The restyled BMW M5 will be unrecognizable, we already reveal it to you

At the end of June 2024, BMW presented its new M5, The high performance sedan then hugged a hybrid motorization chiped to its big brother the BMW XM SUV. Unsurprisingly, her grille resumed the BMW 5 series of the eighth generation BMW marketed in October 2023 from which it is closely drifted. An aggressive facies which will not make long. Indeed, as of next year, the BMW M5, whether sedan or station wagon (BMW M5 Touring) will hasten to go through the restyling box in order to harmonize their face with that of the Neue Klasse family. An identity that will be broken at the end of the year by the BMW IX3 electric SUV then declined on the eighth generation of the BMW 3 Series, next year.

The restyled BMW M5 derived by our scoop hunters

This cosmetic development will be very large. Previously never a BMW M5 – a fortiori a BMW 5 Series either – had not undergone such a transformation at the time of its passage through the restyling box. A metamorphosis corroborated by the last catch of our scoop hunters. Our paparazzis have indeed flushed out the BMW M5, CRU 2026, heavily camouflaged near the brand’s development center in the propeller, in Munich. By detailing the machine under the layer of typical stickers from the Bavarian brand, there are parts reported at the top of the wings, in the middle part of the hood as in the center of the grille. Thus, the typical ribs characterizing the Neue Klass style are carefully masked. Surprisingly, these lures give the illusion of dealing with a flat hood and a monobloc grille in the spirit of the vizor of an opel.

A brand new dashboard for the BMW M5 (2026)

However, wealthy customers who will lighten their thick portfolio of more than € 160,000 to afford this restyled BMW M5 will not only be entitled to a new grille. On board, the new interface called Panoramic Idrive will also be there. A digital arsenal characterized by a fine strip of pixels located at the base of the windshield, this device acting as if the hood of the vehicle was significantly lower, in order to improve the peripheral vision. The instrumentation will also be established. In the center of the dashboard will be deployed a good -sized touch screen and probably, as an option, depending on the finish level, a second slab will be available in front of the passenger. As is the case on certain Audi and Mercedes-Benz.

Always as many horses and weights for the BMW M5

On the other hand, there should not be any change under the hood of the BMW M5 (2026). The V8 4.4 liters 4.4 liter Biturbo 585 hp associated with an electromotor of 197 hp and 250 Nm housed in the eight -speed gearbox should always respond. In the cumulation, the M5 claims 727 hp and 1,000 Nm, there is not necessarily more need for the moment.

In the same way, the substantial weight of the car, 2 and a half tons, cannot be erased with a magic wand. A drastic weight loss treatment is not possible without touching the structure of the vehicle. An operation that is not profitable for simple restyling, however visible it is.