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BMW F90 M5 Spied, Reveals Headlights and Taillights

The ultimate purpose of BMW M cars is to bring power to the people. Minus the terribly expensive 3.0 CSL and the M1, the first proper BMW M car to bring power to the people is the E28 M5 from 1984. More than three decades after the original has rewritten the rulebook, BMW is hard at work on the sixth iteration of the M5.
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Codenamed F90, the next-gen M5 has been caught on test in Germany by our crack team of carparazzi. For the first time ever, the F90 M5 shed some of its camo, revealing the interior graphics of the headlights and taillights. Even though we are dealing with a stylistic evolution, not a revolution, the lights do look fantastic.

Under the skin, the entire G30 5-Series (including the F90 M5) will adopt the multi-material construction pioneered by the latest BMW 7 Series. More to the point, the BMW 5 Series will shed a lot of weight thanks to carbon fiber, high-strength steel, and other stuff BMW has learned from the i3 and i8. In the handling department, we should look forward to dynamic anti-roll bars and an anti-dive system. These will work together with the downforce-augmenting air blades of the F90 M5.

In the oily bits department, rumor has it the all-new M5 will stick to the 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 that motivates the current generation, though output will be ballooned to 600 horsepower. Another novelty comes in the form of a high-performance xDrive all-wheel-drive system. Don’t boo and hiss now because slipping and sliding will not be phased out from the character of the M5. Think of the add-on as a tool that will improve the balance between wagging the tail out and carving corners.

Tentatively due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2017, the BMW F90 M5 will arrive in the United States of America and Canada for the 2018 model year.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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