BMW hasn't waited very long to introduce the oil burning top of the range variant of the F15 BMW X5 - pictures and brief specs of the car was available right from the get go when the F15 X5 was first unveiled in end May 2013. Now we can share with you more hi-res photos of the range-topper, until the X5 M is launched of course.
If you're the kind of guy that gets off with numbers, you aren't going to be very excited because things aren't very different under the hood of the F15 M50d versus the E70. Peak output is still 381 horsepower, peak torque is 740Nm, and the 6 cylinder 3.0 litre engine still uses three turbochargers. Power is set to the xDrive system via an 8-speed automatic gearbox. 0 to 100km/h can be done in 5.3 seconds, down from 5.4 seconds in the E70 model.
Despite what seems like mega power and torque and a 0 to 100km/h acceleration figure of 5.3 seconds, because the M50d is a diesel, the combined fuel consumption rating is just 6.7 litres per 100km on the EU test cycle, down from 7.5 litres per 100km on the E70 X5 M50d, so despite the same power output numbers, the car is both more fuel efficient and quicker accelerating as well.
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