BMW E39 5 Series is a modern classic & sought after, including in M5 form. BMW Classic has original ... be parts that'll need to be ordered from Germany, leading to slightly longer delivery ...

The S62 had previously been used in the E39 (third-generation) M5, as well as the Z8 ... its engine was built in BMW’s factory in Dingolfing, Germany. Around the same time the KZ1 was making ...

The E39 was the best-selling M5 up to this point, with over 20,000 built. It was also the first M5 to be produced on the regular BMW production line. A Touring version was even considered (see ...

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.

It was the first M5 with a turbocharged engine. BMW abandoned the idea of using a V10 in this model, as amazing as that unit sounded like in the E60, and returned to a V8 setup like the older E39.