The BMW E39 M5 was so ahead of its competition that even ... Innovations for the E39 include an aluminum MacPherson front end and a multi-link rear suspension. This suspension layout was novel ...

Ascari’s untimely death on the Monza circuit in 1955 marked the end ... BMW’s S62 engine, the high-performance version of the M62. The S62 had previously been used in the E39 (third-generation ...

Maybe it’s apt that the BMW ... the rear end. When it lets go it does so more suddenly, but the tail is still exploitably mobile and easy to control. Favourite M5 so far? This one. E39 (1998 ...