Spy Photo: Next-Generation BMW M5 Shows Its Face

Yesterday we brought you spy photos of a next-generation BMW M5 lapping the Nurburgring. Today, the car's front bra came off, and even through the pyschodelic camo livery, you can get a good idea of what the redesigned M5 will look like. Immediately, this strikes you as a less radical face than that of the current M5 . It also suggests that, like the 2009 7 Series, the next 5 Series will return to conservative styling. You can also see the prominent power bulge in the M5 prototype's hood. Since the M5 story dropped yesterday, sources close to the project

have told us that a V10 engine is definitely not in the cards, leaving the twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 as the next M5's most likely powerplant. You'll remember that we reported that the redesigned 2011 BMW 5 Series would make its debut at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show . If BMW follows the same timelines it did for the current generation, we won't see the Motorsport version of the 5 Series until model-year 2013. Spy Photos: Turbocharged BMW M5 on the Nurburgring

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One Response to “Spy Photo: Next-Generation BMW M5 Shows Its Face”

1. e46 led says:

   March 12, 2010 at 2:46 am

   Truly, I am loving this latest edition alot more and alot more. Quite possibly mainly because it kind of is similar to the older classy models. The slow played although elegant styling, the extended, lower front-end. Too bad I won’t buy one for at least five yrs…