Like the 3 Series, the BMW 5 Series also comes in various iterations to cater to the needs of all kinds of customers. From the plush and luxurious core models, to the fuel-efficient electrified trim, to the performance trims; the 5 Series has it all. Carwow brought the two performance models, the M5 Competition and the M550i on a drag strip for a series of drag races, rolling races, and brake tests. These two had another M5 giving them company, but it was tuned to make 1,000 horses and over 800 pound-feet of torque. We obviously know who the winner here is, but can the M550i trump the more powerful M5 Competition to take the second place?

Why Is The 1000-Horsepower M5 Even There In The Race?

Both of them make 553 pound-feet of twist, but the M5 Competition makes 625 ponies, 95 more than the 530-horsepower M550i. The other M5 in the race features a built engine by a company called Evolve. It also features the same 4.4-liter, twin-turbo V-8, but produces 1,000 horses and 811 pound-feet of torque.

All the three cars have eight-speed automatic gearboxes and an all-wheel-drive system. Launch control is also present in all of them, but it can’t be used in the powerful M5, courtesy of all the extensive mods and retuned power outputs. As for their weights, M5 Competition is the lightest of the lot, weighing 4,177 pounds. The M550i is 44 pounds heavier than the M5 Competition, whereas the tuned M5 is the heaviest with a curb weight of 4,343 pounds.

Can The M550i Beat The M5 Competition?

The host pointed out something very interesting about the launch controls here. In the M5 Competition, the stability control must be switched off to activate the launch control. In the M550i, the stability control isn’t turned off completely when the Launch mode is activated. This plays a crucial part in this race since the drag strip is damp and you can see the difference in results when the M5 Competition takes off with the launch control in one race and without it in the other.

After a couple of drag races, the cars went up against each other in a couple of rolling races, in which the tuned M5 was in a different league while the M550i and the M5 Competition were the ones fighting for the second position. Finally, there was the brake test, which also was surprisingly won by the tuned M5. Other than the M550i, both the cars were fitted with carbon-ceramic brakes. But the tuned M5 took the shortest distance to halt from 70 mph and it seems to be because of the tires. Unlike the Pirelli P Zeros on the M550i and the M5 Competition, the tuned M5 is shod in Michelin Sports.

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