Dyno Run Suggests The BMW M5 Could Really Be Pushing 690bhp
Hold onto your hats, people, because the F90 BMW M5 seems to be making way, way more power than advertised.
BMW will tell you it’s good for 592bhp and 553lb ft at the crank, which is a lot. But YouTube channel IND Distribution has just put its own – standard – car on a dyno and reached figures of 625bhp and 608lb ft… at the wheels. In four-wheel drive.
If those numbers really are correct for this just-run-in F90 M5, allowing for a guesstimate drivetrain loss of 10 per cent, it would mean BMW is underestimating the M5’s figures by about 100bhp and well over 100lb ft. It would make it about as powerful as a Ferrari 488…
At 1855kg the M5 is a fair bit heavier than the 1544kg 488 GTB, but even with a 311kg deficit we have to admit we’re sceptical that the M5 can really be putting out quite that much of the good stuff…
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Someones been busy copying McLaren
Saad(#nissangtrisapc)
Horspower war, today we have a 500bhp in a sedan bla bla!
You trully are making manufacturers to be conservative about their numbers
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Its supposed to be a sleeper!
Volkswagen, more toxic fumes than advertised.
BMW, more power than advertised.
It startet with Dieselgate. Now we have Powergate?
hehehe “69”0
sorry ill leave now
If you saw CarWow’s drag race between this and the E63S, you’ll see that the heavier E63 beat the M5 by miles. If the M5 pushes this much, then the 604 (apparently) bhp E63S might churn out over 700 horses. Just sayin’
But how much is the E63S pushing?
Whatever happened to being natural and stating the facts?? These people can’t be lieing about HP. How about, be truthful and say that “Our car puts out HP as much as a 488, now for $100,000 instead of $300,000!!”. I swear, this is like the automotive equivalent of saying Kim Kardashian has a natural body.
The M5 is like the smart kid who got maximum in the latest exam, but goes around saying they “barely passed”.
Nice1 BMW, you got caught out lmao.