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New X5 4.X iS or possible M version ?? (Spy pics & info) - 08-30-2007, 01:28 PM
Looks like a real M-version of the X5 is on is way...

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The front seems to have the X6 bumpers we 've already seen a couple of weeks ago on an X5... However this time it seems to have also M type of exhaust . It can of course still be a sporty , but non-M version... at least we have something to talk about again

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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 01:50 PM
I was checking those pics out on leftlanenews.com, you beat me by a minute!
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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 01:53 PM
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I was checking those pics out on left lane news, you beat me by a minute!
Sorry...I was wondering , if somebody would beat me on these one..
I wanted to start a new thread so badly, at least once
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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 01:56 PM
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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 02:04 PM
My first thought was a new X5 IS version. But the exhaust really looks like a M setup. In combination with the X6-style front it looks to me like a X6-M mule in X5-clothes. Just like they did with the first M3 prototypes in sedan form...

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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 02:28 PM
Likely not an M car, but rather the rumored 5.4 engine as a "sport". Last model, there were suggestions that the 4.6is and 4.8is were going to receive an M badge, but they determined that an X5 just wasn't M material. I expect the same here, but look forward, nevertheless, to owning and driving this car.
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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 02:48 PM
its the turbocharged V8 being tested, my money on that.

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Our photographer also reported a very different engine sound on this prototype, which pointed to the likelihood of a V-10 or twin-turbo V8 stuffed under this prototype’s hood.
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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 02:58 PM
Did anybody notice that the outer exhaust tips are shorter than the inner exhaust tips. Isn't that a feature of all M cars?

For comparison an M5 mule:

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Besides that does the X5 have a wider track. Too much change for the IS IMHO...

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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 04:01 PM
This are first testings of V10 S85 engine used on X6 platform.

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They are using E70 body since X6 body still isn't in full production, yet only few X6 testing prototypes are cruising around.


BMW used the same method in 135i case: testing N54 engine, brakes, suspension etc in E81 hatch body.
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Re: Possible X5 M version sighted - 08-30-2007, 04:06 PM
That's what I thought....

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