A new four-cylinder BMW 530i xDrive would give the E39 M5 a run for its money in a stop-light drag race. Instead, you buy the E39 M5 for its old-school steering feel, its near-perfect ride and ...

This 530i's 117.9-inch wheelbase and 199.2-inch ... While we wish BMW had stolen an idea from the new Ford Mustang and threw in an E39 M5 gauge emulator, at least it's using all of those pixels ...

"At that point I was disappointed after all the work I'd put into the 530i but, instead of giving up, I saw an opportunity to buy the car I'd always wanted - an E39 M5; the last true M5 ever built ...

There were four engine choices, starting with the 2.5-liter I6 with 184 horsepower in the 525i and working all the way up to the monstrous 394-horsepower V8 in the M5. The 530i got a 3.0-liter I6 ...

In the U.S., the most powerful E12 5-series offered was the 530i, which had a 176-hp inline ... prevailed. The E39 M5—based on what some consider to be the most beautiful 5-series—received ...

The 530i model was only sent to the United States ... The big deal for the 1999 E39 BMW M5 was the engine, which brought an aluminum engine block with an induction system that made engine nerds ...

I've driven plenty of them, too: 530i, 530e, 540i ... point that the car honestly doesn't feel related. No, it's not an E39 M5. Want a new one of those? Maybe some Chevy dealer still has a ...

Simple? Yes. Common? No. But nearly 20 years ago, BMW nailed the formula with their E39 M5 (1998-2003), the reigning king of all M5s. It is a car praised for its power, performance, balance, ...

More to the point, his collection isn’t just for show—he drives his cars daily, as evidenced by his recent Instagram video, showing off his E39-generation BMW M5. In the short video clip ...

The subsequent E39, on the other hand, changed the M5 for the better. E34 production came to a screeching halt in 1995, the year that gave us Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio, Boombastic by Shaggy ...

A new four-cylinder BMW 530i xDrive would give the E39 M5 a run for its money in a stop-light drag race. Instead, you buy the E39 M5 for its old-school steering feel, its near-perfect ride and ...