The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com) - View Single Post - V-10 again

AndyP · 18th September 2001, 17:16

I believe the McLaren comes with gold foil engine bay insulation and $14,000 servicing costs ... might restrict a few of us from ownership if applied to the next M5. A V-10 will allow BMW to align their production car marketing (and manufacture to some extent) with their F1 program. I'm all eager for a 550 bhp (BMW: please note - this is the magic number required to stay at the top of the heap). I'd expect a larger displacement than the current M5 with an 8-9000 rpm redline. Sound ... I don't care, I'm sure it would be great but a Ferrari scream at high rpm would be ideal.

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AndyP Member, Sport: On DSC: On (>100 posts) Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Chester, NJ, USA Posts: 195 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I believe the McLaren comes with gold foil engine bay insulation and $14,000 servicing costs ... might restrict a few of us from ownership if applied to the next M5. A V-10 will allow BMW to align their production car marketing (and manufacture to some extent) with their F1 program. I'm all eager for a 550 bhp (BMW: please note - this is the magic number required to stay at the top of the heap). I'd expect a larger displacement than the current M5 with an 8-9000 rpm redline. Sound ... I don't care, I'm sure it would be great but a Ferrari scream at high rpm would be ideal.