New 2012 BMW M5 (F10) highspeed run by Autoblogger (Video)

[Topspeed]

Originally Posted by Dackelone

The reason is because production M5's are limited to 260 from the factory. At least that is what one M engineer told me at the M5 press intro at the 'Ring. You can go to a //M driving school and have a BMW Zentrum(dealer) up the limiter to (a real, not what the speedo reads! but a real..) 280 kph V-max.


Dack

My experience in my E60 M5 and e92 M3 has always been that an indicated speed of 270 km/h is actually 250 km/h.

Page 16 of the F10 M5's brochure seems to confirm this.

http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=544860 (Click on Catalog Tab)

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70985 Page 42

[Dackelone]

Originally Posted by Topspeed

My experience in my E60 M5 and e92 M3 has always been that an indicated speed of 270 km/h is actually 250 km/h.

Page 16 of the F10 M5's brochure seems to confirm this.

http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=544860 (Click on Catalog Tab)

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70985 Page 42

Yes, that is my understanding too.

[southlight]

Originally Posted by Topspeed

My experience in my E60 M5 and e92 M3 has always been that an indicated speed of 270 km/h is actually 250 km/h.

Page 16 of the F10 M5's brochure seems to confirm this.

http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=544860 (Click on Catalog Tab)

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70985 Page 42

It's 'officially' limited to 250kph. However, M models are allowed to go a bit faster than AG models and the indicated speed of 270kph is in the ballpark of real 256-258kph.


Best regards,
south

[bobbyd1961]

Originally Posted by the infamous...

beast!!

not so sure about that.