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BMW M5

BMW M5 | evo

There’s never been a bad M5 and BMW isn’t about to break that winning streak with the new version. It ditches the old model’s V10 and necksnap-o-matic gearbox for a twin-turbo V8 and a far superior double clutch ‘box which restores the M5’s ability to cruise along drawing barely more attention than your neighbour’s 520d.

 



Happily, when you poke the buttons to sharpen up throttle response, steering weighting and damper behaviour the M5 becomes slightly or quite significantly more lairy, depending on how much you’d like to drive it like you rented it. Chris Harris spoke fondly of ‘the feeling of wellbeing you get when you drive it for several hours’ (evo 163) and its all round competence easily earns it a place at eCoTY.

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  • Engine|capacity
  • Peak Power
  • Peak Torque
  • 0-60
  • V8, 4395cc, twin-turbo
  • 552bhp @ 5750-7000rpm
  • 501lb ft @ 1500-5750rpm
  • 4.4sec
BMW M5
BMW M5
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