The E39 M5 was the first M5 to have eight cylinders under its hood, weighing in at a then-porky 4,000 pounds, and for its follow-up BMW did what manufacturers commonly did in the early 2000s and ...

When BMW brought international media to Munich to ... of the fascinating yet flawed V10-powered E60. Yet it was the E39 M5 that left the biggest imprint on me. A quarter century of bloat means ...