The E39 had an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h). Unrestricted it could do 186 mph (299 km/h) with enough runway. Chris Bangle, BMW's chief of design at the time, said that ...

Yet it was the E39 M5 that left the biggest imprint on me ... What might surprise you is that the older car is the heavier one. Sure, BMW blessed the V8 M5 with exotic aluminum for its suspension ...

BMW wants the new 2018 600hp M5 to be a return to form – so has given it four-wheel drive for the first time. Does the ...

The BMW M5 is the iconic high-performance ... The third-generation E39 model doesn't look too different from the regular 5 Series of the time, so it could easily pass as a sleeper sedan.