Because five years before BMW began building the M5, it was making the E12 M535i you see here. Slightly confusingly, BMW also offered an E28 M535i at the same time it sold the M5. But that was ...

But most probably don't recall the car that spawned the M5. That was of course the BMW M535i based on the previous-generation E12 5-series; a low-volume sports sedan that offered M performance ...

Once the E12 evolved into the E28 ... A V-10 no more: With the new M5, BMW reverts to a V-8, adding a pair of turbochargers this time. Power is rated at a lofty 560 hp, or about twice the output ...

The 1980 E12 BMW M535i came near the end of the first generation of the BMW 5 Series models. The first generation didnt have an M5 model, which made the M535i the closest thing to the M5 and was ...

BMW M5. It's already hard to believe that so much time has passed since the idea of a high-performance BMW arrived with the E12-based M535i sedan in 1980. It eventually evolved to introduce the ...

In 1987, the vaunted BMW M5 arrived, sharing its 256-hp 3.5-liter ... The first-generation E12 and E28 5 Series' are also of interest, because they really set the pace for the sport sedan market ...

It’s not an M5 but the E12 M535i packed a lot of the DNA that would lead BMW to unleash the first proper 5 Series M-car a few years later. Power came from a 3.5-litre straight-six with 218bhp on ...

Piquet went on to win the F1 World Drivers Championship in 1983, driving a BMW-powered BT52. Although never seen on U.S. shores, the M5's handbuilt precursor was based on 1979's E12 chassis ...

It's hard to imagine the 5 Series without an M5, but the ... by modern BMW styling (inside and out) need look no further. It's pointed out in the forum that the E12 doesn’t really seem to ...

When it comes to a premium, mid-size sedan, the BMW 5-Series is the car ... the later E28 with the same name, the E12 M535i widely considered to be the M5's predecessor. Its 3.5-liter inline ...