This is ‘m: the BMW M5 with all-wheel-drive

Posted on 23-01-2015 at 7:45 by Ricardo – 31 Comments”

However, he will be in this form never come on the market.

That BMW non-SUV M models with all-wheel-drive want to rest, there is already years of speculation. And after BMW M boss Franciscus van Meel last week of an obvious hint dropped with the following quote, there seems to be no escape:

“If we continue the power increases in the future – especially regarding torque and also horsepower – then probably the next generation M5 and M6 will have so much torque and power that we need to think about those solutions [all-wheel drive].”

Because the next M5, the current is undoubtedly passed, plug in power and torque, thus more than 560 hp and 680 Nm on the tarmac about to bring the case to the front wheels to take responsibility. In other words, it is time to put xDrive to the M5.

If the pronunciation of Flour, which in a previous life was working for Audi Quattro, still not enough proof is, that here we have spyshots which confirm. On the photos of M5post is a M5 (F10) with all-wheel-drive. A look under the car show that the front wheels are connected with drive shafts.

As the next 5 Series (internal name: G30) next year are already on the market, and we see the new M5 in 2017 expect, it is not likely that the current M5 with xDrive on the market. BMW’s M-division is used this mule, probably as a model to gain experience with xDrive in a powersedan. Or BMW this piece of vorsprung durch technik also to a production instance is still waiting, but we are gambling that it is optional.