M5 M5！详细测评来了！
虽然国内M5还没有上市
但是在英国已经上市了
全球最有名的TopGear的主持人之一James May就对它进行了详细的测评

If we’re going to talk about BMW’s M cars, we need toacknowledge that the one that’s talked about most is the M3.  Its M3 is the sort of car that deluded ownersimagine they can somehow improve with aftermarket bits, so the world is full ofclassic M3-a-likes crafted out of lowly 318s with added badges but thedamnation of the feeble original single exhaust pipe. I’ve decided I’m more ofan M5 kind of bloke.如果我们要说一说宝马M系列的车子的话，我们需要知道最常被人们提起的就是M3了。M3是那种让车主认为通过改装就能变成它的车，所以这个世界充斥着那些贴着“M”标、并且只有一个不给力的原厂单边排气管的318们。所以我觉得我更像是一个开着M5的人。

The M5 is a quiet pint. For a start, the 5-Series has alwaysbeen a proper, car-shaped car, with a decent boot at the back and the engine inthe front. It’s not so big that it’ll end its days as an executive minicabdriven by a man in a bad jacket, like the 7-Series, but it’s big enough toallow you and your passengers to lounge around a bit. The 5-Series is theperfect size for a car, and I like a saloon.
M5就比较给力了。先从5系说起，5系自始至终都是一辆标标准准、地地道道的车，有一个在后面的后备箱和在前面的发动机。5系并不是很大，大到变成一辆西装革履的人才能开的行政出租车，就像7系；但是5系又不是很小，它有足够的空间让你和乘客在车上能舒展放松。5系的大小刚刚好，并且我喜欢这样规规矩矩形状的轿车。

It helps that I’ve never driven a bad one. Back in my earlydays in this job, there were
big cars with 2.0-litre engines, here to avoid company-car taxes in some way oranother.
The 520 was pretty feeble, to be honest, and there was even a 518. But theywere still lovely cars. They were just nice places to be.
我从来没有开过一辆我不满意的5系。在我刚刚开始做这份工作的时候，那时候一辆辆大车装着2.0排量的发动机，想方设法的去避开企业车税。宝马520挺不给力的，在当时甚至还有518。但是它们依旧是我很喜欢的车。它们的定位依旧很符合大众的需求。
If you’d like a 5-Series – and I think I might like onepretty soon – then the middle-ranking 528i is really rather excellent. Thatgives you 245bhp and you can have it as the M-Sport version for ￡37,000. Sowhat do you get for ￡73,000, that’s still the same shape? You get 552bhp, and Ihave to ask, in the interests of a fair and balanced appraisal, if that’sreally necessary. So let’s take a quick look at this mother and see what allthe fuss is about.
如果你想入手5系，而且我大概很快就会买一辆，那么在中间的528i则是很好的选择。它有245匹马力，并且你可以加上37，000磅选配M运动套件。那么73，000磅除了给你一辆跟5系外壳一样的5系以外，还能带来什么呢？73，000磅换来的是552匹马力，但是我必须要问问，用一个中立的眼光来看，物有所值么？那我们是骡子是马拿出来溜溜就知道了。

It looks like a 5-Series, so that – and I don’t want to bangon about this too much – is a good thing. It’s a bit more swollen here and there, and it has these superbwheels, which are undoubtedly going to be smacked on a kerb pretty soon, andthat’s a tragedy. But while it’s new, they look terrific. And the brakecalipers are the colour of a very deep bit of the Adriatic. Yellow or red wouldbe totally inappropriate for this most contemplative of M cars. In fact, theblueness of its calipers is as good a reason as any for choosing it. It tellsyou everything.
它长得就像一辆5系，所以我不想废话多说，这就是个好事。M5比5系处处都要臃肿一些，并且它还有这四个牛X的轮子，杯具的是它一会儿马上就要在赛道上融化了。但是还当它们没上赛道以前，这四个轮子太好看了。还有刹车钳就像地中海那样深深的颜色。很炫的黄色或者红色绝对不适合M5这辆最沉稳的M系列的车子。实际上，卡钳的深蓝色绝对是一个你选择M5的理由。它把这辆车的一切都能告诉你。
It’s altogether pretty unobtrusive unless you study it a bitmore closely, and then it starts
to look quite menacing. It’s a bit like Ronald McDonald in this respect.Inside, I’m reassured by the usual combination of ruthless BMW logic andaustere good taste.
远看这辆M5，它与其它5系一样，非常低调，除非你仔细的观察它才能发现它沉稳的外表下是一个疯狂的猛兽。车里面，我对宝马一贯的无畏的逻辑以及讲究的品味很有信心。

