BMW presents the most powerful X5 and X6: the M Competition
BMW lifts the curtain on the most powerful X5 and X6. With the M Competition label, the large SUVs deliver 625 hp.
You know M Competition from the BMW M2, M3 or M4. The pre-facelift X5 and X6 could also be ordered with this “package”. However, they have never had so much power.
BMW shows strongest X5 and X6
Both the new BMW M Competition X5 and the X6 M Competition have 625 hp and 750 Nm of torque at their disposal. A V8 with a displacement of 4.4 liters and two turbos is responsible for most of the performance. However, the gasoline burner is not the only source of power in the powertrain.
The M Steptronic automatic transmission features an electric motor that delivers an additional 12 hp and 200 Nm. The motor draws its energy from a 48-volt battery housed in the engine compartment. The vehicles are the first BMW M models with a mild hybrid system.
Due to the high performance, the new X5 M Competition sprints from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 3.9 seconds. The BMW X6 M Competition needs exactly the same time for the zero to one hundred sprint. The top speed for both models is 250 kilometers per hour, but this can be increased to 290 kilometers per hour with the M Driver’s Package.
BMW is also adapting the exhaust system of the X5 and X6 M Competition. With electrically controlled valves, you can wake up the neighborhood, but also come home quietly.
Improved balance at high speed
To improve handling characteristics as well, the Germans improved the suspension, thanks to which the rear axle is better balanced at high speeds.
That costs the BMW X5 and X6 M Competition
The exterior also received some changes. For example, the models have narrower headlights, a revised radiator grille, which is slightly larger and visually forbidden with the underside of the bumper. Both the new M Competition X5 and the M Competition X6 have 21-inch wheels at the front and 22-inch wheels at the rear. Both models will come to the Netherlands in June 2023. The X5 costs just over 224 grand. The X6 is 4 grand more expensive.