BMW M5 CS Review: Not All Heroes Wear Capes | 4K

Cars that offer the ultimate in performance generally follow a very simple recipe: big power, light weight and extravagant styling, and while most of us want supercar performance, not everyone appreciates the supercar attention; luckily for those of us who want speed but not flashy there is a solution and it's called the bmw m5 cs ok i know what you're thinking it's an m5 which basically means it's a souped up five series it's not a supercar , is a mobile representative designed to transport sales executives from the office to business meetings, also known as the pub, and you. You would be right, but this m5 is a little different. cs stands for competitive sport, a badge that in the BMW world signifies a car's absolute suitability for the race track.

It sits above the m5 and the competition m5 at the top of the m food chain. It is more powerful. It's lighter and has a number of chassis tweaks, which means there's more to this car than meets the eye, this car means business, okay, it makes sense that it's green because oh my god, Hulk Smash, let me Give you the numbers, it has a 4.4 liter biturbo engine. V8 generating 635 horsepower, which is 35 more than the base m5 or 10 more than the competition m5. All that power goes through an 8-speed automatic gearbox to an all-wheel drive system that can send power to all four wheels or just a few. in the rear so you can look for traction or style, twist the brake, send it power from zero to 62, it takes three dead seconds, so living even with a Ferrari 812 is super fast, for God's sake, and since it has All-wheel drive, it will do it in any condition, it's a killer supercar, keep your foot immobilized and you'll see 189 miles per hour on the dash and that's with an electronic limiter.

Remove the limiter and I have no doubt this car would do 200 miles per hour. Go speed in a straight line. Isn't that the only party trick of the m5? BMW tested the m5cs at the Nürburgring, where it set a ballistic lap time of 7 minutes 29.57, putting it on par with the fastest four-door saloons. Today we're not on the Nordschleife, but we are on The next best option is Cadwell Park: 2.1 miles of challenging tarmac winding through the Lincolnshire walls. The dramatic elevation changes and tree-lined surroundings have earned it the nickname Mini Nurburg Ring, but if anything, this circuit on this day could be even more. a challenge for the m5cs the m5cs is 1.9 meters wide the track itself probably twice that so there really isn't much room for error around here that grass is basically my kryptonite if I make one wrong move and end up in that green stuff It's a one-way ticket to the barriers and a huge repair bill, but you know, there's so much grip here.

These Pirelli P0 circuits that come standard are more like track tires, but even here where there's a little bit of ice and a little bit of water on the surface, it hangs up, it really does, but then as it dries out, the grip levels increase exponentially you can really put your faith in this it just sticks i mean it's a big car but it doesn't feel massive it feels more in line with a bmw m3 or m4 and part of that is down to to these amazing seats that just hold you in place everywhere, your shoulders, your hips, nothing moves, it doesn't feel like you're sitting in a car, but like you're actually bolted to the chassis and then there's the steering, which isn't as hyperactive as you might get in a ferrari or a lamborghini, but it's so responsive, honestly there's so much feel and feedback that's missing in so many modern cars, but in this one it's there in abundance and I think part of that comes through.

It's due to the fact that the M5 CS uses more rigid engine mounts, so you can now feel those subtle vibrations coming from the 4.4 liter V8 through the bulkhead and into the steering wheel. It's not overload, there's just enough to make you feel what the motor is doing. It's amazing. There is less soundproofing in the m5 cs, which is something else that helps you feel more connected to the road. You can hear the tires. You can hear the wind that uses the most advanced ones. BMW M8 shock absorbers The springs are harder front and rear They have been lowered by seven millimeters Honestly it is fast and involving without being too harsh It is so well judged The gearbox is not a dual clutch unit but rather an eight torque converter speeds.

Surprisingly punchy, it delivers extra torque between shifts, but the smartest thing about the gearbox is its ability to send power to all four wheels for massive traction or send all its power to the rear wheels for massive slides. I wasn't meant to do that. It was completely by accident. This thing is wild and the magical thing is that the m5c can do all this while looking like butter won't melt. Look closer and there are some clues as to what makes this car so different from your average car. competition m5 this hard to keep clean frozen green paint is one of three exclusive colors, the others are gray hatch brands and gray hatch frozen brand has plenty of gold accents including the grille, LED daytime running lights, forged wheels from 20 inches, side vents and badges and all the carbon fiber you could want for the hood, front roof splitter, mirror caps, rear spoiler, rear diffuser and of course the brakes are all carbon and all this in the name of weight saving, the m5cs is 70 kilograms lighter than the competition, all very welcome of course, but at what cost I haven't looked at the official price yet, but I have the BMW spec sheet in front of my.

The m5cs costs what I don't really care how many carbon fiber parts you put on a 5 series, I'm not going to spend £141,000 on an m5 but if you do for some strange reason I think you'll probably like the interior because it's quite nice here. What I love are these seats, they are the same seats as the M3 and M4, they are carbon buckets and they look fantastic. Look here, you will find the illuminated M5 logo on the headrest. You have the Nurburgring recorded there. It looks sensational, but the best is in the back, where it is simply pure.

Carbon fiber, it looks sensational, plus you have these little handles on each side and a little hump in the middle down here, next to your crotch to rest your wallet on, I guess then there is a steering wheel with a lot of circumference, very, very thick. it feels great in the hands and you also have these m1 and m2 shortcut buttons that allow you to assign individual driving modes to each one, for example if you want to assign all-wheel drive or sport all-wheel drive and soft suspension and soft steering to the m1 you can do that or if you want two wheel drive and all the extreme settings assigned to m2, you can do that too and you can change it corner by corner.

The rear is also interesting. You have two more individual seats for your passengers, they look great, although they don't feel very good, plus there is no room for a third passenger now, since I'm talking about things I don't like, this center console doesn't open at all, There's nowhere to put your things and There's nowhere to put your bags of money, although I suppose you've spent it all, right? If you were to buy this car, but it's still more practical than a supercar because you can take your friends and your stuff along for the ride while we're still reeling from the price of the m5cs, it's probably a good idea to compare it to a real supercar.

You can now buy a basic, admittedly not-so-great, entry-level Lambo Hurricane from Auto Trader UK for around £120,000. The mclaren 540c is even more of a bargain at around 80 grand which makes the m5cs look expensive but look at the performance on offer on paper it can definitely compare to the exotics obviously there are still many areas where the m5cs doesn't It's so good. a supercar and one of those areas is weight, it tips the scales at around 1800 kilograms which isn't the end of the world, it's only around 100 kilograms heavier than the bmw m3 but it still weighs around an african elephant more than a mclaren, for example.

I also have problems with the engine, it doesn't sound very good, it sounds harsh, it doesn't really have any tone, it's just a v8, a v8 should sing, a v8 should be mellifluous, it's that word, I think it's a word, there is also Another thing I find really annoying is these seats. I mean, they're fine over relatively short distances, but if you're going on a marathon ride you'll be a little bothered by being hugged too much. Wow, and there's another thing I just remembered. Can you hear that sound? There is a slight ticking sound and it comes from the seat belt constantly hitting the carbon fiber on the passenger seat.

It drives me crazy, but even these complaints are not enough to put a damper on the m5cs experience, even the price, as crazy as it may seem, is strangely justified due to the experience and the accelerated joy it brings in every moment, it is tremendously fast, brilliantly capable and the best part is that it offers all this without seeming so if you try too hard it flies but goes unnoticed and proves that not all

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the m5cs is not what gt3 is for the 911 is not what it is this is a hurricane is its own thing what it is is a really good m5 an incredibly capable very well worked out incredibly effective tremendously fun bmw m5 man this thing is good for you