The Manhart MH5 700 Is An Angry BMW M5 With 713bhp On Tap
Last week, I was driving the new BMW M5. And at no point did I feel that the 592bhp on offer from its 4.4-litre V8 wasn’t quite adequate. Exactly the opposite: the new all-wheel drive system is so effective at getting that power to the ground, that the M5 becomes absurdly fast. Any more power just wouldn’t be sensible.
But the world of aftermarket tuning companies is not a sensible place. Which is precisely why we love it so much. Particularly because it means we get brilliantly mad products like this: the Manhart MH5 700.
The ladies and gents and the German firm believe that the F90 M5 is “discreet” and that it “lacks drama”. Of course they do. To combat this apparent lack of theatre, Manhart has attached an ‘MHtronik peripheral ECU’, upping the power to 713bhp and the torque to a tarmac-shredding 642lb ft. The only performance figure in the press release is 100-200kmh (62-124mph), which we’re told the MH5 can do in 5.9 seconds. It’s sufficiently fast, in other words.
You could just leave it there, but predictably, there are some fantastically unsubtle aesthetic tweaks on the menu. As a kickoff, you can fit a carbonfibre pack that includes a new front splitter, rear diffuser and rear lip spoiler all made from the stuff.
The car you see here has also been lowered by 20mm on KW coilovers, and it now sits on 21-inch Manhart ‘Concave One’ wheels finished in satin black with gold accents. The rims - along with the other gold touches on the show car - won’t be to everyone’s tastes, but hopefully, we can all agree that the new exhaust system sounds brilliant.
The M5 is already a curious-sounding car, with an exhaust manifold that spaces out the exhaust pulses, making the cross-plane V8 sound like a flat-plane engine. Manhart has shoved its own stainless steel system on the end, featuring 102mm carbon tailpipes, and it’s made the MH5 sound like a McLaren with a hangover. We dig it.
What would you pick from Manhart’s F90 M5 menu? Or would you go for the full shebang? Let us know in the comments.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Just in case you need an easy way to say the name, its OPAF
Sexy af
Gosh this is sexy
I saw that livery and thought of this. Amazing car by the way!
Same here, Black and gold is one of my favourite colour combos.
Well the base M5 supposedly makes nearly 700 at the crank already. I think I’ll stick with the regular one. 21s must be proper crashy on British roads.
Hitting it right in the man’s heart!
Turned up volume to hear that “briliant sound”, got ear bleeding from toxic music..
Am I the only one that heard “Tri Poloski” being played in the background?
Im a bit skeptical about the engine power bit. More than 100 hp extra with a chip only? Lets hope its reliable, i certainly wouldnt want to try that on my 150 k euro car. They even make a MHX6 with 800 hp with an exhaust and remap only lol
Well I mean it’s got an exhaust system too, but it’s also the Germans so it’s probably over engineered to the moon and back
So no nutting?