Friday, December 18, 2009

Rumormill: Aluminum and carbon fiber, KERS-equipped BMW M5 cometh?



What does the forthcoming have in accumulation for BMW's high-performance M division? For starters, lots and lots of power, along with a smattering of light weight and plentitude of cutting-edge technology. This every sounds familiar, but the rumored details coming discover of Bimmerfile declare that the 2011 BMW M5 would be nothing brief of revolutionary.

Not surprisingly, we're told to wait a edition of the twin-turbo V8 that currently powers the M division's hi-po X5 and X6 tallboys with somewhere around 570 H.P. and 500 pound-feet of torque. On crowning of those important figures haw very substantially be a Kenetic Energy Recovery hybrid falsehood to recapture wasted forcefulness from braking. The stored noesis would be utilised to send an player effort of noesis via an electric locomote contained in the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The KERS noesis boost reportedly would be dominated by the driver with a Formula 1-style fix on the control wheel.

Further performance would be found by putting the next-gen 5 Series on a fasting consisting of a chassis wrought completely in metal with copy touchable utilised in different embody panels and optionally on the roof. We countenance forward to uncovering discover meet how such of this rumormill touchable turns discover to be accurate, and we'll know for trusty in primeval 2011 when the incoming M5 is slated for introduction.

[Source: Bimmerfile]

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, BMW, Rumormill, Luxury

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