General Information |
| Vehicle Type: |
4-door sedan, production car |
| Price: |
$69,970 |
| Miles Per Gallon: |
13/21 mpg |
| Drivetrain |
| Configuration |
Front Engine/RWD |
| Engine: |
V8 |
| Displacement: |
4941 cc |
| Horsepower: |
394 bhp @ 6600 rpm |
| Torque: |
369 lb-ft @ 3800 rpm |
| Max RPM: |
7000 rpm |
| Transmission: |
6-Speed Manual |
| Dimensions |
| Weight: |
3957 lbs |
| Height: |
56.7 in |
| Length: |
188.4 in |
| Width: |
70.9 in |
| Wheelbase: |
111.4 in |
| Track: |
f: 59.6 / r: 60.1 in |
| Performance |
| 0-60 mph: |
4.9 sec |
| 0-100 mph: |
11.3 sec |
| Quarter Mile: |
13.3 sec @ 108 mph |
| Top Speed: |
155 mph (limited) |
| Lateral Acceleration: |
.90g |
| Braking, 60-0 mph: |
129 ft |
| Slalom Speed: |
--.- mph |
| Nürburgring Lap Time: |
--.- minutes |
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M's starting point for the new M5 was the 540i 6-Speed sedan. The 540i is powered by an already brilliant V8 engine, the M62 4.4-liter DOHC 32 valve unit developing 282 horsepower. But M's engineers have a tradition to uphold: elevating BMW engines to even greater levels of technological innovation.
To this end, M developed a new version of the V8 engine, endowing it with exciting new technologies. Called the S62, this engine is the new masterpiece of M Power. The M5 engine takes M Power to a new level. Its key features reflect the care with which BMW M develops an already powerful BMW engine into a full-on sports powerplant. The M5 engine develops 394 horsepower and 369 pounds-feet of torque at 3,800 rpm.
Special induction system with individual throttles
Breathing is of course a top priority; BMW M spared no expense in developing the S62's induction system. Air is taken in at two points behind the front bumper, passes through two intake silencers and two hot-film air-mass meters, and then flows into the voluminous carbon-fiber plenum atop the engine. From there, air courses through 230-mm intake runners (including the throttle housings) to the individual cylinders. The entire assembly of plenum and runners is attached to the throttle housings via a rubber/metal flange (one per bank) that acoustically and thermally decouples the plenum from the engine itself. Double VANOS steplessly variable valve timing
The S62 is BMW's first V-8 engine equipped with Double VANOS , a system that steplessly varies the timing of both intake and exhaust valves on both cylinder banks. (Current BMW 2.5- and 2.8-liter 6-cylinder engines also have the Double system; current "regular" V-8s have a Single VANOS system that steplessly varies intake-valve timing.)
The Chassis
In its basic structure and suspension systems, the M5 is based solidly on the 540i 6-Speed. This means an immensely strong, rigid body structure; aluminum suspension with double-pivot struts front and multi-link rear; and ventilated disc brakes all around. The aluminum suspension system reduces unsprung weight significantly, and is a key element in the BMW 5 Series" masterful, universally acclaimed combination of handling prowess and riding comfort.
