BMW has built plenty of memorable M5s over the decades, but of them all, few have aged as gracefully as the E39 generation. Built between 1998 and 2003, it was the first M5 to feature a V8 engine ...

The 1990s were full of powerful sports sedans, but the BMW E39 M5 stands out as the most powerful of them all. With a V-8 engine pumping out 394 horsepower, the BMW E39 M5 is a sleek and luxurious ...

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.

The E39 followed with a 4.9-liter V8 churning out ... It's been 30 years since BMW rolled out the first M5, and while displacement and cylinder count may have fluctuated over those past three ...

For those who can’t see past the E39-generation M5 and turn away from elements such as four-wheel drive and the automatic gearbox, I can only say the lineage between those two models is tangible ...

Favourite M5 so far? This one. E39 (1998) The formula is updated again. Considerable V8 potency nestles beneath the plain but still pretty wrapper – 4.9 litres, 48 valves, 400bhp, 7000rpm red ...

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 ...

It's our last show of the year. We discuss the Infiniti QX80 vs Lexus LX600 comparison, Kyle drives one of his hero cars as well as the best driving car he sampled this year. Mike tests a regular ...