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Jun 12, 2023

What To Expect From The 2025 BMW M5

The seventh generation of the marauding super sedan is set to release in 2025, but what’s going to be new? In 1984, BMW unveiled the E28 M5 to the world – the very first iteration of the now-famous

The seventh generation of the marauding super sedan is set to release in 2025, but what’s going to be new?

In 1984, BMW unveiled the E28 M5 to the world – the very first iteration of the now-famous moniker. In the years since, it has etched itself into automotive folklore as arguably the greatest four-door performance sedan in history, which has been achieved across six glorious generations.

From the raucous V10-powered E60 to the revered E39, and the current F90 – the latter of which has actually been christened as the greatest all-round car in the world at present by some big names in the automotive media space – the M5 badge continues to amaze. So, with the all-new seventh-generation G60 set for 2025, what can we expect from the super sedan that has the weight of the world on its shoulders?

Using various private sources, in addition to collecting pre-existing information about the 2025 M5 using trusted sites like J.D. Power and Kelley Blue Book, HotCars brings readers the most accurate guide on what to expect with the 2025 BMW M5.

Back in early May, BMW was seen testing a camouflaged sedan at full chat around the Nürburgring, and it’s widely believed that it was the 2025 BMW M5. It’s known that it won’t officially be breaking its cover until 2024, but it proves that BMW has reached its final testing stages with the impending super sedan.

The current BMW M5 CS clocked a Nürburgring lap time of 7 minutes and 29.6 seconds in 2020, which, for some measure, is less than two seconds slower than the magnificent Porsche Carrera GT. It just goes to show how fast hot modern sedans are becoming, and we wouldn't be surprised if the 2025 M5 actually beats the legendary Porsche outright.

Let’s be honest here: $120,000 isn’t cheap. In fact, it’s probably way too much to pay for a sedan… but not this one. Is there another car that is quite as brilliantly versatile as the M5, while being as understated as an ordinary sedan if its owner wishes for it to be? Probably not, and that’s why the M5 is so critically acclaimed. We expect the 2025 M5 to be no different, and absolutely worth the price tag it’s expected to come with.

The 2023 BMW M5 starts at an MSRP of around $107,900, while the hunkered-down CS edition comes in at just over $143,000. In this regard, expect the standard 2025 M5 to be midway between the two current generation cars. If BMW does decide to do a CS version, which is very likely given how successful the current one is, we expect it to come in at around $150,000.

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It’s speculated that the new M5 will crank the numbers up substantially over its predecessor, with rumors suggesting a 735 hp output and a similar torque figure. If that proves to be true, it will be eerily close to BMW’s most powerful production car of all time, the XM Label Red, which sits at 748 hp. The chances are, though, that BMW will want to pass that crown over to the M5, or its potential CS version.

The F90 BMW M5 is already frighteningly quick, with its twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 chucking out 616 hp and a huge 553 lb-ft of torque through an eight-speed automatic box. It’s also capable of getting to 60 mph in just 3.4 seconds, which should see a slight cut in the 2025 M5 thanks to the next point on this list.

We already know that the 2025 M5 will be a hybrid, but what amazes us is that it’s expected to come with as many as four electric motors. It’s pretty well known now that almost any sort of electrical power means instant torque, which leads to some head-thrusting acceleration. Expect this to be in full flow with the impending M5, which also means it is very likely to become one of the best luxury hybrid cars ever made.

The current generation is going to be the last purely internal combustion-engined M5 ever, which marks the end of a substantial period of success for the lineage. An M5’s engine is often a centerpiece of excellence, as we’ve seen with the V10 E60 and the twin-turbo V8s fitted in the last two M5s. So, drawing the curtains on this chapter of one of the world’s great super sedans will no doubt be an emotional one, but there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the future.

