{"id":76000,"date":"2024-08-22T06:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T10:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76000"},"modified":"2024-08-22T06:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T10:03:07","slug":"bmw-m-boss-drives-m5-g90-laguna-seca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76000","title":{"rendered":"BMW M Boss Drives The New M5 At Laguna Seca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new M5 sedan has touched down in the United States where the M man himself drove the G90 around the iconic Laguna Seca. BMW M CEO Frank van Meel got behind the wheel of the seventh-generation super sedan, accompanied by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/08\/08\/bmw-m3-cs-owners-brazil-special-helmet\/\">M3 CS<\/a>. Both cars had Individual paint jobs as the bigger sports saloon wore Frozen Matte Grey while the G80 flaunted a Brooklyn Grey finish.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of M Town sampled the company\u2019s latest product by tackling the 2.2-mile track and its challenging Corkscrew. Well, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/08\/21\/bmw-m5-touring-speed-yellow\/\">M5 Touring G99<\/a> is technically the newest car to carry the \u201cworld\u2019s most powerful letter.\u201d If the new M5 seems more massive than the M3, that\u2019s because it is. After all, the bigger sedan carries around an extra 670 kilograms (1,477 pounds).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19.jpg\"><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-481307\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-481307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20830%20553%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-830x553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.bmwblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2025-bmw-m5-frozen-deep-grey-19.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the substantial weight difference that makes the M5 feel like it\u2019s several segments above the M3 rather than just one. The G90 is a huge car considering it\u2019s 301 millimeters (11.8 inches) longer, 52 millimeters (2 inches) wider, and 72 millimeters (2.8 inches) taller than the M3 CS. We\u2019ve previously referred to the new M5 as the M7 speedy luxobarge that BMW never built.<\/p>\n<p>The M boss drove a US-spec M5 with a Red\/Black interior. However, that Extended Merino Leather can be had in other colors as well. Customers can order the G90 in North America in Silverstone\/Black, Kyalami Orange\/Black, or a more subdued all-black look. Speaking of personalization options, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/07\/26\/2025-bmw-m5-configurator-us-live\/\">G90 configurator went live<\/a> at the end of July. It maxes out at nearly $142,000.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the new M5 entered production at the Dingolfing site in Germany. Early adopters will get their cars beginning in November. However, the very first G90 in the US will be a one-off in Frozen Orange that was auctioned at Pebble Beach for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/2024\/08\/17\/bmw-m5-pebble-beach-edition-sold-for-280000\/\">$280,000<\/a>. It\u2019ll be delivered to its rightful owner on October 23. Meanwhile, the auction\u2019s winner will drive an XM supplied by BMW USA.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C-sY1_dqa6N\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMW M \/ Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C-sY1_dqa6N\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"0\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new M5 sedan has touched down in the United States where the M man himself drove the G90 around the iconic Laguna Seca. BMW M CEO Frank van Meel got behind the wheel of the seventh-generation super sedan, accompanied by the M3 CS. Both cars had Individual paint jobs as the bigger sports saloon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}