SPIED: Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife, All-New Pictures Of The Next-Gen BMW M5 Show A BEAST In The Making

In recent months we have seen a couple sets of images depicting the next-gen BMW 5-Series undergoing research and developmental testing. While the current-gen product improved upon the E60 product, there's no question that there's a little something missing from the equation.

Hopefully the all-new 5'er can rectify that.

What we do know is that with the all-new Mercedes-Benz E-Class on its way to dealers this summer, BMW has got to start working fast. Not only is the three-pointed star on a roll, the next-gen E is sure to debut some really trick technology that will capture buyer's attention. And then there's the AMG variant, the E63, that's expected to debut with approximately 600 horsepower before the end of 2016.

Set to challenge that vehicle head-to-head is the all-new BMW M5. Always considered the driver's choice among high-performance sport sedans, the field is more competitive than ever. BMW has to bring the goods.

Captured in what I believe are the first spy shots of the next-gen M5, the all-new M car is seen undergoing winter testing. You have to love the sticker on the back that says "Government approved high speed testing." Pretty cool.

Elsewhere you'll note it's an M5 by its beefy wheel and tire package, HUGE big brake kit and quad-tipped exhaust. Other details are a bit hard to see at the moment — thank you, camouflage.

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cidflekken - 3/5/2016 3:34:33 PM

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Remember the days when the excitement and fervor for a new M car used to be justified. Now, it feels a bit more hype. Not necessarily because the Ms are bad cars, per se. But because they just don't have any separation from their competition any longer. Cadillac's V cars are more capable. Mercedes AMGs seem to have eclipsed most M variants for all-around competence and desirability. It's a very tough field, no doubt. It would be nice to see BMW find a way to be one step ahead again, but that may be a challenge.

MDarringer - 3/5/2016 5:18:04 PM

-1 Boost

It will still look like the lackluster and dull 5 Series, so what's the point? The M sedans need completely different noses that share no design language with the pedestrian models to differentiate them. They should identifiable from the front only by the BMW kidneys.

MDarringer - 3/6/2016 9:42:15 AM

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The point being that M sedans used to stand head and shoulders above the pedestrian models primarily due to a big performance difference and meatier wheels and tires.

Over time, the "pedestrian" BMWs have made it so that the M version is not a massive leap above the lesser models.

Given that performance is no longer a massive differentiation between M and non-M BMWs, it follows that something special needs to happen and the easiest way to accomplish that is via styling.

Dexter1 - 3/5/2016 8:58:07 PM

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Oh please ... what can one possibly tell from these pics? Total waste of time.