radzM

does anybody here speaks German? what does the article says?

narvselius

I tried to read it but the resolution is not good enough...

But, what I got out of it (including a headache...) was:
* Start-Stop for cars with Auto trannies to be launched early 2011
* Diesel engine with 5.5 lit/100 km ECE consumption
* Petrol engines - incl 6-cyls - will during the car's life cycle be exchanged for newly developed 4 cyl 1.8 lit turbo engines (as reported on this forum)
* Power range Petrol engines 180 - 370 BHP, Diesel 180 - 290 BHP.

pinguhk

at last a 4 cyl 1.8 lit turbo engines just like audi. I like alot

Howitzer

That looks amazing.

obbslp

AWESOME

tachyon

Great find. Interesting how similar the two renderings are - like the 'sonic wave' off of the roundel which travel up the hood.

So, when do we think the F10 5-series will arrive here in the U.S.? It has been projected that BMW will preview the F10 at the Geneva show in March 2010 (only 15 months!). So it may be realistic that it could hit German showrooms that May, as Autozeitung suggests. If so, I would guess that we will see the first F10s here in the States in October 2010.

The next question is (and this is more important to me): when will the F10 M5 be released? The E60 M5 arrived here 2 years after the base model, and I think the new M3 also took 2 years to arrive. But both of those models came out with brand new engines - and the next M5 may use the engine that is being developed for the X6 M and X5 M. So hopefully we won't have to wait as long to see the F10 M5. I would love to see it come out one year after the base F10 release, but recent BMW actions seem to dictate a longer wait.

If the next M5 gets here by the Fall of 2011 - I'm keeping my 550 until then. If we won't see it until late 2012, I will likely get something else to drive until then. What to get? Used E60 M5, new M3, Cadillac CTS-V, Audi S5? Hmmmm.

titanium

If you compare the rendering of the silver and golden cars with the picture of the F10 bumper you can see that the silver version is closest to the real thing. And the gold car can probably be Auto Zeitungs Mtech version.




Here?s another not to good photoshop:

amigo525

Only one problem my lease is due this coming nov. I wonder if the dealer can let me keep my current tutle until that one arrives. Now need to worry about the color and spec*s.

AlexFW

Nothing will be nicer than the E60 with M bumpers!!
F10 sucks, I already know!

Nick525DSport

That looks great back to an aggressive look for BMW, similarities between the 3 and 7, I think the solver is the non m tech as the gold has the classic m tech look with the wide mouth (why why why BMW it looks crap) replaced with a more aggressive centre line and lower sills. I was considering an upgrade this year but would wait for the likely nearly 3 years beforw the mtec is launched which is normally a year behind, I wish BMW would launch both at the same time.