When spy shots of the G80 BMW M3 broke out, most of the world thought it was some sort of bad joke – surely the Bavarians wouldn’t cause this much controversy? But then again, who could really be surprised? Chris Bangle designed plenty of the noughties era BMWs, and while they weren’t quite as divisive as the new grille, they did still cause a stir. We’re glad that early renders and spy shots of the new M5 don’t seem to be as controversial.

Quite how the M5 has retained some sort of familiar design language is anybody’s guess. The current model still has BMW’s iconic kidney grilles and the sweeping, sporty silhouette we’ve come to associate with the M5 moniker. We hope this continues with the 2025 iteration and for every single M5 beyond that.

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? The last BMW M5 Touring, with its S85 V10 engine, is one of the finest wagons ever made (let’s just gloss over the fact that it isn’t very reliable). In fact, every time BMW has made a touring version of an M5, it’s been an unwavering success. So why, then, has it waited so long to do it again?

BMW has refrained from offering touring versions for the last two M5 generations, but if recent events are to go by, it seems like BMW will jump on the wagon hype once more with a number of its models. We also believe that the M5 is the BMW model which is the most natural beneficiary of a touring alternative, too, given that it has all the right characteristics and diameters for it to work with minimal compromise.

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The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the world’s most extraordinary luxury sedan, just as the BMW M5 is the world’s most extraordinary performance sedan. But given that BMW has upped its interior game considerably in its more recent models, like the XM Label Red, could the Bavarians go all out in the 2025 M5 and give the tools it needs to outclass Mercedes-Benz’s top dog?

This isn’t to say that the current model isn’t already brilliant – just take a detailed look at the interior of the 2022 BMW M5 CS for proof – but rather, that it isn’t quite as luxurious as some of its competitors. But having said that, it’s never needed to be the best in its class in this regard, since it more than makes up the ground in other departments.

It’s expected that the 2025 M5 will be fitted with BMW’s newest iDrive 8 software, which can be accessed on a curved display that stretches across two-thirds of the dashboard. This has yet to be confirmed, but there are plenty of rumors to suggest that this will be the case. Considering that more manufacturers are ditching physical buttons for one extended screen, this one seems almost guaranteed.

The current BMW M5’s interior is a nice place to be, but there is still plenty of free space along the dashboard. We do understand that space doesn’t need to be occupied just because it’s there, but in a utilitarian performance car like the M5, it would seem like a waste not to.

Over the years, the M5 badge has become synonymous with some of the very best engines in the world, and this is what makes us quite sorrowful when we remember that the forthcoming M5 may be the last one with an internal combustion engine. We know that it will have a V8 that has up to four electric motors for added support, which means that the transition is truly underway.

Powered by the S63 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, the current M5 has all the grunt that you could ever really need in your life. It’s charismatic and energetic when it needs to be, but quiet and soothing when it’s asked to coast along. Having that option to choose between personalities is exactly why we’ll miss ICE when it's phased out, and in a future all-electric BMW M5, it could become dangerously apparent that the comical pantomime may have died with the final encore in 2025. Only time will tell.

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With performance figures that would put even the most hardcore supercars to shame, an interior that’s sure to be packed with enough comfort and technology to rival anything else in its price bracket, and an exterior design that shouldn’t be too dissimilar to the current model, how can we not believe that the 2025 BMW M5 could go on to dominate the world?

There are a number of great super sedan options that you could choose from if we lived in a world where the M5 didn’t exist; the Audi RS7, Porsche Panamera, and Maserati Quattroporte are all examples of just that. But we do live in a world where the M5 exists, so while there are plenty of great alternatives, the reality is that the M5 should continue to sit atop the throne for years to come – just as it has done since 1984.

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Shafiq is a petrolhead to his core, and has had a lifelong obsession with anything that came from Japan in the 90s. When he isn't driving, talking or writing about cars, he enjoys watching football and taking his German Shepherd on countryside adventures.His motoring journalism career so far has seen him write for publications like CarThrottle, DriveTribe, Electrifying and The Intercooler. Shafiq is also a double graduate, holding a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in automotive journalism.