BMW X5 4.iS engine details whispered

700Nm in a SUV? That's madness. ..wonder if it would be possible to shoehorn that engine into the 135 :P

700 nm is already on the Cayenne Turbo.. But the sound of the BMW will be on top.. Thats for sure.

Wasnt BMW talking all this s*** about how MB was "cheating" with their supercharged 5.5L V8? Now, CAFE has changed the game up for everyone!

543hp? now thats a goood competitor against Porsche and Mercedes

i coulda swore bmw was stating that the horseposwer wars were over, or was that mercedes?

Hehe 5s to 62mph??? The ML63 AMG is capable of that right now!!! Well there is already rumors about supercahrged or turbocharged version of ML63 AMG...I think it is the V8 Kompressor badge on a side trim.....it will have around 650hp and 900Nm!!! Sound will be compared with a helicopter or a bomber! To 62mph it will go in low 4s...top speed will be electronically restricted because of tires to 186mph...300kmh!!!

That info is incorrect, the engine only develops 304 kw and not 405. This the same engine launched with the new X6.

Q7 is better

^ Co sign. It looks like a boat or something from the 60's.

Merc ML AMG is not at all quick enough to even smell the Jeep SRT V8 super charged aka the quickest SUV in the world. Merc has always fallen short of being in the top 3 in SUV's when it comes down to performance. Yes they do make their SUV's look bullish but they are really pap when it comes to laying the power into tar (cheap ancient technology). The Porsche Cayanne sport is also no where near as fast as the 5 seconds (sorry broer) the Jeep SUV is the only one at the moment achieving those times. BMW didn't cry foul to Merc super charging remeber that BMW uses Turbos and small ones for that matter with no Turbo lagg. All others who have been using turbos or chargers have lag, Why (inferior technology). Merc uses huge gallons of cc just to get to BMW or Audi's abilitys to wring power from low cc. 4.4 litre turbo compared to 5.5 super chraged - do the maths. Mercs so called V12 super charged SL amg 6.5 litre is still licking it's wounds from the M5 beating and M6 over a quater mile dash. It's claimed 4.4secs over 100m is on the Dyno onl, come the real track test The bemoth sized Merc fell on it's big chin.

I don´t believe in this "over-accurate" horse power specifications (543.xyz hp). First of all we will see a regular X5 50 with 408 hp. All other informations from within the BMW headquarter are highly speculative. Perhaps in 2011...

This must be named ///M.