The G30 BMW 5 Series LCI (or facelift)
only recently made its debut, and if you’re wondering why there’s no M5 variant
in the line-up at the time of the model’s reveal, that is because it will
arrive later on.
This was made known during Flasch’s recent
Q&A session on Instagram, where he also talked about the all-new G80 M3 and
G82 M4. Aside from giving us a timeline for the refreshed M5, he also gave us a
glimpse of the car itself, seen here with an orange paint finish and black
wheels.
Unsurprisingly, we also get to see one of
the car’s sharper headlamps, which sport blue accents that indicate they are
equipped BMW’s Laserlight technology. Other styling changes should include the
regular 5 Series LCI’s taillights and reprofile bumpers that are
model-specific.
No technical details were spilled by
Flasch at the time, but the S63 4.4 litre twin-turbo V8 is expected to be
carried over, albeit with a slight increase in power to even surpass the
pre-facelift M5 Competition’s 625 PS and 750 Nm of torque. This will
paired with an eight-speed M Steptronic automatic tranmission and M xDrive
all-wheel drive system.
There are also rumours that a newer S68 V8
will be used with a smaller displacement to circumvent higher taxes that are
associated with larger engines like in China, along with a more hardcore and
lightened M5 CS variant that will sit at the top of the range as part of the
facelift.
