Jalopnik: Bmw M5

How To Drive Fast Without Getting Caught

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:30:00 EST

If you were unaware, Alex Roy and co-driver David Maher crossed the continental U.S. in 31 hours, 4 minutes. They did it in an E39 BMW M5 that had more electronics gear than a twin-engine Cessna. Some have called the two irresponsible. Now, they're coming clean about road-trip safety. More »

The Art Of Drifting A Nissan GT-R In The Rain

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:41:23 EST

Chris Harris says the 2012 Nissan GT-R is one of the most interesting cars in the world to behave badly in. Why? Because the car's amazingly byzantine all-wheel drivetrain fights against aggressively reckless inputs. But what if you add a dour British rain? Instant four-wheel dorifto. More »

Watch Crazy Chechens Terrorize Motorists WIth Guns And BMWs

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:00 EST

We've already established that the single most important driving accessory in Chechnya is the AK-47. Watch this band of hoodlums fire guns in the air while doing donuts in the middle of an afternoon in Grozny from the window of their BWM M5. Chechens are insane. More »

BMW M Cars Will Shred Tires With Three-Turbo Diesel Power

Mike Spinelli — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST

BMW is launching a new high-performance, 3.0-liter inline six for its M cars. No surprise yet. It also has three turbochargers, produces 381 hp and 546 lb-ft of torque, and only revs to 5,400 rpm. Ruh Roh. Yes, it's a diesel. More »

This Is The Coolest BMW M5 Badge We've Ever Seen

Patrick Frawley — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 EST

BMW's M cars are not fair-weather toys. They may be more powerful and more stiffly sprung than their mainstream sisters, but they also function as regular transportation. They carry mothers-in-law. They slog through traffic jams. And sometimes they get left out in the cold. More »

First 2012 BMW M5 Crashed In The Netherlands

Wes Siler — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Proving that no one, not even the Germans, can defy physics, one of the very first2012 BMW M5s to reach customer hands has been wrecked. What's that about a body in motion? Especially a 4,300 Lbs, 560 HP body? More »

The world's fastest Christmas card

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:30:00 EST

Taking a break from painting sexy portraits of cows, Swiss illustrator Gavin Patterson took a lap around Circuit de l'Anneau Du Rhin in Alsace with a BMW factory driver. On the way, he had to draw a Christmas card. Spoiler: He did not poke himself in the eye with a pen. More »

Driving the new 560 bhp BMW M5 to death

Peter Orosz — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:30:00 EDT

Our friend Nino Karotta, who’s shown us how to live the thug life in a big black Benz and how to become a Formula One driver in one day, is back with a new TV show, and he’s already subjected the new BMW M5 to an unhealthy amount of destructive testing. It’s seven beautiful minutes of visceral V8 noise, consumed Michelins, and enough complex-compound sentences to make your head buzz even if you’re immune to V8’s of the BMW variety. More »

The Stig takes the new BMW M5 out for some donuts

Justin Hyde — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

One of the Easter eggs from the most recent edition of "Top Gear" magazine was this little trinket: The Stig driving the snot out of the sonically altered BMW M5. Lucky for us, we get to hear the car from the outside. More »

New BMW M5 fakes its engine noise for your pleasure

Justin Hyde — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:00:00 EDT

When we drove the 2012 M5 on a frozen lake we felt the Bavarian stormer was great but a little disappointing in its engine sounds. BMW's fix: a new piece of technology that pumps synthetic engine noise into the cabin. Is it better to know someone's faking in advance? More »

The 2012 BMW M5 looks epic in Forza 4

Ray Wert — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:00:00 EDT

Buyers of an up-priced "Limited Collector's Edition" version of Forza Motorsport 4 will be "the first in the world" to get behind the wheel of the 2012 BMW M5 — well, other than us. Here's more details on the "LCE" pack — along with a stunning first gallery of M5 in-game renderings. More »

2012 BMW M5: Yes, this is it

Ray Wert — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:51:00 EDT

This is it. Months after we drove a pre-production model out on a Swedish lake, here now are official images and details on the new BMW M5. More »

2012 BMW M5 plows through the rain

Justin Hyde — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:30:00 EDT

A little less than a year from going on sale, the new BMW M5 bahn-stormer was caught in the wilds of the California freeway system yesterday, wearing BMW's trademark camouflage wrap on just the tips of its go-fast aero bits. While we've already driven it, even we haven't seen it this naked. Until now. More »

Why is BMW working on an all-wheel-drive M5?

