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When twenty years ago, BMW constructors and marketers decided to equip the car to the fifth series with a powerful engine, they hardly gave themselves a report that this undertaking shows a new look - sports shells dealing in the nonsense clothing of business class sedans. Since then, on this path, many went, only the fourth generation of the BMW M5 again sets the tone. 
When another charged modification of the serial machine appears on the market, the inaders traditionally begin to estimate how much useful things could be used for money spent on herd of horses. Galop lovers who are not accustomed to consider other people's capital, their song: again, instead of traditional spurs and bridles, we impose a bunch of electronic lies that will interfere with the real rider. The new BMW M5 is a great reason for this kind of discussion. In fact: for 119 thousand euros, which will cost in Russia M5, can be bought for every day BMW 525i and for fan - Rhodster BMW Z4. As for the bridles, they are really quite a lot of them in the new car. And most importantly - box! Fans of a simple handle in Munich said no categorical - BMW M5 is equipped with only SMG. And let the Bavarians call her mechanical gearbox, we know: a lot for the driver she does herself as the notorious two of the Larz.
To understand the logic of BMW AG's designers and marketers, it is very useful to look into the document where the portrait of a typical um-fifth buyer is drawn. Mainly a man, they are married, and, as a rule, they have two more cars in the family, on average they are 45 years old, which is somewhat less than that of the traditional buyers of the 5th series. As they say in the people, there are no money to forty money, consider, never
will? But we read on: M5 is used by your owners every day, mainly for long business trips, 75 percent M5 are service cars ... So, in fact, everything has become in place. Purchase on official money relieves questions about the price. And the business lifestyle does not imply the presence of time to specifically get behind the steering wheel of the sports car, fasten with five-point belts, paint the poker and get kicks from hard suspension. BMW M5 is a classic two in one: a sedan for business trips and, at will, racing car. Half an hour on fitness, two - to negotiations and then another half an hour on the racing.
Road formula. At the world presentation of the fourth-generation BMW M5, which was held in the vicinity of Munich, was constantly sent to the Queen of Motorsport. They say, and the M5 engine blocks are cast in the same place, where too blocks for the Bavarian formulas, in the Landshuta light metal casting shop in Landshuta. And the throttle here is its own on each cylinder - for the instantaneous reaction of the engine to press the gas pedal, as in the formula. And even the sound resembles the sound of the BMW Williams F1 racing engine. Meanwhile, externally BMW M5 is less reminded by the Schumacher's Ralph car than Ferrari Enzo - the car of his older brother. Rather, the top five we are in front of us. Huge air intake and small spoilers on apron. Wings became wings, letting the 19-inch wheels. The special form of fairing external mirrors capable of influencing the aerodynamics of the car is the tradition for M5. But the gills on the front wings of the Em-Fifth is equipped with for the first time.
Inside the newly decorated speedometer and tachometer draw attention: from chrome rims on the driver, black dials with white numbers and red arrows are watching. White circular illumination is on constantly. Another innovation - floating zones of the tachometer: the yellow zone warns, and the red limits the frequency of rotation depending on the oil temperature. When the engine warms up, the red zone will begin on the impressive 8200 rpm. According to the laws of the market, the next model is obliged to be more powerful and dynamic than the past, not to mention competitors. Previous M5, if remember, has 400 hp and accelerated to hundreds in 5.3 seconds. Motorists BMW had three ways. The first is an increase in the working volume, but this is a large mass and dimensions: the V8 of the predecessor (also, by the word, five-liter volume) already barely placed under the hood of the business class sedan. The second path is compressors, or turbocharging, whose work, as you know, is conjugate with delays in the engine's reaction at the driver's desire.
The third way is to increase the revolutions that are able to provide an optimal gear ratio in the box and thereby realize the maximum thrust. On this path and went. True, the engine M5 does not spin to fantastic 18 thousand rpm, like a Williams BMW motor, but he lives longer than one race. Under yourself. For the idea of \u200b\u200bthe creators, in a new BMW M5 you are loading like in a sedan for everyday business trips. By default, the car involves only 400 hp The following options are possible, you should manage with the buttons located near the base of the PPC handle.
We press the POWER button, and at our disposal now all 507 hp, which has BMW M5. But this is only the beginning.
Now you need to adjust the suspension. The latter is not lowered the chassis five, but a completely independent design: strengthened supports, levers, hinges, elastoknematics changed. And the most important thing is the electronically adjustment system of shock absorbers (EDC), which has three programs: Comfortable, rigid and sports.
The driver is allowed to intervene in the settings of the Dynamic Control System (DSC) system. It can be simply turned off with the button on the center console, and then respond to your actions on the road yourself. The first stage of the included DSC corresponds to the setting of the system of the usual five. Finally, with activated dynamic mode, M system corrects the driver only in the most extreme situations, allowing the machine to move in the controlled drift. But that's not all. The new seven-step SMG gearbox is not an expanded version of the already known sixstairs. As the BMW designers assure, seven steps allowed to reduce jumps and the moment, and the switching themselves now occur by 20 percent faster. In addition, the DriveLogic function gives the driver the ability to manage the character of these switches, adapting their speed to its own ride manner.
