It’s late 2024 when I finally get to meet it. It should feel hopelessly out of date, only 400hp in a super sedan, as Audi and ...

BMW E39 5 Series is a modern classic & sought after, including in M5 form. BMW Classic has original parts in stock for E39 models, but mostly less essential items. Owners may need to work with BMW ...

The jewel in its crown, however, was the engine: BMW’s S62 engine, the high-performance version of the M62. The S62 had previously been used in the E39 (third-generation) M5, as well as the Z8 ...

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.

Three BMW M5s line up for a drag race. One of them has a serious disadvantage (RWD), while the modern car has an extra power ...

The E39 was the best-selling M5 up to this point, with over 20,000 built. It was also the first M5 to be produced on the regular BMW production line. A Touring version was even considered (see ...

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For the 1999 model year, a BMW 5 Series Wagon was added to the United States line-up. A 394-horsepower BMW M5 sedan based on the E39 platform was brought stateside in 2000 propelled by a 5.0-liter V-8 ...