New BMW X5 gets a range of M Performance goodies

The new BMW X5 gets a range of M Performance goodies

It wouldn’t be a BMW unless you could make it look like it can go faster, even when it can’t. So it’s good news for buyers of the new BMW X5 that they can opt for the cheapest, and least powerful, X5 sDrive25d and adorn it with enough goodies from the new X5 M Performance option list to make it look like it’d eat an X5 M50d for breakfast.

But its not just the lowliest model in the new X5 range that can have any of the new M Performance parts bolted on; BMW will be happy for you to bolt on the extras to anything from the sDrive25d to the xDrive50i.

M Performance parts on offer include a black decorative grill, carbon for the front splitter and door mirrors, bigger air vents, a diffuser at the back and a set of side sill foils with ‘M Performance’ emblazoned on them.

You can also add an M Performance steering wheel, a gear lever with a bit of added carbon, pedals in high-grade steel and a set of branded floor mats.

There are also a couple of performance enhancing options, with the whole range getting the choice of an M Performance braking system with blue calipers and 21″ bi-colour alloys. But if you want more power, the only choice is to opt for the xDrive35i.

If you do, you can add an M Performance Power Kit that delivers an extra 20bhp (a total of 326bhp) which comes with an optimised accelerator setup plus, if you want it, an M Performance Exhaust system. Or you could just add the tailpipe trims in carbon or chrome to any of the new X5 range.

BMW hasn’t come up with prices for the X5′s M Performance parts yet, but we’ll update when they do.

By Cars UK