The E39 M5 on this clip doesn’t seem to be a stocker if the front openings are any indication. And the way this BMW M5 makes mincemeat of those wide meaty tires only serves as a reminder of how much torque that V8 puts out, even in stock form. Still though, nice E39 M5s are [...]
May 3rd, 2012 | Brooks | 0 comments | ContinuedE39 M5 Videos
E39 M5 Matches Up Against A Turbo 328
You don’t need to understand the language being spoken in this video to recognize the age-old gesture of setting up a street race. As the video title says, the matchup is between an E39 M5 and a turbocharged 328. Unfortunately, we don’t have any details on what mods, if any, the BMW M5 has. In [...]
March 23rd, 2012 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
E39 M5 Clip Shows Its Greatness
You might be dismayed to find this E39 M5 post talking about another exhaust setup but trust us, we view lots of videos and throw away a lot of stuff that is, plainly speaking, crap. This 2003 E39 M5 has been fited with Supersprint headers, a custom x-pipe and Flowmaster mufflers. Of interest is a [...]
March 14th, 2012 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
Is The Alpina B10 A Worthy Alternative To An E39 M5?
Inevitably, a lengthy discussion of the merits of owning an E39 M5 will include the Alpina B10. Built by the specialist BMW tuner of the same name, the Alpina B10 is based on the E39, but is thoroughly reworked by the tuner according to their own philosophies. It has almost the same performance as the [...]
February 28th, 2012 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
V8 Power Makes A Return In The Latest M5
Looking back on the philosophy of the BMW M5 (sports car performance in a business suit), one could argue that the latest iteration of BMW’s bully sedan is the logical successor to the much-loved E39 M5. For starters, the 2012 M5 looks so much like the executive sedan it was intended to be, with softer [...]
January 22nd, 2012 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
BMW E39 M5 Or Hybrid M3 For A Daily Driver?
Watching this short vid of an E39 M5 running against a hybrid M3 will have you wondering which car you’d like to have as a daily driver. There’s no mention if the E39 M5 has any mods, but the E36 M3 has an engine swap, that being the 3.2-liter S54 off an E46 M3. As [...]
December 28th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
E39 M5 vs. ’98 M3 With Engine Swap
Before the newer generations of M cars became more flamboyant, the E39 M5 and E36 were true sleeper cars, recognizable only to a few enthusiasts. Lots of people were caught by surprise at how an innocent-looking 4-door sedan like the E39 could move so fast and so nimbly. Same with the M version of the [...]
December 6th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
Boosted E39 M5 Tries Out A Wet, Twisty Course
Floor the throttle of an E39 M5 in 1st gear or even 2nd with the wheels turned and you’ll be promptly rewarded with an oh sh_t moment. There’s so much torque in that V8 that a reckless driver will sooner or later get his just reward. But not if you’ve got the skills, proper frame [...]
November 25th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
E39 M5 Parking Lot Antics
Watch this video to see an E39 M5 go through a small section of a parking lot sideways. At first, this M5 innocently turns into the small parking lot as if looking for a slot, but at the first turn, the driver turns the wheel, hits the throttle and promptly proceeds to do a dance [...]
November 19th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
E39 M5 Claims An 11-second Quarter Mile
As we’ve mentioned more than a few times, improving an E39 M5’s power-to-weight ratio by installing lighter components is one of the ways of improving the car’s performance. Of course, one can also go in the opposite direction, where you don’t reduce weight but add more power. In the case of this E39 M5, the [...]
November 12th, 2011 | Brooks | 0 comments | Continued
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