New M5 has a 5.0L V10 with 493hp?

[MrPayne]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?news/a...y.php?id=41099

Wednesday 22nd October 2003



M5 Powering Up For Launch


ngineers have lifted the lid on the new M5 - and it looks like BMW has gone power mad. Exclusive pictures in the current issue of Auto Express magazine show early reports that the V8 unit from the last version would be dropped in favour of a V10 are true, and the result is a 493bhp supercar-chaser that will be racing up alongside Mercedes' E55 AMG by the end of next year.

Thanks to the 5.0-litre engine, the M5's power output has increased by 93bhp, while torque is up 10 per cent to a huge 550Nm. Unlike on rivals from Mercedes, Audi and Jaguar, the firm has shunned the use of turbo or superchargers in favour of the smooth delivery of a normally aspirated unit. Performance is still expected to be blistering, with 0-62mph covered in 4.5 seconds and a limited 155mph top speed.

Power will be fed through a revised version of the M3's six-ratio SMG gearbox, but some other hi-tech aids may be left on the options list. A traction-control system will be fitted, along with the Dynamic Drive suspension set-up, but the German firm's new Active Steering could be frowned upon by buyers who want a more raw experience. The car will be officially revealed in the metal for the first time at the Detroit Motor Show in January, with production starting next autumn.

For those who want even more performance, a lightweight CSL version set to produce 542bhp is also in the pipeline. After the M5 project has been finished, BMW's motorsport division will turn its hand to the next M3. As with its 5-Series stablemate, this will get more cylinders, with the straight-six being replaced by a potent V8 when the newcomer goes on sale in 2006. Chris Thorp

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Really, I'm not impressed. Hopefully this is just a case of bad journalism.

[Duke]

Now the more appropriate question is, is there room to slap on a S/C for that beast?

[Hedoniste]

Sorry to hear that. I hoped that the V10 was going to delivred more than 500 HP! I belived that it was going to delivred 550 HP...

[tdc]

Pure speculation. And there's no reason they would make a CSL version as the first letter contradicts it - COUPE.

[RichP]

Originally posted by tdc
Pure speculation. And there's no reason they would make a CSL version as the first letter contradicts it - COUPE.

Nice SSL version.

and yes, its pure speculation; even with only 500 hp, you will see better performance than they are speculating, you have 20% more power than the old 5, in a car that weighs less. I am certain this thing will be spanking the other big boy sedans next fall. BMW wouldnt have it any other way.

[hightcn]

yeah i had heard that 550hp thing from somewhere....i think the mag said that it was rated at 500 but according to "their math" the engine seemed capable of 550 from the factory or something like that.

[BoBk]

i belive it will be 493 for North america.....and the torque....lol...the SAME....what a shame....i still dont belive so, but still E55 will blow it on the straigth line...but new m5 should be a beast in the twisters!

[triplebeam]

Just add intake & exhaust and youll have 500 hps

[Vitolo]

You guys REALLY think 500hp isnt impressive?

BoBk, tell me something...If you think the E55 will blow it on the straight line, why would BMW release their benchmark car that doesnt beat its direct competition? M3 vs. C32/36/43/55 still seems to win every time, from 1995 til the present even with less power each time around..

[alen]

Originally posted by RichP
Nice SSL version.

and yes, its pure speculation; even with only 500 hp, you will see better performance than they are speculating, you have 20% more power than the old 5, in a car that weighs less. I am certain this thing will be spanking the other big boy sedans next fall. BMW wouldnt have it any other way.

look at the new audi s4. 93 more horsepower than the b5 S4 with a much lighter engine and the performance is the same. there is even less potential for the engine.


truly a disappointment in my books.

Originally posted by Vitolo
You guys REALLY think 500hp isnt impressive?

BoBk, tell me something...If you think the E55 will blow it on the straight line, why would BMW release their benchmark car that doesnt beat its direct competition? M3 vs. C32/36/43/55 still seems to win every time, from 1995 til the present even with less power each time around..

again, look at what audi did and it still doesn't outperform a c32 in a straight line (it's similar to the already existing e46 m3).

[PrinceE30]

But Audi has the RS6 now

That article is BS. I saw it on the M5boards.com site. CSL is ONLY for limited runs on test beds (like the M3 CSL with composite materials and such). I say 500+HP for the E60 M5.

-Prince

[Van Wilder]

Nice. But I'd still rather have an E55.

[zcghost]

493, 500 what a difference. Thats a lot of horsepower out of a sedan.....more than the first viper and remember how hairy that car was to drive...