Full box. In automatic mode D, there are five degrees of switching - from a comfortable-smooth to a sports sharp. They are selected by the buttons on the central tunnel, and the indication of what kind of mode is selected, appears in the form of burning columns between the Speedometer and Tachometer scales. In the most comfortable embodiment, the clutch works softly, and the transmissions switch almost unnoticed. If you include the sporty option, but at the same time slowly, you will get tired of nodding from the jokes with which SMG transfers transmission. It is necessary to help a box, poding, but it will agree, no longer careless movement on the machine. 
In sports mode, the driver of the driver has six degrees of switching speed. The transmissions can be changed by the handle of the gearbox or the petals behind the steering wheel. Four fifth of the maximum torque at the BMW M5 is achieved in the range of 5,500 rpm, so the thrust under the pedal is always enough, even at the 7th gear. When switching down, the engine rejuvenates, having worked out with a bovine pear, at the time of opening the clutch M5 twisted forward, and after a moment, the engine is intensely slowed down - unmatched sensations. You can not switch up in manual SMG mode. The arrow will strengthen into the red zone, and the car will wait patiently when the driver stops fooling. Automatic switching down in manual mode are left for safety and comfort reasons. Let's say, for overtaking, you need to go with the seventh to the third. To poke your finger four times in the petal or push the handle - a time loss, and so - I pressed the gas pedal and everything you need for you made kick-down. The same when stopping, for example, on the traffic light: the box itself will set you the first gear for the start.
In order to make sure that the SMG ability to optimally change the transfers, which is not available even to the most experienced driver, in sports mode there is an elevated function - a quick start system Launch Control. In a fixed car, it is necessary to push the knob of the gearbox from ourselves and, holding it in such a position, to stop the gas pedal. The engine immediately gains momentum, optimal for a sharp start. We release the lever, and M5 fits forward with perfectly adjustable slip, and SMG independently increases the transmission, barely proactive the operation of the electronic speed limiter. However, such a focus is not possible on each traffic light - the next inclusion of the Launch Control system will take place only after 4 km of way. 
According to the Gentlemen Agreement with other automakers, the maximum rate of BMW M5 is limited to 250 km / h. The arrow of the speedometer, sometimes smooth the driver and his car, however, the projection on the windshield of our M5 once unequivocally showed numbers 261. The Bavarian gentlemen hardly broke the word. Maybe the wind was passing? PHYSICAL CULTURE. Of course, the owner of the BMW M5 is unlikely to be constantly experimenting with the settings of the car and knock the fingers on the buttons on the central tunnel. Surely, riding with the week, he will choose two modes: one - when the car is needed as transport, the other - for the notorious ambitious races. And in this, the MDRIVE function will come to the rescue, which is activated by a button with a m on a steering wheel. As the hero of Artist Leonov said, now I will be sparkling - you press the button. Now everything is turned on. 507 forces, suspension Righten, quick change of gear, Late DSC triggering threshold, Projection display and active adjustment of the seat backrest width - you choose from the list itself. When you need to regain seriousness again, you press the button again, and the car reappears the power characteristics programmed in the Key Memory system.
Someone does not like it. After all, a real sports car is a whole complex of emotions, born with mandatory discomfort, noise, constant struggle with the wheel, pedals, road surface. On M5, all emotions are not only predictable, but also in essence, managers. This is not a flaw. This is philosophy. The car should not strain the driver, his task is to give him pleasure, "one of the designers of BMW Motorsport GmbH told me, peering at night Dal Lake Tegernose. - Our customers did not become Ralphs Schumachers not because they have no abilities, but because it is a completely different business that they have no time. And on the first requirement, our car can remind them about it. It is useless to argue. Twenty years ago, the first BMW M5 was separated by a circulation of only 2 thousand copies. The penultimate generation was atree the ten times more owners. Elite sport turns into mass physical education. And here the main thing is not the result, but participation.
Text Dmitry Gronsky, photo BMW AG.
The five-liter motor is the main thing, but not the main difference between M5 from other fifth series machines, otherwise the model could be called 550i. Although this power unit itself is unique for serial motor construction - the ability to unwind up to 8250 rpm puts it in one row with motors of real sports cars. Compared to the previous V8 BMW M5 increased its power to more than a quarter. M5 sports ambitions are not at the detriment of comfort and place for passengers or baggage. In the basic configuration, the car's salon will delight your skin Merino three colors - to choose from. For a fee of the skin, you can cover the torpedo, and the ceiling should be draped. Ventilation of the driver's seat and front passenger is also an option.
The new BMW M5 is not a wolf in sheep skins. Changed front and rear aprons, side thresholds and wider wheeled arches, four exhaust pipes, aggressive gills on the front wings ... It is a pity only, the benzobac remained the same - with intense 70-liter containers, it may not be enough for 250 km.
BMW M5. Motion gasoline 10-cylinderV-shaped
Working volume (cube. Cm) 4999
Power (LS Prost / min) 507 at 7750
Moment (nm at rpm) 520 at 6100
Rear-wheel drive
Gearbox 7-speed SMG III
Length / Width / Height (mm) 4855/1846/1469
Wheel base (mm) 2889
Mass Curb (kg) 1830
Maximum speed (km / h) 250
Acceleration to 100 km / h (C) 4.7
Middle fuel consumption (l / 100 km) 14.8
Price in Moscow 119 000
A source: "Autopilot"
