RENDERED SPECULATION: If You Want The BEST Peek Into The Next-Gen BMW M5, Look NO Further...

One of those storied machines that gets a lot of love in the automotive industry is the BMW M5. After all, it is long considered one of the high-performance sedans that helped push the boundaries of what was expected for cars with four doors.

Hence the term "sport sedan."

While the M5 has increased in size and gained quite a bit of weight over the years, it still doesn't take away from the M5's rightful place at the top of the food chain. It's just that the competition has gotten much, much stronger.

So, we're hoping BMW delivers BIG things with the all-new M5.

As of now some CAD images were leaked online. Using those three-dimensional renderings, the world famous Wild Speed decided to take them to the next level. Now we have the best look yet at what will be the next-gen BMW M5.

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We present you with our take on how the the upcoming F90 M5 will look, based on the recently leaked CAD images, and giving you a first look at what the production rear styling could look like.

The F90 M5's styling represents a sporty upgrade from the F10 M5 and incorporates many of the newest M styling elements seen on the latest M cars such as the M2, X5M/X6M...

...Updated with carbon fiber roof and M mirrors!

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MDarringer - 2/13/2017 9:10:25 AM

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Nice MY2000 styling.

Yonder7 - 2/13/2017 9:31:16 AM

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Honestly, the previous was a lot better style.

GermanNut - 2/13/2017 9:34:27 AM

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If You Want The BEST Peek Into The Next-Gen BMW M5, Look...at the current M5.

The new M5 will be almost indistinguishable from the current M5 to the point that 99% of people won't be able to tell the difference.

New M5 buyers will get the benefit of hockey sticks on the sides.

TomM - 2/13/2017 10:17:18 AM

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The biggest mistake manufacturers make (for sales) is failing to make an obvious distinction in styling between one generation and another of car. The current Camaro is a great example - why use a new platform to build the same car on the outside. New styling - which was once a YEARLY phenomenon - was what drove sales for many people not wanting to be caught in the OLD version. Failing to distinguish the New form the old allows people to keep their cars longer (And they are). ANd this is where TOP END LUXURY vehicles have a problem - since their cars are far less reliable long term than lesser vehicles. BMW sales are suffering from people who kept their cars longer - only to find out that the actual repair bills after warranty take your breath (and wallet) away. BMW interiors look decent at purchase - but seem to fall apart after only a few years. ANd if you do not replace that bad Audi engine - you lose ALL of the value of the car for trade in - and when you replace it - you cannot afford to trade it in either. How about the number of High end cars with special suspensions that require adjustable shocks/struts that are ONLY available from the dealer and cost $1500-2000 a piece! For people who have the money - they don't care - but for the aspirational sales - which drive volume - this is death.

GermanNut - 2/13/2017 11:17:32 AM

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BMW is paying a huge price for its design stagnation. Falling from 1st to 3rd place in the U.S. behind both Mercedes-Benz and Lexus and falling far behind Mercedes-Benz for 2nd place globally.

Is it a coincidence that BMW's fall happened as soon as it decided to make all its new models looks just like the existing ones (7-Series in particular). I think not.

If BMW keeps up the design stagnation for another generation of models it will be swallowed up by a rival that sees a turnaround opportunity for a brand that has lost its sales growth to the expense of rivals Audi and Mercedes-Benz.

PUGPROUD - 2/13/2017 3:24:33 PM

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BMW just hired as its chief of design the fella who designed the Bugatti Veyron.
A bold move that will take a few years before we see the long overdue direction he takes BMW designs.