When BMW say that there releasing a new motorsport version of one of their cars you know to expect a high BHP around the 300 mark, big wheel and a large engine size, and it will be based on one of their saloon cars and will have rear wheel drive. Well this is all about to change, Today BMW have announced that they are going to make a M Sport version of the X5 and X6. These will be the first models that will be 4 wheel drive and non saloon body style to be branded with the M Sport badge and technology.

Both the X5 and X6 will be powered by a twin turbo charged 4.4 litre v8 that produces 547BHP, pushing both models to 60MPH in less than 5 seconds with a high top speed of 151mph but that is limited. This limit is increased if you add the optional extra that is the M drivers pack but expect to pay a high price for this.

Looking at the cars they have larger front air intakes, gills on the front wings and four exhaust pipes.  Your Interior will have leather sports seats and an M branded steering wheel.  Both models will feature DPC (Dynamic Performance Control) which will vary the power between the front and rear wheels which will aid better acceleration and handling.
Both BMW SUVs will get around 20.3MPG which isn’t great but you are driving a 4.4 litre engine producing 547BHP.

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