The new plug-in-hybrid BMW M5 tops 700 horsepower—but it also gains more than 1000 pounds, which doesn't help on the track, where our first drive took place.
On paper, the performance stats are underwhelming. Acceleration? The claimed zero-to-60-mph stunt is an ultra conservative 3.4-second romp . Top speed? 155 mph without the optional BMW Driver's package, 190 mph with it. Or the same as the previous generation. Horsepower? 717 ponies. Maximum torque? A total of 738 pound-feet churned up by the 577-hp twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 and the supplementary electric motor. An electric motor in the M5? Yep.
Enjoy! Over and out.'Although the 523-hp M4 enjoys a massive weight advantage over the M5, the latter is quicker off the mark. The smaller car gains ground under braking, through the chicane, and in the long high-speed corners where the big beast experiences more body roll and tire scrub. 'Don't overdrive the front end,' advises the squawking voice. 'Instead, open up the steering early and make full use of the curbs as you power out of the Nockstein kink.
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