BMW F10 M5 Prototype

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The F10 M5 will first be released to the public in the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, and is expected to go on sale in November 2011. The new M5 utilizes the S63 biturbo 4.4 Litre V8 with twin scroll turbocharging technology that is found in the BMW X5 M and X6 M, and the version in the M5 is expected to have an output of at least 555 horsepower and possibly higher. Turbocharging the M5 has not gone unnoticed, with long time fans of the M series being disappointed that BMW seems to be moving away from traditionally low displacement naturally aspirated high reving engines. Increasingly stringent international CO2 emissions and fuel consumption regulations are cited as the cause of death of the outgoing model's V10 engine, and the F10 M5 will cut CO2 emissions by 25%. The other advantage of turbocharging is that it generates considerably more low-end torque; the N63 biturbo 4.4 Litre V8 (the base engine from which the S63 is derived) has this advantage over the S85 V10 engine despite having fewer cylinders. While the X5 M and X6 M currently have a 6-speed automatic transmission with Steptronic transmission, it is expected that a dual clutch transmission will be used on the F10 M5, perhaps similar or having an extra gear than the 7-speed DCT unit currently in the E90 BMW M3, dropping the Getrag SMG III single-clutch 7-speed semi-automatic transmission used in the previous E60 M5. #bmw #engine #f10_platform #m5 #tuner #tuning #turbo