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Video: BMW X5 M SUV prototype teaser

By George Skentzos |

BMW has released its own official teaser video to showcase a prototype model of its new X5 M SUV around the Nürburgring circuit.

The brand had previously ignored the idea of an M variant for the X5 and X6 models; however the current climate for performance SUVs has proved far too alluring.

The new BMW X5 M will be powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre V8 engine which should develop more power than the current V10 engines in the M5 and M6 – potentially as high as 373kW and 700Nm.

In addition, the X5 M will also boast trademark M exterior features such as pumped guards, sports bodykit and quad oval exhaust pipes.


 

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  • acfsambo

    A performance SUV, that’s the definition on oxymoron.

  • Bavarian Missile ( . ) ( . )

    hahaha anti spam BMW …………Hell yeah ! I dont get it either! Trying to fill another void just like Toyota do but I guess this has soul!

  • Baji

    haha if BMW had followed its naming convention e.g M3, M5, it would have the MX5 :-P too bad mazda own the MX5 name. this will be one beast of an SUV considering the normal X5 is probably one of the best handling SUV’s out there.

  • Alex

    Although it will be tasteless, I think this will probably be one hell of a car. The X5 already handles better than some cheaper hatchbacks and with that engine… It will have a tacky bodykit though and will be footballer central for the first two years and after that it will still have wankers driving it. Shame really. I think I’d prefer a Q7 V12 TDI.

  • B-Man

    Don’t do it BMW!

  • Alan

    Although i think it’s a ridiculous idea, performance SUV, it is a market that BMW can’t afford to ignore. Porsche has the Cayenne Turbo S, MB has ML63, and audi has that V12 diesel. Although i must say, i really wish they didn’t call this X5 a M car, that dilutes the M brand with a overweight SUV.

  • MisterTwo

    Call it the MX5

  • Twilight

    should be good – though the X6 version will be better =].

    what about M5-X? or would that make implications of an AWD M5 :S.
    maybe just X5M?

  • Devil666

    M5-xDrive?
    X5xDriveM?
    xDriveM5?
    xM5-Drive?
    Drive my MX5?

  • Alan

    my guess is X5 M, like Z4 M