Recent reports suggest that BMW is gearing up to send the V10 engine featured in their current generation M5 to the great beyond and instead replace it with a turbocharged V8.

Sure, the V10 is fast, that’s not secret, but the fact that it’s just about everything besides environmentally friendly has left BMW with no choice but to turn towards greener alternatives such as the above mentioned turbocharged V8.

If these reports are true, we should be seeing the a turbocharged V8 engine appear in the next generation M5 with right around 555 HP and 500 lb-per-feet of torque.

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I don’t know about you guys, but the BMW M3 has long been one of my favorite cars considering it good looking, luxurious and above all else, fast. Evidentally, Manhart Racing has decided the vehicle is not fast enough having recently announced a tuning kit for the vehicle.

Just how much of a tuning kit this is remains arguable considering Manhart Racing has actually swapped the M3’s stock engine out for the V10 engine found in the BMW M5 and M6. They coupled that beast of an engine with a 7-speed SMG transmission, DMW steering system, quad exhaust in addition to removing the speed limiter.

In conclusion, all of these advancements makes for a 550HP V10 BMW M3 capable of reaching speeds up to 208 mph and sprinting from 0-100km/h in just 3.9 seconds.

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The BMW Z4 isn’t a slow car by any means, considering it has a full 306HP stock, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. BMW has yet to announce any tuning kits for the car and has kept generally quiet about whatever they have cookin’ in their labs.

Luckily, a tuning firm by the name of Manhart Racing has managed to give Z4 owners exactly what they are looking for, a boost of 244HP. They have managed this by dropping a reworked V10 engine, found in BMW models such as the M5 and M6, into the Z4 effectively giving it a huge boost. All of this additional power will give the Z4 a 0 – 62 mph sprint of just 3.9 seconds in addition to getting the 150MPh electronic speed limiter removed.

Couple all of this with an M5 6-speed manual transmission and differential and you have yourself the baddest BMW Z4 on the road.

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BMW lovers can now map out how they can get their hands on the BMW X5M and X6M as their prices have been made public. The X5M will ding your budget to the tune of $85,400, while the X6M will set you back $88,900.

But for nearly $90,000, you get what, for now, are the two most powerful BMWs on the road. Both models will reap the benefits of a 555 hp, 500 lb-ft twin turbo 4.4L V8. That’s 55 hp and 105 lb-ft more than the M5 or M6; two vehicles that cost more than their crossover counterparts. The M treatment will also add more aggressive aesthetics, torque-vectoring AWD, and massive 15.6 inch front rotors to help these flying bricks stop on a dime (or 900,000 dimes, really).

Does that make the X5M and X6M a compelling value? If you’re in the market for a 550 hp crossover, we guess so, because outside of the substantially more expensive Porsche Cayenne Turbo S ($124,000) these new Bimmers are the only other family-haulers with that kind of muscle.

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