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It"s 2019, which means it"s been 35 years since the very first BMW M5 went on sale. And what better way to honour that anniversary than with a special edition of today"s ludicrously powerful M5 Competition? BMW will build 350 M5 Edition 35 Years", beginning this July. There"s no word on how many will reach the UK in right-hand drive, nor how much they"ll cost. History tells us it"ll be 35 cars or so, for perhaps 20,000 more than a standard, 96,205 M5 Competition. Yikes. Your money doesn"t buy you any mechanical upgrades just aesthetic ones. So, like the Competition, the 35 Years gets a twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 with 616bhp and 553lb ft enough for 0 62mph in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of 190mph (with the M Driver"s pack) that powers all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic gearbox.
Date written: 17 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15737
It"s 2019, which means it"s been 35 years since the very first BMW M5 went on sale. And what better way to honour that anniversary than with a special edition of today"s ludicrously powerful M5 Competition? BMW will build 350 M5 Edition 35 Years", beginning this July. There"s no word on how many will reach the UK in right-hand drive, nor how much they"ll cost. History tells us it"ll be 35 cars or so, for perhaps 20,000 more than a standard, 96,205 M5 Competition. Yikes. Your money doesn"t buy you any mechanical upgrades just aesthetic ones. So, like the Competition, the 35 Years gets a twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 with 616bhp and 553lb ft enough for 0 62mph in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of 190mph (with the M Driver"s pack) that powers all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic gearbox.
Date written: 17 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15737
