The prototypes of the new generation of the BMW M5 are burning stages. After the first urban ones, the winter ones arrived and now it has just stormed the Nürburgring circuit. The new BMW M5 2025 has been caught in some spy photos pushing its new plug-in hybrid system to the limit.
The testing program of new BMW M5 2024 it has only just begun. The German firm has a long development ahead for a generation of the sports sedan, in which it will take a long time, a top-of-the-range version that we are going to see in dozens, and hundreds of spy photosuntil its world debut at the end of 2024. The top of the range of the also new 5 Series is already facing the NürburgringBut it won’t be the only time he does it.
At the very least, we’ll see him a few more times over the next year, and he’ll also face some other extreme cold tests next year as the set-up process matures. A double sighting, since it has been seen in the surroundings of the German track, and also on the asphalt of the circuit. Outwardly nothing has changed compared to previous prototypes of the M5, being very camouflaged as is normal in these early stages, and with all temporary light groupsfront and rear.
The future BMW M5 2025 will be a tall Plug-in Hybrid
However, there are a couple of small changes compared to the rest of the units sighted to date. And it is that leak area is exposedas well thin and very discreet vertical gills at the ends of the rear bumper, which gives an idea of the more aggressive design that it will present in this area. The rest remains intact, even an extra protection that stands out especially in the rear wheel arches.
The prototype also reveals the powerful braking system, with perforated discs on both axes, and a low suspension height. One of the objects that is being fine-tuned in this first step through the Nordschleife, configuring the fine-tuning of the chassis. At a later level, performance will come, since for now everything is in its infancy. The cornering on the German circuit also reveals part of the large curved screen that houses the dashboard, one of the hallmarks of an interior in which the avant-garde and maximum sportiness will come together.
The Munich brand has been forced to succumb to the most advanced electrification in this new M5 that will be a powerful plug-in hybrid. The saloon will inherit the new technical scheme that is hidden under the XM sports SUV that will be presented in the coming months, with the engine 4.4-liter TwinPower Turbo V8 and the help of an electric motor that will reach 675 hp of maximum power. Those of Garching will continue to rely on the xDrive all-wheel drive and the 8-speed sports automatic transmission, along with a low-capacity battery that will allow a maximum autonomy in electric mode of less than 25 kilometers.