So you were able to convince the wife that the BMW M5 Touring was the perfect vehicle to carry around the 2.5 kids, but your bachelor buddies who don’t know a thing about cars are still teasing because you bought a wagon. What is an ulta-rich insecure soccer dad to do?
It seems Japanese tuner Mitaka has your self esteem.
The kit includes no performance parts because BMW is already pretty damn good at doing it themselves. Instead this program includes a new front bumper, new side sills, a rear roof spoiler and a new four pipe exhaust system. The most interesting part of this kit is the bright orange paintjob on the body and also on the 21 inch alloy wheels. The addition of matte black makes the orange stand out more and even gives your kids a chalkboard to do their homework.
Cadillac keeps gunning for the Germans. This time Road and Track helped facilitate the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V’s “anytime, anywhere” challenge to the BMW M5. In the October 2008 issue, the magazine sets up a slugfest at Monticello Motor Club, 90 miles northwest of Manhattan. Each company gets to choose who drives these super sedans. BMW flies in its veteran racer Bill Auberlen, and General Motors chooses its Performance Vehicle Operations Director John Heinricy to pilot its rocket.
It’s a relatively good match up. The CTS-V has an over 50 horsepower advantage, but it also has a 150 lbs disadvantage. The new kid on the block also has the best advantage over the M5, about $28,000 less for the Caddy.
In the end the Cadillac’s best run was half a second quicker than the BMW. Victory for America! But BMW isn’t too disappointed, a new M5 is on the horizon…
BMW owners have had a love/hate relationship with the iDrive since it first appeared in 2002. Some loved the extra features it added to the cars, and others couldn’t understand how the company who builds the ultimate driving machine could possibly install something so complicated that it distracts from the road. Now in an effort to appease both sides, BMW is introducing a simpler, but still technology-filled, iDrive.
With the launch of the first official images of the facelift M3, BMW also announced that the 2009 M3, M5 and M6 will feature the new generation iDrive control system which will facilitate even easier activation and control of the most important entertainment, communication and navigation features as well as a number of other functions.
The models BMW M5 and BMW M5 Touring, the BMW M6 Coupe and the BMW M6 Convertible are all equipped with the new iDrive control system as standard. It also comes with the BMW M3 in conjunction with an optionally available navigation system.
Press release after the jump.
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BMW will unveil the new 5-Series in 2009, with the M version appearing the next year. According to the latest spy shots, the M5 will lose the current 5.0-liter V10 in favor of a new twin-turbo V8. But don’t worry, the output will still be bigger than in the current M5.
The new V8 is said to be a tuned version of the engine used in the X6, sending around 540bhp to the rear wheels. Other features on the future M5 will include direct fuel injection and a seven-speed twin-clutch transmission.
After the unveiling of the W204 Black Bison based on the Mercedes C-Class, Wald international revealed a new masterpiece: its customized Bmw M5. Although the M5 body kit is sporty enough this didn’t stop Wald International to improve the aerodynamics of the vehicle.
Their new kit includes a new front lip spoiler with carbon fiber insertions, new side skirts, a carbon fiber lip spoiler and a re-designed rear bumper with integrated air diffuser and exhaust system. Unfortunately no prices were revealed yet, but stay tuned!
Although most of you know that Wald International is specialised in tuning especially Japanese vehicles, the company unveiled is customization program for the BMW M5. The new body kit of the German car shows even more sportivity for its 500 hp.
The kit for the vehicle consists in a carbon fiber front lip spoiler, carbon fiber front grilles, new side sills and a rear spoiler featuring an air diffuser with integrated exhaust system.
BMW is already working on the fifth-generation M5 and its official debut will be made in 2011. Mercedes is currently working on a ground-up redesign of the E63 that will appear in 2009.
The new 5-series, due in 2010, will be an obvious evolution of today’s design, and the new M5 is expected to use the current V10, bored out to 5.5 litres. The engine will have an out of 550 hp, making the M5 a serious competition for Mercedes.
It is also likely to get a direct injection, turbocharged unit, to reduce emissions. The engines will be available with either the six-speed manual gearbox or the new seven-speed M DCT double-clutch transmission.
On January 31st at 13:20 pm at the high speed racetrack at Papenburg the 730hp G-POWER M5 HURRICANE reaches a top speed of exact 360km/h and with it broke the old world record for the fastest street legal BMW of 331,78 km/h.
The M5 Hurricane is powered by a 5.0-litre V10 engine that delivers 730 hp. When they unveiled the tuning-kit they say it will hit a top speed of 340 km/h, but the Papenburg record broke any expectations.
The M5 Ute is based on a E39 M5. A guy who decided he can’t wait for GM to decided on bringing their new pickup based on the G8, so he took his M5, put a little passion and created a Ute that is capable of 460hp.
He took a Holden SS for comparison, even if Holden is bit bigger in width and length then the M5. The final result wanted to be a Ute with some styling changes that would stand it apart from any normal M5.
Under the hood their is a 4.9 (5 liter) V8 M5 that engine makes about 400-420hp, but the plan is to obtain at least 600hp from a stock engine with stock headers.
Read more about the M5 Ute in here.
G-Power is not making jokes when it comes about BMW models. They startd with the M3 CSL V10 and now confirmed it with the new M5 Hurricane. The name says it all, doesn’t it?
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