2006 BMW M5 = Badass

[StormShadow]

http://www.automobilemag.com/reviews/0411_bmw_m5/

Press the button marked "power" next to the shifter, and you get 500 horsepower at 7750 rpm and 384 pound-feet of torque at 6100 rpm. That's 106 more horsepower than the previous M5's V-8 and 175 more than a 545i's. Don't press the button, and the intake restricts itself to 400 horses.

http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=19&article_id=8782&page_number=1

Estimated base price: $90,000

http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/5-800.jpg

[StormShadow]

http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/1-800.jpg

http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/7r.jpg

http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/motor/1-800.jpg

[StormShadow]

Lots of other cool pictures here http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/julye60m5pressrelease.html

and here are pictures of the engine
http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/julye60m5pressrelease2.html

[FRDRCING]

That's Bad Ass

[gagspa]

I'd love to have one! Too bad I'll probably never have $90K to spend on a car.

[98Cobra]

I clipped Top Gear's review of the new M5 for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

http://media.putfile.com/Top-Gear-M5

:tu:

[wesman]

Yeah, I've been drooling over that car since concept.....definitely bad ass.

--wes

[my2002lightning]

Very sexy automobile.

Ronald

[Silver_2000]

I clipped Top Gear's review of the new M5 for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

http://media.putfile.com/Top-Gear-M5

:tu:
Not often you see him go from completely trashing the car to loving it ...
Faster around their track than the lotus exige and the corvette
Did you see that file is tagged with your work email address ?
You should just set up IIS at home on port 88 or something and host it there...
Or use your SVTlightnings email ...
Doug

[03'svtlight]

Lots of other cool pictures here http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/julye60m5pressrelease.html

and here are pictures of the engine
http://www.bmwm5.com/articles/m5e60/pressrelease2/julye60m5pressrelease2.html
sweetness adam :bows

[98Cobra]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/05/15/bmw_m5/index.html

This posted today. CNN/Business 2.0 is really on top of things. :rolleyes:

[Ken]

I've personally driven by two of these in Fort Worth now. One was BMW quiet, but the other one had a louder exhaust. I couldn't believe my ears, it sounded exactly like the F1's at Indy several years back... at idle speeds of course...