Not sold on a Vision XM? Seems the hybrid V8 is coming to the M5 as well...
Hybrid M cars are as inevitable as the turbocharged models once were. Combine environmental pressure with consumer demand and there's no real arguing with the evolution. Pure electric will be there one day, too , but we'll deal with the prospect of an electric M2 and similar another time. For now, here's the first sighting of a more traditional electrified M car . It's a plug-in hybrid M5.
That's not mere guesswork, either; it says 'Hybrid Test Vehicle' on the back, right in the middle of four tailpipes that have been an M5 trademark for more than 20 years. Other clues to its identity are harder to spot - this is a disguised version of an M5 when we haven't seen the 5 Series yet - but there are a couple of giveaways, notably the big brake discs and blistered front wheel arches. There's no way this is a 530e.
Again to keep pace with AMG, and in following BMW hybrid tradition, some EV range is expected for the car. Handily the target is a mere 12km, or 7.5 miles; even while aiming to retain the M car super-saloon billing for this plug-in, a few more miles than that will surely be possible by the time of launch. It has been rumoured that the prototypes are currently using the 11.6 kWh battery found
, which in that car contributes 108hp and an official 30 miles of range. But don't be surprised if M division is saving up something super-duper for a car as significant as the first electrified M5.of the current car already available , history would confirm that time is running out for the existing model. For M2, M3 and M4, the CS came towards the very end of the production run, and there's no reason to think that won't be the same for the M5.
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