Wednesday, May 4, 2011
With the launch of Mercedes E63 at the New York Motor Show, the excitement surrounding the BMW M5 launch is at an all time high. Apparently BMW showcased the latest avatar of the M5 at a private function before a group of journalists from around the world sometime back. And it looks like the M5 is quite production ready in its concept form.
It is speculated that BMW’s sports saloon to come, could have the same 4.4 litre, twin-turbo V8 that the current generation has. It produces about 550 horses worth of power, and although the current generation V8 delivers 35 horses worth of power more than the standard Merc E63 (you need to pay extra for the 35 horses in the E63) and more power than the V10 which came with the previous generation M5 - an even better engine would make the M5 a sure winner between the two.
BMW had suggested that it may be using an All-Wheel drive for the M5 and they have confirmed the same - another feature that may give the M5, a much needed edge against Merc’s recently showcased E63, which is a Rear Wheel Drive.
Apart from the M5 being a 4X4, BMW has not revealed any other details. A long wheel base version was mentioned and was denied BMW officials. The LWB version is originally incorporated in BMW vehicles for the Chinese market and would’ve been a welcome change to the M5.
The BMW M5 will be launched sometime in 2012 and will feature BMW’s much hyped technology - Efficient Dynamics and other energy saving features that are common in this class of vehicles like the engine start-stop and brake energy regeneration functions. This will also decrease the fuel consumption of the M5 by 25 percent.
All we can say is that if BMW can do with the upcoming M5 what they it did for the current version of the car when it was launched - we are looking at one helluva of a vehicle coming our way.
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