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The new M5 has been spotted testing around the Nurburgring, with the car featuring a cleaner, smaller engine but a ten per cent power boost over the current model.

The super-saloon will likely get the same 4.4-litre V8 to that found in the X6 M SUV, but it will be tweaked to give a unique character.

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" The direct injection V8 will have twin-scroll twin turbochargers with an output of around 540bhp."

I regret the disappearance of the maestro, the naturally aspirated engine, wich is the noblest engine.

The truth M is dying...

 

Autocar:

The super-saloon will likely get the same 4.4-litre V8 to that found in the X6

I wonder if BMW heard the thread: What is the point of the X6? But I suppose the engine might work well with the new M5. But I have concerns with the quality - you know speed and that type of thing. But we'll all see in couple of years.

Long live the mighty M5

david RS:

The truth M is dying...

For many the M division died after the demise of the E30 M3....

"A BMW source said: “The M division will start from the ground up instead of just taking the lump from another car. Customers would expect something different.”

They tell us exactly what we want to hear only when they are really giving us the same.