SPY SHOTS: 2013 BMW M5

Maybe reading German would pay off - I seem to find all the real good stuff that the American blogs don't get, by running German news sites through the ol' Google translator. Case in point, these new spy shots, with information included, of the 2013 BMW M5, and the info proves my speculations right. For those who don't think real M's are turbocharged, sorry, you're out of luck. For the rest of us, prepare to drool.

According to the German site Auto, Motor und Sport, this car will have 555 PS (547 horsepower) and 680 nM of torque (equaling out to 500 foot-pounds), coming out of the twin-turbo 4.4 liter V8, meaning that it will be virtually identical to the powerplant debuted in the big X5M and X6M. Being as this car will be so much lighter than those whales, and the X6M is expected to go 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, I expect this to eclipse the mark in around 4 seconds flat - and, with the speed limiter off, a top speed of likely over 200 MPH.