---
title: "New BMW M5 Will Have 600 HP and All-Wheel Drive"
description: "The tire-shredding prowess from M5s of yore may or may not live on in the new model."
date: "2017-03-10"
modified: "2017-03-10"
authors:
  - name: "Christian Gilbertsen"
    job_title: "Native Projects Editor"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/8260/new-bmw-m5-will-have-600-hp-and-all-wheel-drive"
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  - "BMW News"
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  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "luxury"
  - "M5"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# New BMW M5 Will Have 600 HP and All-Wheel Drive

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Up until now, details about the new BMW M5 have been relatively scarce, but [*Autocar*](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2017-bmw-m5-get-600bhp-and-four-wheel-drive>) has picked up new, exciting information about the sports sedan that, at least on paper, make the Bavarian barn stormer look promising, despite its new standard all-wheel drive system.

Starting with its engine, the G30 M5 will use a heavily reworked version of the 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that's been in use since the last M5 and M6. This new model, though, will be pushing out a reported 600 hp, 40 hp more than the previous generation. The new M5 will also ditch the DCT gearbox the last M5 used for a ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic. According to [*Autocar*](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2017-bmw-m5-get-600bhp-and-four-wheel-drive>), the new 'box will be able to be programmed five different ways.

A new version of BMW xDrive will also come standard, whose multi-plate wet clutch system can continuously split between between the front and rear axles. Lest BMW die-hards be disappointed, the German automaker has programmed the all-wheel drive system to decouple the front differential in M Dynamic Mode to unleash all 600 horsepower to only the rear wheels.

Speaking to [*Autocar*](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2017-bmw-m5-get-600bhp-and-four-wheel-drive>), BMW senior vice president, Hildegard Wortmann, said, "You will see in this car where we will take the \[M\] brand from here. I’ve driven it on track and it’s really special. The engineers have done an excellent job. It’s outrageous."

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