Cars with too many buttons and knobs, there to make thedriver feel better about not really being a fighter pilot, despite having thewatch, annoy me.  This is just enough stuff, and less than you’d imagineconsidering that this is, to some extent, a reconfigurable car. I’d worked outwhat most of the important bits did within 10 minutes, but it should beremembered that deep in the sub menus of the iDrive system lurk unimaginableoptions governing bits of the car you may never have heard of. At the other endof the spectrum of comprehension, there is some rather nice suede-style trim onthe A pillars.
那些到处是按钮，让那些开车的人感觉要开一架飞机一样的车，让我反感。M5则刚刚好，并且在一定程度上不会让你觉得这是一辆有许多功能都可以调节的车。我10分钟就把车上常用的功能都玩了一遍，别忘了这其中还有那些躲藏在iDrive系统的层层菜单中控制着你从未听说过的功能的选项。不过还好在这些按钮上还有非常精细的装饰。

Pulling away, the initial bite of the double-clutchtransmission does perhaps require a bit of gentle footwork, but it’s quiet and silky. Then it cuts out at ajunction. It has stop/start. It’s programmed to work thus. If you come to astop and keep your foot on the brake, the system assumes you’re at somethinglike traffic lights, and stops the engine. It starts again when you set off(obviously). If you come to a halt but then take your foot off the brake, thesystem assumes you are in very slow-moving traffic, and the engine keepsrunning.
再看看车上的其他功能，在你刚刚用这个双离合器变速箱的时候可能需要适应一段时间，不过这个变速箱很安静换挡也很平顺。但是突然没有转速了！M5配有发动机启停装置，所以如果你把车停稳以后踩着刹车，电脑系统会认为你在等红绿灯，就把发动机停了下来，并且在你踩油门的时候自动启动（这是必须的啊）。如果你把车停下但是不踩着刹车，那么电脑系统会认为你在很缓慢的在车流中前行，所以发动机就继续运转。

So part of the fun of driving the new 552bhp M5, absurdly,is in outwitting it and keeping
the engine idling. I played this for a bit and then discovered an even bettergame – pressing the little button that disables the system entirely. Irecommend this, followed by sealing up the button with copious quantities ofcyanoacrylate adhesive, or superglue. I’ve spent too much time in old cars tobe able to relax in a ￡73,000 super saloon designed to break down atroundabouts.
所以驾驶这辆新M5的一部分乐趣所在，竟然是试着骗电脑系统并且让发动机停止运转。我玩了一会发现了一个更有趣的游戏，那就是按那个在发动机起动键下面的小钮把发动机启停完全关闭！我推荐这样做，并且最好把那个按钮用胶条胶带502胶五花大绑起来，再也不开启发动机启停！我已经受够了在我以前的小破车动不动就抛锚了，现在不想花73，000磅在这辆超级轿车里体验我以前的感觉。

And, anyway, what is the point of this? Saving the world?You may as well take a Kleenex to a tanker spill, if that’s what you’re worriedabout. Buy the one with the small engine and stop spoiling this one for me.Rant ends. More button stuff: there are now two ‘M’ buttons on the steeringwheel, which you can programme – again in the abysmal depths of iDrive – to doall manner of things.
并且，发动机启停有什么意义？拯救地球？你也许还应该拿着餐巾纸去收拾墨西哥湾漏油，如果你觉得发动机启停就能拯救地球的话。你要是想拯救地球就去买那些排量不是这么大的好了，别把这辆M5毁了。不再抱怨了。等待着我的是更多的按钮：现在M5的方向盘上有两个“M”按钮了，这两个按钮你可以分别设定不同的车辆设置指定给它们。再一次你需要用繁杂的iDrive系统去做这件事以及各种各样的事情。
I set them up so that one is everything on comfort and theother is everything – traction control, suspension, blah blah blah – onballs-out. Actually, the man from BMW did this for me while I had a smallcigar. I can do this stuff and I’m a fan of iDrive, but a small cigar is asmoke. There is also a switch behind the gearstick that alters the severity ofthe gearchange through three levels.
我把其中一个按钮设定为全舒适模式，另外一个则是关闭所有的各种防侧滑系统、调整所有的设置变为运动……实际上那个从宝马来的工程师在我去旁边抽烟的时候帮我做了这件事。对了，在挡把的后面还有一个按钮能让你在三个不同换挡平顺度中选择。
This is good. The old M5 offered 11 gearchange options,apparently, and in this one it doesn’t make any difference anyway, because thedouble-clutch shifts are so good. And we’re off, finally. There’s a head-updisplay! Fab! Of course you can configure this as well, but I have it showingthe speed, the gear and... what’s this? Surely it isn’t an on-screen digitaledition of BMW’s famous econometer? Can things be that bad? No, dolt, it’sactually the rev counter. Thank God for that.
太好了！上一代M5可是有11种不同的换挡选择，很显然，新款M5的双离合变速箱不需要那么多选择，因为选来选去没有什么变化。最终，我出发了！M5还有抬头显示，太完美了！当然你也可以调节抬头显示，但是我选择显示了速度、档位还有，这是什么？这肯定不是宝马非常有名的节油指示！真的要那么环保么？不，还好虚惊一场，其实是转速表。谢天谢地！

