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Standby, Brake Drying, Fading Compensation) and comfort (Start-Off
Assistant, parking brake with automatic hold function).
Dynamic Stability Control allows the driver to choose from three
modes: DSC on, MDM (M Dynamic Mode), DSC off. While DSC on
counteracts understeer and oversteer to great effect with selective
brake activation and torque reductions, MDM allows greater wheel
slip – to give keen drivers the chance to execute some mild drifts.
However, the driver aids will also intervene to assist the driver in this
mode if a predefined limit is exceeded. Deactivating DSC (through
DSC off) gives the driver the chance to fully explore the vehicle’s limits on the track and nudge the vehicle into power oversteer (i.e. a drift)
using the accelerator. In this mode, the system will only intervene in
extreme situations involving significant shifts in lateral acceleration.
The new M TwinPower Turbo engine. A V8 with even more
torque, backed by an emotionally rich soundtrack.
To say the newly developed engine of the new X5 M and new
X6 M has a pounding heartbeat would be something of an understatement. After all, the 4.4-liter V8 uses innovative M TwinPower
Turbo technology – consisting of cross-bank exhaust manifolds, a
pair of TwinScroll turbochargers, High Precision Direct Injection and
VALVETRONIC – to push torque and output to higher levels still. This
unrivalled combination ensures that a strong wave of torque is maintained from low revs and allows direct and rapid responses, linear
power delivery and customary M soundtrack.
Maximum performance meets outstanding efficiency.
The peak output of the new M turbocharged engine powering
the X5 M and X6 M is, at 567 hp, three percent higher than that of its
predecessor and is available between 6,000 and 6,500 rpm. At the
same time, the engine’s peak torque has been boosted by around
10 percent to 553 lb-ft, which can be enjoyed across an extremely
broad rev band – from 2,200 to 5,000 rpm. The extraordinary power
development of this M turbocharged engine allows the new M versions of the BMW X5 and BMW X6 to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in a
mere 4.0 seconds. The top speed of both is electronically limited to
155 mph.
The outstanding efficiency of the new M TwinPower Turbo engine is illustrated by its 20 per