SPIED + VIDEO: Whoa, Nelly! The All-New BMW M5 Is Caught On Camera Undergoing A Shakedown!

In the world of sport sedans, there’s nothing quite as coveted as the BMW M5. Well, at least that’s how it use to be. Now that the Porsche Panamera, Mercedes-AMG E63 and Audi RS7 exist, it sure is having a tougher life.

Generation-over-generation there’s no question that BMW’s M cars change their DNA just a little bit.

Sometimes it’s for the better. Sometimes it’s for the worse.

That said, we’re particularly eager to see what the Bavarians concoct for the next-gen M5. Considered one of the motoring world’s icons, it was one of the first sedans to put sport in front of it. Now that the 7-Series as well as the i8 and i3 have really productionalized carbon fiber, it seems like this would be the perfect follow up application.

If you’re a skeptic you’re probably saying to yourself right now that it is all gimmicky. Rest assured, there’s no doubt that the use of carbon fiber construction will make the next-gen M5 a far better vehicle. Of course whether or not it will actually employ this is another matter. So, we’ll move on.

Recently caught on camera getting a workout on the world famous Nürburgring is the next-gen BMW M5. Although it has quite a bit of camouflage on, it’s easy to tell it’s the next-gen car via its details — note the headlights, taillights, new front kidney grille, rear decklid shape, etc.

This is the first clip where much of the heavy cladding is gone and we get a nice listen at the V8 that’s on its way.

So, what do you make of it, Spies?


This video features the new BMW M5 F90 being tested on the Nürburgring, Nordschleife. Power will likely continue to be provided by a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine with an increased power output that will produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 620 horsepower. Footage was shot on Tuesday the 16th of August.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/22/2016 11:16:50 PM

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This used to be the most mythical, coolest, rarest car in my youth. I remember the ad with car floating and the yellow light beneath it. In 2016... 4,500-5,000lbs and 620hp is not the best recipe.

TomM - 8/23/2016 6:32:01 AM

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I was lucky enough to actually own the mythical coolest car of my youth - a Mercedes 450 Sel 6.9 back in the 1970s. And while todays supercars are more "refined" - may have more meticulous interiors, and may handle better - the problem is that there are lots of competition cars that are similar - and they don't stand out. WHen the 6.9 came out - that was it - it was ONE of a kind - an incredibly fast - Hydraulic suspension Masterpiece. There was something about driving on the edge with that car that todays "Rich boys" cars simply do not duplicate. I believe that if Mercedes duplicated that car today - it would sell out just as it did then. ANd I would be standing in line. My current S600 is nice - but it not even in the same world as the 6.9 - and neither is this BMW

Agent00R - 8/23/2016 11:55:20 AM

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Well said, Tom!

HenryN - 8/23/2016 2:51:21 PM

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I had some seat time on the S600 V12, E63 V8 as well as the E60 M5 V10. The E60 was by far the best non-exotic car I've ever experienced. I hope the new M5 can relive that past.