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04 April 2011 - 12:00

Official pics; new BMW M5 revealed

After yesterday's little oopsy, BMW has acknowledged that the [pics doing the round of the interweb yesterday were, in fact, the new M5 that's set to be unveiled at Shanghai in a couple of weeks. So it's rushed out a nicer set of piccies - but it's still holding onto the important bits, like specs and interior images.

Details are scarce, but expect it to be powered by a grunted-up version of the twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 that's currently in the crazy-ass X5 M soft-road missile. If we had to guess at an output, 425kW sounds like a nice round figure, and a 0-100km/h time of a shade over four seconds should be eminently doable. Ulp.

See official pics of the 2012 BMW M5 here, as well as yesterday's spy shots

It'll be interesting to see if BMW's M division pay heed to criticisms that the previous M5 was a bit too complex a thing to set up and drive. No matter - it'll be a booming monster of a sports sedan, no matter what.