{"id":205582,"date":"2019-05-23T11:36:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T09:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/car\/bmw-adds-potent-m-tuned-m50i-x5-x7-range\/"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T12:56:56","slug":"bmw-adds-potent-m-tuned-m50i-x5-x7-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/motoring\/2019\/05\/23\/bmw-adds-potent-m-tuned-m50i-x5-x7-range\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW adds potent, M-tuned M50i to X5 and X7 range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set to arrive in South Africa from October, the unit is carried over from the M850i xDrive with a power output of 390 kW and torque of 750 N.m. Teamed to the familiar eight-speed sport Steptronic gearbox and xDrive all-wheel-drive, the setup, with the aid of Launch Control, will allow the X5 to accelerate from 0-100 km\/h in 4.3 seconds and the X7 in 4.7 seconds with both being limited to 250 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>Riding as standard on 21-inch M light alloy wheels with 22-inches optional, changes underneath the skin of both consists of blue M Sport brake callipers, the Adaptive M suspension on the X5 with two modes; Comfort and Sport, and the optional active rear wheel steering system. An option on the X5 however, the X7 comes fitted as standard with the Adaptive M air suspension and from the options list, the Executive Drive Pro system.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Visually, both models are distinguished from their sibling thanks to larger front air intakes, an updated rear apron and wider door sills, Cerium Grey accents and high-gloss Shadow Line detailing, while on the inside, both are receive the M leather wrapped steering and gear lever with M badging, Fineline Black wood inserts with a high gloss finish, Vernasca leather with contrasting stitching, illuminated M50i door sills and in the case of the X5, tetragon aluminium strips, an anthracite roofliner and optional Hi-Fi sound system. The X7 meanwhile adds an Alcantara anthracite roofliner and a Harman Kardon surround sound system to the standard specification list<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>PRICING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>X5<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 153px\" width=\"361\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MODEL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>PRICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X5 xDrive 30d xLine<\/td>\n<td>R1 194 296<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X5 xDrive 30d\u00a0M Sport<\/td>\n<td>R1 253 196<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X5\u00a0M50d<\/td>\n<td>R1 502 582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X5 M50i<\/td>\n<td>R1 511 689<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>X7<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 178px\" width=\"363\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MODEL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>PRICE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X7 xDrive 30d<\/td>\n<td>R1 562 849<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X7 xDrive 30d Excellance<\/td>\n<td>R1 605 949<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X7 xDrive 30d M Sport<\/td>\n<td>R1 631 849<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X7 M50d<\/td>\n<td>R1 862 308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>X7 M50i<\/td>\n<td>R1 871 542<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='b2c859ee7dcbd5ccad45f6c3c6094c3d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initially limited to diesel power only, BMW has added a turbocharged petrol engine option to incoming X7 range, as well as to the X5 line-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8257,"featured_media":205583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Autodealer","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Motoring","SubCategory":"Bikes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}