---
title: "Drive Wire: Alpina Upgrades the BMW M5"
description: "Cars, Culture, and the People Who Make Both. Your Destination for All Things Automotive."
date: "2015-11-24"
modified: "2015-11-24"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/1004/drive-wire-alpina-upgrades-the-bmw-m5"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "luxury"
  - "M5"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# Drive Wire: Alpina Upgrades the BMW M5

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In the quest for more power, famous BMW tuner and touring car racing legend Alpina has built an M5 with 600 horsepower, easily beating the factory model with its hardly-puny 560 ponies. Torque jumps from 500 to 590 foot-pounds as well, and the top speed is unleashed from a factory-restricted 165 miles per hour to a free-range 204. The best part? There’s a wagon version, for all you practical sort of people.

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