Whew! A 2012 BMW M5 Twin Turbo and All Wheel Drive. Looks like BMW is taking their M5 against such cars as the Nissan GT-R. Unlikely competition, I know... the 2012 BMW M5 is 4 doors, meant for comfort, and a complete opposite than the purpose built Nissan GT-R, but they are very similar beasts.
BMW has not released too many details about the 2012 BMW M5, but we do know about the twin turbo and all wheel drive. We also know it's twin turbo V8 is going to be based off of the 4.4 liter V8 found in the X5 M and X6 M which makes 555 horsepower, but it will be tuned for much more. The good thing about a turbo platform is that generating much more power will be much easier than with an all motor version that is so tweaked that modifications don't add much power.
The 2012 M5 will also have a special all new 7 speed dual clutch automatic transmission which will give lightning fast precision shifts.
Very exciting! We can see tuners coming out with simple chips to raise boost, up timing, and lean the fuel mixture... easy extr 50-100 horsepower on such a platform.
Go BMW!
