BMW F90 M5 Pictures (G30 5 Series)

[BimmerBreaker]

Pictures and quote from Jalopnik

From the 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 comes 600 horsepower and 553 lb-ft of torque. That’s up 40 horses and 53 lb-ft over the outgoing model, which uses the same motor. With the new M-specific all-wheel-drive system, imaginatively called M xDrive, the car starts up in 4WD with the traction control on.

Depending on what you want to do with the car, you can change the driving modes around. This includes a RWD mode with no traction control.


All that is good enough to make the M5 go from zero to 60 mph in a claimed 3.2 seconds, which makes it the quickest M car ever.

Some sad news, however: an eight-speed M Steptronic transmission is the only gearbox that gets a mention in BMW’s news about the model, so the manual transmission really does die with the outgoing car as expected.

I like it... looks good, don't love the AWD or lack of manual trans but who is buying these cars with a manual anyways, except in the hope that the rarity of a manual will help increase the value someday? I really can't fathom anybody wanting to row their own gears on a car like this, especially a car like this where the engine was tuned to work with the DCT. I love manuals as much as the next guy but some cars can be automatic and a big barge 5 series is one of them imo.

[ELVA164]

Haha, G30? The design studio must be three feet deep with abandoned prototypes.

[White94RX]

The thing I don't like about the last two generations of the M5, is that they don't do enough to distinguish it as an M. It looks like a sport pack 5 series with some better wheels.

[ELVA164]

I felt like the M5 was always a bit more of a sleeper on purpose, no?

[White94RX]

Maybe so

[e39hamann]

The thing I don't like about the last two generations of the M5, is that they don't do enough to distinguish it as an M. It looks like a sport pack 5 series with some better wheels.

I'd say that about the first 2 generations, not the latest. Every generation seems to get more and more differentiations not less.

[BimmerBreaker]

The thing I don't like about the last two generations of the M5, is that they don't do enough to distinguish it as an M. It looks like a sport pack 5 series with some better wheels.

I disagree with this...

For two reasons. One, I don't think an M5 should be "distinguished" as an M. The point was they were luxury sports sedans, cars that could fly under the radar. Discreet speed machines... to me an M5 shouldn't be showy

But to me, this one is. Way more than any previous generation. M5's only tried to go for the aggressive M look with the E60, the F10 was even more tamed down in my opinion.
This on the other hand, it actually looks wide and mean. Look, an M5 with a carbon fiber roof with creases down it just like the M4. The rear bumper wheel vent things all M's seem to have now...

Love it or hate it I do think this car shares more "M" heritage with it's contemporaries vs. any previous M5...

[DrftKingIII]

What are those red buttons on the steering wheel, switches for heating?

[justinca540i]

What are those red buttons on the steering wheel, switches for heating?

M1/M2 mode buttons which allows the driver to have custom preset modes for transmission, steering, etc

Also isn't it the F90?

[GG///M3]

Kind of kool you can switch to rwd only with it.

[BimmerBreaker]

... Also isn't it the F90?

It was based on the G30 5 series, I wasn't sure if the M series chassis code was finalized by the time I first wrote this. Now they have officially announced it as the F90.

Still odd to me that BMW M vehicles are starting to get different chassis codes vs. their standard non-M siblings. The cars are still based on the same chassis at the end of the day... though I guess it makes sense, an S50 is an M50 with just a few things different... the block is the same... at which point does an engine become a new engine or a car a new chassis... guess thats a whole different discussion!

[justinca540i]

It was based on the G30 5 series, I wasn't sure if the M series chassis code was finalized by the time I first wrote this. Now they have officially announced it as the F90.

Still odd to me that BMW M vehicles are starting to get different chassis codes vs. their standard non-M siblings. The cars are still based on the same chassis at the end of the day... though I guess it makes sense, an S50 is an M50 with just a few things different... the block is the same... at which point does an engine become a new engine or a car a new chassis... guess thats a whole different discussion!

Gotcha, I realized this thread was older and from before the actually announcement.

[mike@XPH]

Interior looks amazing, not a big fan of the exterior

[AusE39er]

Looks great bar those reflector looking things in the bottom of the rear bumper. Looks just like the ones on the new Civic Type R.