In short: BMW X5 M

Well, for some reason we still get it when we sit at the computer and watch the footage in which Jeremy proves the complete nonsense of installing a nearly 600 horsepower engine in the body of an SUV. Until we get into this car ourselves. The first thing that came to my mind at the time was that Jeremy was probably having a bad moment, like when he hit one of the producers. Let's take a look at what you can find on the Internet: The nearly 2,5-tonne mass is powered by a 4,4-liter V-575, aided by two different sized turbochargers. This combination gives, say and write, XNUMX "horsepower" (by the way, this is the most powerful production M to date), and power is transmitted to the road with all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic transmission.

How fast is it? It accelerates to a hundred per hour in 4,2 seconds, a tenth faster than the M5. He would like to accelerate at more than 250 kilometers per hour, but the electronics do not allow him. Can you imagine how hard the brakes work? Improved six-piston brake calipers cut into huge brake discs that hide (yes) under 21-inch wheels, and the total area of ​​all brake pads should be 50 percent larger than their predecessor. About the interior of the car, which costs 183 thousand, in this small post there is no need to waste words on superlatives. Let's just say the X5 M offered us a worthy comparison of how a lead surgeon feels when he enters a prepared operating room and everything is in his hands. Except that the surgeon is probably not sitting in top-notch refrigerated sports chairs, and the assistants behind him are not able to watch movies on screens.

The best thing about technology, too: Through the iDrive central computer system (it's so humiliating to call it just a multimedia system when it does so much), more arbitrary vehicle symbols can be set. You can drive the X5 M without noticing the difference between it and its 200th cheaper sibling at the bottom of the price list, or you can force a wounded bull behavior with one of the two M buttons on the steering wheel. In addition to perfect fast lane dominance, it will give you the most fun if you switch and play with the steering wheel levers, finding the engine speed area where you can best hear the crackle of unburned fuel in the exhaust system. Ah, such a beautiful sound that it also tempted the Ljubljana police officers to turn on the lights and take a closer look at the car. Hi people. It is somehow absurd if, at the end of this short entry, I would advise everyone to buy a car for almost 5 thousand. But still, if there is anyone among the readers who squints among such "nonsensical" cars, I can say that the XXNUMX M is the car that shook the authority of Jeremy Clarkson.

text: Sasha Kapetanovich

X5 M (2015)

Basic data

Sales:	BMW GROUP Slovenia
Base model price:	154.950 €
Test model cost:	183.274 €
Power:	423kW (575 KM)
Acceleration (0-100 km / h):	4,2 with
Maximum speed:	250 km / h
Mixed flow ECE:	11,1l / 100km

Cost (up to 100.000 km or five years)

Technical information

engine:	8-cylinder - 4-stroke - in-line - petrol biturbo - displacement 4.395 cm3 - maximum power 423 kW (575 hp) at 6.000-6.500 rpm - maximum torque 750 Nm at 2.200-5.000 rpm.
Energy transfer:	the engine drives all four wheels - 8-speed automatic transmission - front tires 285/40 R 20 Y, rear tires 325/35 R 20 Y (Pirelli PZero).
Capacity:	250 km/h top speed - 0-100 km/h acceleration in 4,2 s - fuel consumption (ECE) 14,7/9,0/11,1 l/100 km, CO2 emissions 258 g/km.
Mass:	empty vehicle 2.350 kg - permissible gross weight 2.970 kg.
External dimensions:	length 4.880 mm – width 1.985 mm – height 1.754 mm – wheelbase 2.933 mm – trunk 650–1.870 85 l – fuel tank XNUMX l.