Following the announcement of the 2021 BMW 5 Series, set to arrive in Australia in October, the local arm has now confirmed prices and details for the high performance M5 Competition model. It will join the new 5 Series lineup as the flagship. As we saw during the M5’s initial […]
BMW M5 Competition
2021 BMW M5 Competition on sale in Australia in October
Soon after the debut of the 2021 5 Series LCI facelift, BMW’s M division has applied a similar update for the 2021 M5 super sedan. In short, it brings in technology updates, styling tweaks, chassis refinements, and some simplified controls. Like the updated 5 Series, the new M5 brings in […]
BMW M5 Competition highway patrol car joins Victoria Police
Victoria Police have taken delivery of a spanking new BMW M5 Competition, building on the strong partnership with BMW Australia. It joins the existing 5 Series patrol cars that are on fleet in the state, and other states around the country. Unlike the current 530d patrol cars, the M5 Competition […]
Video: 2019 BMW M5 Competition laps Nurburgring in 7:35.90, hits bird
We know the new BMW M5 (F90) can lap the Nurburgring in 7:38, but what sort of lap time can the more powerful and more hardcore M5 Competition version do? Sport Auto has just provided the answer. In one of its renowned ‘Supertests’ the German publication has sent an example […]
BMW M2 Competition & M5 Competition arrive in Australia
The BMW M2 Competition and M5 Competition have touched down in Australia, coming in as the new flagship variants. In the case of the M5 Competition, it comes in as the most powerful production vehicle ever offered by BMW. Starting with the M2 Competition, this is being offered in two […]
BMW M5 Competition launches, arrives in Australia in September
BMW has launched the most powerful version of its M5 sedan, with the 2019 BMW M5 Competition. It will arrive in Australia in September. The headline stats are impressive, with the Competition variant shaving 0.3 of a second over the standard M5 in a sprint from 0-200km/h thanks to modifications […]
BMW M5 Competition revealed, confirmed for Australia
This is it. The all-new, first-ever BMW M5 Competition. It comes in as the company’s most powerful vehicle, and one of the fastest four-door sedans on the market. As suspected, the M5 Competition uses a tweaked version of the 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8. Power output is tweaked to 460kW, up 19kW, […]
2019 BMW M5 Competition specs confirmed, images found
Some more details of the new BMW M5 Competition have been leaked out, this time via the company’s German website. On there it clearly confirms the variant will exist. Like the M3 and M4 Competition, and the recently announced M2 Competition, the M5 has long been rumoured to receive similar […]