---
title: "Is This Video a Sneak Peek of the New BMW M5?"
description: "New super-sedan may have made a sly cameo on BMW's Facebook page. "
date: "2016-09-19"
modified: "2016-09-19"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5245/is-this-video-a-sneak-peek-of-the-new-bmw-m5"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "luxury"
  - "M5"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# Is This Video a Sneak Peek of the New BMW M5?

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/bmw-m5-2018-new-hero.jpg>)
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We'll admit it: When we saw that [BMW had posted a video on its Facebook page](<https://www.facebook.com/BMW/videos/10154546872212269/>) outlining the semi-autonomous driving features of the upcoming 5 Series, we were rather blasé on it. Between the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class and the Tesla Model S, we figured we were more or less up to speed with the state of self-driving luxury sedans. But what the hell, we figured, maybe it'll give us a sneak peek of the new car. Worst case scenario, it's a waste of two minutes of our life.

It wasn't.

In fact, it seems this Facebook video may—emphasis on *may*—have given us our first undisguised look at the all-new BMW M5.

For most of the 45-second-long video, BMW does its best to cover up the next-gen 5 Series, blurring the car out like TNT censoring a pair of exposed boobs in an R-rated movie. But about 30 seconds in, the camera catches a quick glimpse of the undisguised front-left flank of the car, revealing several distinctive M traits:

**—large brakes with the distinctive blue calipers**

**—a jutting front fascia**

**—air exhaust vents behind the wheels**

**—M badges on both the wheel and the side of the car**

![2018 BMW M5](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/2018-bmw-m5-new-future-inline.jpg>)
**Facebook / BMW**

Those aren't the only signs that the 5 Series seen in this clip could be BMW's next super-sports sedan, though. A few seconds earlier in the clip, there's a quick shot over the driver's shoulder that gives the camera a good look at the car's steering wheel; sure enough, there's another M badge on the bottom spoke of the button-laden tiller. (We stared long and hard to see if we could make out if any of those are any of the customizable M-buttons, but to no avail.)

![bmw m5 2017 2018 the drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bmw-m5-new-future-2018-steering-wheel.jpg>)

Obviously, there's a chance this could be [some sort of M Sport version](<https://www.bmwblog.com/2016/09/16/next-generation-of-the-bmw-5-series-shows-off-automated-driving/>), as the folks at *BMWBlog* suggest, but our collective gut here at *The Drive* says—or at least hopes—otherwise. Clearly, sneaking those little details into the video was an intentional move the most obvious reason to do that would be to drum up excitment...and nobody assumes M Sport when they see that badge.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/willsabelcourtney>)  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)