BMW X5 M & X6 M – 555HP Twin Turbo’ed All Wheel Drive Crazyness
Posted by Admin on May 17, 2009
Feast your eyes on the new BMW X5 M and BMW X6 M, both powered by BMW’s brand-new 555 HP 4.4-liter V8 M engines, and are the first all-wheel-drive models in the history of the BMW M series.
Both the new BMW X6 M and BMW X5 M, debuted at the New York Auto Show, are powered by a newly-developed 4.4-liter V8 M engine delivering 555 HP at 6,000 rpm a whopping 500 lb-ft of torque from 1,500 to 5,650 rpm. The new M engine is the first with a pulse-tuned exhaust manifold encompassing both rows of cylinders combined with high-performance twin-scroll twin turbo technology.
All that twin turbo goodness helps both of these SUV-type-things accelerate from 0-to-60 MPH in 4.5 seconds. But the real story here is from a handling standpoint, as both vehicles, with careful tuning of their xDrive systems, are the first BMW M vehicles with all-wheel-drive capability.
Read the full press release and view the full galleries after the jump.
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