Car Models

Almost every car has a R or a GT or V or S or a Spec-Something-or-Other sexing up its catalog. But no one has committed to work with the spirit of BMW M GmbH division. Indeed, the gap between the track and the road that opened years ago means that BMW's speed shop no longer puts motorsport specials on the road with detuned racing engine. But that does not mean the new M is nothing more than Big Macs with barbecue sauce.


In the F10 2013 BMW M5, you get a unique machine [see sidebar], a unique, reinforced and re-ratio'd, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, and a unique, electronic limited-slip differential with a unique aluminum mount for horse-collar stiffness is added. There is a unique suspension with forged aluminum components and nary a BMW part number divided by another, variable-ratio steering gear with unique hydraulic power boost is not like other 5s, unique, iron-and-aluminum brake rotors clamped by a unique radial-mount , piston monoblock front calipers measuring six residential asymmetric per wheel, and unique front crossmember, rigid and attached by two additional bolts because someone thought that counts. A unique cradle stiff rear suspension mounted to the unibody to lose weight and flex of the rubber bushing, unique rigid rods and plates under shear serves as extra bracing, and the car is running special software enough to land on the asteroid.

You may scoff upon learning 2013 BMW M5's price, is expected to fall close to U.S. $ 92,000. For that amount of outstanding we say: How can BMW sold a few thousand copies per year so cheap? What is the cost of special tooling, anyway? How much is it to change 10 things about the machine, including the induction system and the compression ratio, and then recertify it? It's a lot of Big Macs. Maybe not as much as a Big Mac creates bespoke V-10, as in the previous E60, but many.

New M5 will definitely benefit. But whether it's spectacular or just great-a lot of people will put a 4300-pound luxury sedan that hits 60 mph in 3.7 seconds-firmly in the former category there must be some badge work part-bin.


Now, with the M5, we must remember that it is still unapologetically heavyweight. This is an executive express, velvet-wrapped hammer, a whale shark clothing. This is not a four-door Lotus Elise. BMW M5 figures wealthy owner of M3 owners and that they want to level commensurate luxury and gizmology. Granted, you can not select the gears, push the pedal, or turning the wheel in the new M5 without the help of a computer alert much watch every twitch of your body. Even the roar of the M TwinPower Turbo (we like to say the name of it), muffled by turbos and soundproof cabins, some ersatz, enhanced with voice playback engine through a stereo system to provide the passenger experience "high acoustic."

M5 spurns electric-assist steering in less than 5-series model for hydraulic impulse more natural-feeling. And thanks to the snappy camber and caster settings, commitment to the car to the driver's desired path is stronger than in 5s and 7s wandering we've driven lately.