Despite previous reports suggesting that it might join the M3 and M4 in wearing the Competition Pack nomenclature, BMW has instead opted for the latter moniker only like the M2 Competition, with the most powerful M5 ever also boasting a number of revisions and additions relative to the standard car.
Externally, the Competition gets Y-spoke 20-inch M light alloy wheels with a bi-colour finish, Competition badging, high gloss black finish around the grille with Shadow Line B-pillar and window trim detailing, a special black chrome M Sport quad exhaust, black Competition boot badge and black rear bumper insert.
The minor tweaks extends to the interior with black seats featuring the M corporate logo, M5 floor mats, M Competition instrument cluster and M Competition branded illuminated door sills.
Aside from the M Sport exhaust claimed to provide an “unmistakable sound” the majority of the M5 Competition’s enhancements have taken place underneath its skin, namely uprated engine mounts, M Variable Damper Control, redesigned anti-roll bars, a seven millimetre drop in ride height, stiffer springs, tweaked Sport Plus mode and six-piston caliper M compound brakes with carbon ceramics optional.
Up front, and as per previous speciation, BMW has upped the M5 Competition’s output by 19 kW with the 4.4-litre bi-turbo V8 now producing 460 kW, tough torque remains unchanged at 750 Nm. Mated to an eight-speed Steptronic gearbox with BMW’s xDrive all-wheel system sending to the grunt to all four wheels, or the rears depending on the selected mode (2WD, 4WD and 4WD Sport), the Munich claims that the Competition will get to 100 km/h for zero in 3.3 seconds, a mere 0.1 second faster than the regular M5.
No pricing has yet been revealed, with local availability still to be confirmed.
