the go-faster division presented their long-awaited successor to the E34 in the guise of the E39. Presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1998, the third-generation M5 caused a bit of a stir ...

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, ...

We’re quite fond of the E39-generation BMW M5 here at CarScoops, and there are quite a few pristine examples hitting the used car market and fetching nice prices. So what makes the E39 M5 so ...

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 ...

When it was unleashed upon the world, the $73,874 V-8–powered 2000 BMW M5 was immediately and universally hailed as the apex of the 1997–2003 E39 BMW 5-series. This M5 instantly won our ...

Right now, there’s a 2000 BMW M5—the coveted E39 generation—for sale at a BMW dealership in Naperville, Illinois with only 633 original miles on it. Oh, and it’s Dakar Yellow over black.

Still, is an E39 M5 ready to sell for this much money? Clean examples are reaching into the $40,000 and $50,000 range but those often have 50,000 to 60,000 miles. Other examples with 100,000 miles ...

Yet it was the E39 M5 that left the biggest imprint on me. A quarter century of bloat means that this vintage of M5 is actually just a little under an inch shorter tip-to-tail than a modern M3.

Update 8/30/2018: As The Drive first spotted, this M5 sold for $176,000. We've updated this story, originally published before the auction, to reflect. The E39-generation BMW M5 is now ...

And the time has come for the E39 incarnation of the BMW M5 to receive such treatment. The reasons why the late 90s-early-2000s M5 has become a cult car range from the fact that it was the last ...

We think the E39-generation BMW M5 is an awesome car and perhaps has the most timeless design of any M5. However, is this low-mileage example really worth $299,990? The following 2003 BMW M5 has ...

The E39-generation M5 is regarded as one of the best driver's sedans on the planet. With the age of turbocharging an electrification upon us, this vintage M5's naturally aspirated V8 and available ...