In fact, there have been foreign media reports that the next generation of BMW M5 will be electrified; although in terms of the trend of the overall car industry into the electric generation, this is an inevitable result, but it is still inevitable to make people feel a little sad. According to the photos captured by foreign media Motor1 recently, the day of M5 electrification is coming, and it will meet consumers as soon as 2024.
In the photo, the M5 test car has four exhaust tail sections and an oversized front brake disc under the appearance of heavy camouflage, thus confirming that it is a real M5; except that there is a small thing that most performance fans do not want to see in the side part of the car - charging socket. And as if afraid that others will not be able to see that this is an electric car, the original factory even printed a "Hybrid Test Vehicle" sticker next to the driver's seat door; to tell a joke, this sub-performance fans can understand the Italians found pineapples on pizza.
So far, the expectations of fans for performance cars have never been only the numbers of horsepower, torque, or acceleration emergency stop time on the specification sheet, but also more direct feedback such as body rigidity, suspension reaction and engine sound, especially the engine sound wave, which is an irreplaceable element of the performance car by electric vehicles. So, it's quite curious how the M5, the longest-running M-series in history, convinces consumers to pay in the process of electrification.
If the internal combustion engine is still an integral part of the performance car, then the PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid) hybrid that combines the traditional engine and the electric motor has indeed become a relatively reasonable approach. According to foreign media reports, markus Flasch, former CEO of M GmbH, said in a previous interview with Auto Motor und Sport that its engineers are still working on ways to make the V8 or inline 6-cylinder engine more environmentally friendly.
As far as BMW's XM performance in November 2021 is concerned, it can be said that the original factory has achieved some degree of results. Like the new generation M5, the XM uses a PHEV power architecture, and is a combination of the V8 engine and a high-output motor, with a maximum horsepower of 750 hp and a torque performance of 1000N .m. Assuming that the new generation of M5 also uses the same specifications as the XM power architecture, can it impress the hearts of performance fans? I'm afraid we'll have to wait for time to prove it.