The Artist

one thing is for sure..it will be the greatest ever..it will EAT the competition

klier

^^^ Damn right bro Don't mess with BMW engine skills!!

Sunny

My money is on 5L TT.

Tarek

Makes sense to use the same engine but rework it since MB is using the same 6.2l in the next E as well.

SKYSONY

Makes sense, thaqts true, but i think that BMW needs to make more powerfull M engines, since Merc is having actually a more powefull engine that BMW one in each segment of its line.

Sunny

I doubt it will be the same engine with turbos slapped on. The requirements for a high revving NA engine and a turbocharged engine is quite different. I don't think the new BMW 4.4l V8TT has anything much in common with the old NA 4.4L V8, nor is the new 3TT, the NA 3.0 with 2 turbos slapped on.

Tarek

The new TT 4.4 V8 is totally diff one from the old 4.4l,as for the next M5 engine i think it's gonna be NA but reworked to 550hp.

Porsche Guy

BMW's CEO, Norbert Reithofer made the following comment a while ago:

"[Reithofer] points to the twin-turbocharged inline-six in the 135i, 335i and 535i as a good indication of what the future might hold, particularly in the case of the M-badged variants that would make more use of forced induction rather than upgraded displacement and higher cylinder counts (not that they could get much higher). We can only dream, but with emissions standards increasing across the globe, it's the next logical evolution of the performance breed."

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I'm hoping that BMW decides to drop the 4 liter V8 from the M3 in the next M5 but with some upgrades first, direct injection and twin or sequential turbos. I could see them easily getting 500hp and 500 lb/ft of torque to match from that engine if the I6 twin turbo is any indication of potential power output. Tuners are getting some serious HP and Torque numbers out of those engines from just software upgrades alone. Considering the V10 in the M5 is already substantially heavier than the competition, I'm not exactly excited at the prospect of more weight under the hood, or anywhere on the car for that matter. I want the next M5 to be lighter, more than anything else.

polo2007

+1

vabboud

if the next M5 turns FI, expect soemthing like a 3.5/4.0 V10 with triturbo sequential and high rev count