2011 BMW M5 towed off the Nurburgring

By George Skentzos | September 04th, 2010

The Nurburgring is one of the most demanding stretches of tarmac on the planet which is why it is so popular among car makers to test their latest creations.

Although this particular outing has proved all too much for the 2011 BMW M5 prototype in these photos which had to be towed off the ‘Ring on top of a car trailer due to an unknown issue.

With no exterior damage to speak of, it it more likely that the prototype suffered a mechanical or electrical issue which required the help of BMW’s support vehicle to retrieve it from a remote corner of the Green Hell.

Fortunately for BMW, this is all part of the development process and is just one less issue likely to end up in the final production model.

BMW has not yet made an official announcement on where and when the 2011 BMW M5 will make its official debut, although the Paris auto show is currently the best guess.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1285962287 Declan Collins

I’d laugh if their new high-tec TT V8 blew up.
Don’t

On a German website it simply said the car ran out of gas.

Devil’s Advocate

I didn’t know it ran on LPG… (TIC in case you can’t see the wink…)

Baddass

And all in front of BMWs own billboard. How embarassing.

zahmad

Nice spotting there badass!

Shak

Could it maybe be a cooling problem, that may have overloaded the ECU, or maybe that immense slug of torque killed the ECU or gearbox. So many possibilities. Lets hope they fix it quick.
Mythfrances

Since its a BMW article…I would just like to quietly say that…”I saw a X6 on the street today…AND OMG its so ugly! Worst BMW after 1 series.”
BMW

Rear lights look like a Lexus, but i guess thats better than the current ones!
http://gotkaul.@hotnail.com james

That’s what happens when u down downgrade a v10 to a 10
Hugh Jorgan

Too much boooost, hey bro.
Fenno

Actually this story is not about the m5 but the x5 towcar. It seems they want to build the X5 “Dutch” edition to help alleviate the slowness of Dutch caravanners. It just so happens a M5 weighs similar to a Viscount/Winnebago.
LOL

Matty B

Close…But apparantly they’re using old X5′s in pursuit of the ellusive and prestigous “discontinued Luxury 4WD whilst towing a full size pre-production saloon” Lap Time Record on the ring….No other logical explanation.