The urge of the M5 is immense, of course, because it has552bhp and a comical 501lb ft
of torque. It’s also surprisingly undramatic, because the new twin-turbodelivery is so
linear. It’s undoubtedly been done this way for emissions reasons, which havealso taken away two cylinders, but that’s fine by me. Once again, an obstacleis placed in the way of the car’s progress and it progresses more as aresult.
M5的动力太澎湃了，当然是因为它有552匹马力和501磅尺的扭矩（680牛米）。并且新的双涡轮发动机的动力输出是那么线性。不出意料，宝马这么做一定是为了降低排放，并且宝马还把原来V10的发动机拿走了两个气缸，不过我不在乎。又一次，一个障碍出现在了一辆车的前进道路上，但是却让这辆车前进的更远。

Now we arrive at a great dichotomy. Do we want an event, ordo we want effortless capability? They ought to go together, but somehow wethink that the noisy Lambo is more involving, more demanding, more of a skill.Everything about the new M5 is disarming. The ride is good, the gearchanges areswift and painless, the cabin is quiet, and invaded only occasionally by adistant rumble of dynamic intent. I soon forget about M button #2 and leaveeverything as it is.
现在我们进退两难了。我们想要一辆简简单单的车或者是一辆有着更多没用功能的车？这两个结果应该可以相辅相成的，但是不知为什么我们觉得啸叫的兰博基尼更能让我们热血澎湃、激情释放。M5的一切都能让你放松。驾乘感非常好，换挡轻盈和平顺，车内很安静，只有偶尔在漂移甩尾的时候才会有丝丝声音传入车内。我很快就忘了还有第二个“M”键和各种其他功能了。
The new M5 is quite sublime. Criticisms? The front end feelsslightly over-tyred to me, but so do most high-performance cars, and so do I,come to think of it. The steering-column stalks seem a bit too close to thegearchange paddles, and once or twice I flashed vigorously at an oncomingdriver who is likely still confused, or pointlessly rinsed a perfectly cleanwindscreen. But this could be because the stalks in my paddle-shift Ferrari area yogic stretch away. The new M5 is a trifle dear at ￡73,000.
新款M5是一辆很好的车。非要让我找哪里不好的话那就是前胎太宽了，但是所有高性能车都是这样的，我也是（这里是指它自己很肉）。方向盘也许离换挡拨片太近了，并且还有一两次我不小心碰到大灯晃到对面不知道为什么我要晃他的司机了。但是这也许是因为我的法拉利的换挡拨片距离方向盘天地之遥。再有缺点就是新的M5要花费73，000磅了。
But the real problem is this – the M5 is so deceptivelyfast, and dispatching detractors going at well over the motorway speeds thiseasily is so intoxicating, you may as well drive yourself to the cop shop on Mbutton #2 and hand yourself in.  Or go back to the showroom for the 528i...And now for a little less sympathy and chin-scratching. Time for OllieMarriage. And an E63.
但是真正的问题在于M5实在是太快了，在高速公路上很轻松就超速实在是太没有意思了，你可能会无聊到用第二个“M”键开到警察局然后去自首。或者把M5开会4S店去买528i……

图挂了

最好可以把发动机启停功能简配掉。。。