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BMW M5 (2025) Video Review - The Most Powerful M5 Ever!

Many will regard the BMW M5 as the consummate all-rounder, capable of executing a number of tasks rather well. Looking for an executive saloon that looks at home pulling up to the office? M5. Want a family car for weekends away? M5. Want something that can tackle a track day? M5.

Author - Chad Lückhoff
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BMW has given us the most powerful M5 ever in the form of the latest G90 M5. With 535kW (717 hp) and 1 000Nm (737 lb.ft), and M xDrive all-wheel-drive, the new G90 M5 can blast from a standstill to 100 km/h in only 3.5 seconds.

Related: Latest BMW M5 headed to South Africa!

This is thanks to its 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 and, for the first time ever, high-voltage electrical assistance. That's right, the new M5 is a plug-in hybrid. The addition of electrical assistance helps boost the total power output and reduces emissions and fuel consumption, allowing for up to 90 km of full EV driving from a single charge.


Watch our review of the new BMW M5 here!

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Author - Chad Lückhoff

Written by Chad Lückhoff

With over 18 years of motorsport commentary and a passion for 90s Japanese Sports Cars, Chad Lückhoff is happiest when surrounded by drift cars and smoking tyres. His experience as the Technical Editor of the country’s top tuning magazine means that it’s the nuts and bolts of motoring that tickles his fancy. As comfortable in front of the camera as he is behind it, he’ll take you behind the wheel with his video reviews, written recounts, and invoking photography. One of the first to join the AutoTrader fray, Chad has been living his passion at AutoTrader for over 7-years.Read more

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