Next-Generation BMW M5 Spied Testing, Packs All-Wheel Drive - Automobile
The next-generation BMW M5 sedan will adopt all-wheel drive, as seen on a current-gen M5 prototype caught testing in the snow earlier this year. While the new M5 will have all-wheel drive, don’t expect it to lose all of the pure driving characteristics that made the previous generations so enthralling. “If we were to do a four-wheel drive [car], it should be rear-wheel drive with traction, as I like to say,” Meel said. “It needs to drive like an M should drive. If that were possible with four-wheel drive, to get those vehicle dynamics, then it would be suitable for us. ” The current BMW M5, which has been on sale since the 2012 model year, features a 4. 4-liter twin-turbo V-8 pushing out a substantial... Source: www.automobilemag.com
