speed shift times 20 percent. With 11 different shift programs, six in manual mode and five in automatic, the driver can tailor the gearbox’s action to suit the conditions. There’s even a launch control function.

Another new feature is the M5’s power button. At start up, the driver is given access to 400 hp in a default program, dubbed P400. Depressing the button unleashes P500 and the engine’s full 507 hp wallop along with a more responsive throttle. In P500 BMW says the new car will hit 60 mph in 4.7 seconds and its 155 mph top speed in 14.9 sec. With its speed-limiting chip removed, BMW says its new sedan will reach 205 mph, although company policy prohibits official modification, even at the dealer level.

Underpinning the new M5 is a modified version of the 5-series’ MacPherson strut (front) and multi-link (rear) suspension. While the geometry and pick-up points are the same, the ride height has been reduced and more negative camber added to handle cornering forces BMW claims can top 1.3 g.

The new car also adopts electronic damping control (EDC), providing the driver with three stiffness levels: comfort, normal and sport. The EDC is linked to the M5’s power steering system, which provides the driver two assistance levels.

There’s also two-stage dynamic stability control (DSC); the first stage with grip levels corresponding to a standard 5-series, the second stage, dubbed M Dynamic, allowing what BMW describes as “greater levels of slip.” Helping to rein the new M5 in are impressive looking 14.75-inch (front) and 14.5-inch (rear) ventilated and cross-drilled steel discs with twin-piston aluminum calipers. BMW says 62 to 0 mph takes less than 118 ft and 124 to 0 mph less than 460 ft.

BMW claims the new M5 can lap the Nürburgring, where much of its development was done, in 8 minutes, 25 seconds less than the outgoing M5.

- Autoweek

[Jagey]

this car will be mine, mark my words. Although they will probably redesign it with more power when I am in the market for one.

[AMRAAM4]

IHI from the front....from the back...and give that ass a slap!

[hotgt]

dddaaaaaayyyyuuuummmm....


pure hotness...

I love that car.

[DumpsterDamon]

looks very similar to the new 745i which is pure hotness.

well it doesnt impress me too much. first of all, where the hell are the foglights? if i pay that much i want some on there. second of all, 383 tq??? thats not a lot...oh well.

[hotgt]

^^take your fogs, ill take me OEM angel eye HID projectors...

[crazypontiac03]

I love that car, never be able to afford one but dam!

[Vintalage]

Originally Posted by rodd62

well it doesnt impress me too much. first of all, where the hell are the foglights? if i pay that much i want some on there. second of all, 383 tq??? thats not a lot...oh well.

"...155 mph top speed in 14.9 sec"

[GrandAmChick]

Originally Posted by Vintalage

"...155 mph top speed in 14.9 sec"

heh.. that stood out in my mind most.. whoa.

The looks don't impress me much tho. I hate the shape of these new headlights. The rest is oook.. very Z3/8ish. The lines that continue thru the hood are pretty sweetl. Don't like the ass end at all -- very plain n boring. Except the exhaust. I like the older M3s better.

Hopefully the M4 will be nicer..

fine, you take your 14.9 to 155 and ill take my ability to see thru the fog...

[Grand_Damn]

whoa...look at that little shifter.

[EBlend]

omg BMW used to be my favourite car, M5 was my dream car, and still is, but the older model and not this peice of sh*t kia lookalike

WHY DID BMW RUIN ALL THEIR MODELS!

They went from agressive looking M5, 7, 3 to a new playdoh style ripped off from like kia or some daewoo crap! SO UGLY!!!!!!! I would never buy the new BMW models, when i am in the market for one later in life, i am looking for a used M5 from the older generation, that car could wet my pants when looking from the front...was so agressive...this car is just well.....looks like any other new car on the road, round and just blends in with the rest, nothing special. I mean i would rather buy the new 300M from chrysler then this new M5, at least that car has style

i saw a new 5 today, but just the corner of the back at frost and mistook it for a wrx...how sad i felt. and not at my ability to distinguish cars either.

Originally Posted by EBlend

I mean i would rather buy the new 300M from chrysler then this new M5, at least that car has style

You mean the 300c?

[fschambe]

Originally Posted by rodd62

fine, you take your 14.9 to 155 and ill take my ability to see thru the fog...

Sour grapes... FOG LIGHTS DON'T DO SH!T ANYWAY...

[hotgt]

i think this car looks a hell of a lot more aggressive then the last M5..

[VTECSiGAH8R]

This thing is pure butter as far as the drivetrain goes. I saw a pic of the engine disassembled, parts everywhere neatly arranged. It's amazing!

I'm waiting for the STS-v. I really want to see if GM is serious about that. Claims are an LS2 or LS7 supercharged w/ 600 hp. If that is true, wow. BTW, GM also has CTS-v "plus" running around with a purported 500 hp LS7.

Things should be getting interesting soon in the ultra high performance luxury segment with MB, GM, and BMWs next gen offerings.

[Vintalage]

And Lexus.