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Written by Stephen Dobie
Time to get friendly with your local tyre-fitter: it"s a new BMW M5. But such a clich d intro line might not be relevant here, because BMW has succumbed and made the most famous sports saloon of them all four-wheel drive. Purists finally coming around to turbo 911 Carreras have just been dealt another blow.They can take solace in the fact it"s not any old 4WD system. Like the one used in the latest Mercedes-AMG E63, it"s one that has fun in mind. Dubbed M xDrive" (not to be confused with MX-5), it switches to rear-drive only when you turn the stability control off. BMW"s engineers know fine well why you"re pressing that button, it seemsThe engine is a new tune of 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8, with a nice round 600hp or 592bhp in clunkier imperial form and 553lb ft. That pitches it somewhere between Merc"s two tunes of E63, and it"s enough for a 3.4sec 0-62mph time (the same as the quicker E63 S) and a 155mph top speed. Limited, of course. This would surely crack 200mph without the electronic nannies. Or get damn close to it.While the 4WD system is in full force when the car starts up, the front axle only receives power when the rear tyres reach their limits. The rear axle also has a differential to best shuffle power around when you"re having fun. Good for making you look like a hero
Date written: 21 Aug 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8898
Time to get friendly with your local tyre-fitter: it"s a new BMW M5. But such a clich d intro line might not be relevant here, because BMW has succumbed and made the most famous sports saloon of them all four-wheel drive. Purists finally coming around to turbo 911 Carreras have just been dealt another blow.They can take solace in the fact it"s not any old 4WD system. Like the one used in the latest Mercedes-AMG E63, it"s one that has fun in mind. Dubbed M xDrive" (not to be confused with MX-5), it switches to rear-drive only when you turn the stability control off. BMW"s engineers know fine well why you"re pressing that button, it seemsThe engine is a new tune of 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8, with a nice round 600hp or 592bhp in clunkier imperial form and 553lb ft. That pitches it somewhere between Merc"s two tunes of E63, and it"s enough for a 3.4sec 0-62mph time (the same as the quicker E63 S) and a 155mph top speed. Limited, of course. This would surely crack 200mph without the electronic nannies. Or get damn close to it.While the 4WD system is in full force when the car starts up, the front axle only receives power when the rear tyres reach their limits. The rear axle also has a differential to best shuffle power around when you"re having fun. Good for making you look like a hero
Date written: 21 Aug 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8898
