BMW Releases Its Long Anticipated M5 with a 507-HP V10

The super sedan also features a metal-accented leather interior in three color choices, all unique from the regular 5-Series.

The M5 will be equipped with a unique interior, available in three new colors and featuring a new gauge package and optional "M-specific" fighter pilot style head-up display (HUD) system. (Photo: BMW Canada)

The car's gauge package is exclusive too, while an "M-specific" fighter pilot style head-up display (HUD) system is also available. Other interior touches unique to the M5 separate it from 530 and 545 models.

On the outside, the most noticeable changes are just behind each front wheel cutout. The new M5 sports fender gills similar to its smaller M3 sibling, plus redesigned front and rear fascias, the latter sporting the model's characteristic quad tailpipes.

Unlike rival super sedans from Audi and Mercedes-Benz, the M5 has been optimized for high horsepower over gut-wrenching

BMW has designed the M5 to be a high horsepower, high speed powerhouse at the expense of off the line gut-wrenching torque. (Photo: BMW Canada)

torque. This may not make it quite as quick off the line, but BMW reports it becomes much more exciting at high speed when the engine revs begin to climb to otherworldly levels.

BMW is counting on purist sport sedan fans opting for the M5's naturally aspirated high-tech power over comparatively crude SOHC V8 engine architectures featuring a simplistic supercharger, in the case of Mercedes-Benz' E55 and CLS55 AMG, and turbochargers in the rumored CLS65 AMG. The Bavarian brand's rivals also only offer 5-speed automatic gearboxes with manual-mode actuation, nowhere near as sophisticated as BMW's updated 7-speed SMG transmission.