We Caught The 600-HP BMW X5 M Flexing Its Muscles In The Snow

And it's wearing a lot less camouflage than before.

With increased competition in the performance SUV sector, it’s looking like BMW is preparing to reveal the next-generation X5 sooner rather than later, and with it will come a new version of the hot X5 M. After being spotted testing at the Nurburgring last year, our spy photographers recently caught a prototype of the next-generation BMW X5 M flexing its muscles in the snow at Sweden during winter testing – and it’s wearing a lot less camouflage than before, revealing more juicy details.

Boasting a bold design, the new X5 M has a much larger double-kidney grille not unlike the one used on the X7 iPerformance concept. Its bigger air inlets in the front bumper are still hidden by camouflage, but you can also see some wider side sills, while the new headlights now feature integrated LED daytime running lights. At the back is a traditional quad exhaust system and a longer rear spoiler. Unsurprisingly, the performance-focused SUV has bigger wheels and beefier brakes to cope with the extra power under the hood. Speaking of which, the new BMW X5 M is expected to have around 600 horsepower provided by the same same 4.4-liter M TwinPower Turbo V8 engine that powers the new M5.

Whether it inherits the M5’s xDrive all-wheel drive system remains to be seen, but we can’t imagine having the option to switch to rear-wheel drive in a 600-hp SUV would be very wise. Like the standard X5, the new X5 M will ride on BMW’s new CLAR platform that underpins the BMW 5 Series, the 7 Series and the Rolls Royce Phantom. This lighter platform should enable the X5 M to shed some weight, thus making it more agile and fun to drive, and hopefully allow it do the 0-62 mph sprint in under four seconds. The BMW X5 M is already an extremely fast, light and capable off-roader, so we're eager to see what its successor can do when it hits the market later this year.

We Caught The 600-HP BMW X5 M Flexing Its Muscles In The Snow

And it's wearing a lot less camouflage than before.

With increased competition in the performance SUV sector, it’s looking like BMW is preparing to reveal the next-generation X5 sooner rather than later, and with it will come a new version of the hot X5 M. After being spotted testing at the Nurburgring last year, our spy photographers recently caught a prototype of the next-generation BMW X5 M flexing its muscles in the snow at Sweden during winter testing – and it’s wearing a lot less camouflage than before, revealing more juicy details.

Boasting a bold design, the new X5 M has a much larger double-kidney grille not unlike the one used on the X7 iPerformance concept. Its bigger air inlets in the front bumper are still hidden by camouflage, but you can also see some wider side sills, while the new headlights now feature integrated LED daytime running lights. At the back is a traditional quad exhaust system and a longer rear spoiler. Unsurprisingly, the performance-focused SUV has bigger wheels and beefier brakes to cope with the extra power under the hood. Speaking of which, the new BMW X5 M is expected to have around 600 horsepower provided by the same same 4.4-liter M TwinPower Turbo V8 engine that powers the new M5.

Whether it inherits the M5’s xDrive all-wheel drive system remains to be seen, but we can’t imagine having the option to switch to rear-wheel drive in a 600-hp SUV would be very wise. Like the standard X5, the new X5 M will ride on BMW’s new CLAR platform that underpins the BMW 5 Series, the 7 Series and the Rolls Royce Phantom. This lighter platform should enable the X5 M to shed some weight, thus making it more agile and fun to drive, and hopefully allow it do the 0-62 mph sprint in under four seconds. The BMW X5 M is already an extremely fast, light and capable off-roader, so we're eager to see what its successor can do when it hits the market later this year.

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2019 Bentley Flying Spur Caught Flexing Its Muscles At The Nurburgring

Expect Bentley to lift the wraps off the new Flying Spur later this year or early 2019.

We recently learned the next-generation Bentley Flying Spur will have a more distinctive design than its predecessor. In other words, it will no longer look just like a sedan version of the Continental GT, which will hopefully give its slow sales in the USa much-needed boost. You wouldn’t know that looking at these latest spy shots, however. Once again, a prototype the next-generation Bentley Flying Spur has been spotted out in the wild covered in thick layers of camouflage to make it look like the current version of the luxury grand tourer.

This time, it was caught flexing its muscles at the Nurburgring. Details are hard to make out, but you can still see some cues from the two-door Continental GT. It looks sleeker and less aggressive than its predecessor, while also sporting a similar large rectangular front grille and twin exhaust system to its coupe counterpart. We don’t get a look inside the cabin, but Bentley has said the new Flying Spur’s interior won’t mirror the one found in the Continental GT. The new Flying Spur will ride on a longer version of Volkswagen’s MSB-F platform, which also underpins the Porsche Panamera.

Chances are the new Flying Spur will also borrow some of the Panamera’s engines, but we’re hoping the 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 will remain. This means a plug-in hybrid option almost certainly going to be part of the lineup, in which case it could possibly utilize the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid's 550-hp 4.0 liter V8 paired with a 136 hp electric motor to produce a total output of 680 hp. We can hope. In fact, a Flying Spur plug-in hybrid prototype was recently spotted doing some winter testing. Expect Bentley to lift the wraps off the new Flying Spur later this year or early 2019.