BMW brought the M5 power up to 600 horsepower.
The BMW company presented a special modification sedan M5, which is called the Competition Edition is equipped with a 600-horsepower engine. As noted by Autocar, this special series is for the farewell of the “charged” chetyrehdverki the current generation.
M5 Competition Edition is equipped with the same 4.4-liter V8 turbo engine as the standard model. In this special series, he got a new ECU and increased boost pressure. In the end, his return has increased from 560 horsepower and 680 Nm of torque forces up to 600 and 700 Nm.
Engine combined with seven-speed robotized gearbox with two clutches. From a place to hundred kilometers per hour BMW M5 Competition Edition accelerates in 3.9 seconds. The maximum speed of the sedan is limited to 250 kilometers per hour (extra charge limiter can be moved to 305 kilometers per hour).
In addition, the sedan received reduced by 10 mm ground clearance, special springs, dampers and stabilizers, and other settings of the active differential, retuned steering, and changes the algorithm of the stabilization system.
Will be released only 200 copies of the BMW M5 Competition Edition. One hundred of them will be painted black, the other white. The model also gets 20-inch wheels and items from the collection of M Performance. For example, a carbon diffuser, wing on the trunk lid and body side mirrors.
In the interior of the special version of the M5 will appear decorative carbon fibre components, as well as a sign reading “M5 Competition 1/200”, indicating that each vehicle is a unique special representative of the series.
The list of equipment M5 Competition Edition includes front seats with electric drive, head-up display, heated seats, system of tracking rows motion and Bang & Olufsen sound system with a capacity of 1200 watts. The carbon-ceramic brakes are offered as optional equipment.
The cost of BMW M5 Competition Edition is 129 thousand 500 euros.
