It was the first M5 with a turbocharged engine. BMW abandoned the idea of using a V10 in this model, as amazing as that unit sounded like in the E60, and returned to a V8 setup like the older E39.
To point out everyone is, in fact, wrong. Possibly – perish the thought – the E39 generation BMW M5 isn’t the greatest super saloon of all time. Never meet your heroes and all that.
Have a guess what the motor tax is on a BMW M5 with a beefy bi-turbo 4.4-litre V8 engine under the bonnet? It’s €140. Yes, the annual motor tax for this €160,000-plus supercar is lower than ...
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2025 BMW M5 review
It’s bigger and heavier than ever, but has that diluted what the iconic BMW M5 super sedan can achieve? We hit the road – and ...
Timing is everything. When BMW launched an M5 Touring to the world in 1992, the first time the badge had been on an estate car, it must have seemed like quite the coup. Motorsport cachet with ...
This year marks the 45th birthday of the BMW M5. One of the most lauded performance saloons of the last half century, it’s a car that set the template for supercar performance in a sensible four ...
Fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid powertrains are taking hold, popping up in every type of vehicle including mid-size luxury SUVs such as the 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e. Here, a turbocharged inline-six and ...
Apple has begun the mass production of its M5 chip, which is set to power next-generation products, including the upcoming Mac series and iPad. Coinciding with long-standing reports, the Cupertino ...
The 2023 BMW X5 xDrive45e has proven itself one of the top plug-in hybrid choices in the luxury SUV space based on our instrumented testing and time behind the wheel. Its turbocharged inline-six ...
We’ve not yet seen the full rollout of Apple’s M4 chip family — the M4 Ultra is still yet to make an appearance — but already we’ve just learned that the M5 chip is now in production.