Mike Spinelli — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

A BMW M5 with xDrive? Don your Internet fire suits and get to the forums in in 3-2-1... There's no production confirmation, but as Autocar reports, BMW officials have confirmed they're messing with the concept. Is the end of tail-out action near? More »

Listen to the old BMW M5's V10 before it goes out of style forever

Peter Orosz — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:30:00 EDT

There is something menacing and terrible about V10 engines. They lack the vocal complexity of the V12 and they also lack the screaming elegance of flat-plane V8’s. What they have instead is pure terror. More »

The 2012 BMW M5 is a twin-turbo V8-powered rocket

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EDT

You've seen our first photos of the 2012 BMW M5 (aka BMW Concept M5) and read our first drive, so what's left? Official photos and the details of the concept gleaned from the press release. More »

This is the new BMW M5

Ray Wert — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:12:00 EDT

Well, it's the 2012 BMW M5 concept anyway (of a car we already drove!). BMW held a private unveil of the BMW M5 concept to a select few journalists in Munich, Germany this week and somehow these shots leaked out. More »

Manual transmission a U.S.-only option for new BMW M5?

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:45:00 EDT

The 2012 BMW M5's great on ice, but details of the new 5er have been scarce. Now Focus.de's reporting the U.S. will get a manual transmission, but no one else will. That's so wonderfully backwards. (H/T 5post!) More »

2012 BMW M5: First Drive... on ice

Chris Harris — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:30:00 EST

If, say, BMW invites you to ride in a new BMW M5 on a Swedish lake, the cynic in you might expect one of those shambolic "passenger" rides where the hapless journalist attempts to glean something of use riding shotgun. More »

New BMW M5 hits the mall before world debut

Justin Hyde — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:30:00 EST

The 2012 BMW M5 isn't supposed to arrive until the Shanghai Auto Show, but a Jalopnik reader caught a prototype just hanging at the mall. Yes, it will have a turbocharged V8 engine good for 550+ hp, but BMW clearly needed to test it in the places it will spend most of its time. More »

224 mph on the autobahn in a station wagon

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:53:00 EST

G-Power's twin-supercharged BMW M5 Hurricane RS is a feast of numbers: 750hp, or 243hp more than stock. It's topped out at 228 mph on a test track. Now watch a Touring do nearly that, slicing past practically-stationary semis. [via M5board] More »

The E39 Is A Dirty, Dirty Girl

Ray Wert — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:30:00 EST

Going slideways in a matte black 2001 BMW M5. What more could you want on a Monday morning? [NNapierala via GearheadsandMonkeywrenches via jyx via 99op] More »

This Woman Is The Fastest Taxi Driver In The World

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Sabine Schmitz grew up in her mother's motel next to Germany's famous Nürburgring track. She met some of the world's best drivers and became a racing driver herself. But her day job? Flogging people around Germany in a taxi. More »

2012 BMW M5: My, What Pretty Exhaust Tips You Have

Ray Wert — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:20:00 EDT

When the F10-based 5 Series was revealed at the end of last year, all we could think about was the 2012 M5. Especially now that we've whet our whistle with this latest set of spy photos of the upcoming model. More »

Does Your Taxi Have A Dab Of Oppo?

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:45:00 EDT

A couple of Jalopnik superfriends took to the Nürburgring and snapped this pic of the infamous 'Ring Taxi, currently an M5. Dab of oppo, anyone? [Photo: Zerin Dube] More »

BMW Dealer Crashes M5, Tries Screwing Owner Out Of $27K

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:30:00 EDT

An M5Board forum member took his 2007 BMW M5 to the dealer for brakes and fresh oil. Their 20-year-old tech crashed it during a test drive. The dealership's offering him $2500 in parts. The problem? There's $30,000 in damage. More »

2011 BMW M5: First Look Inside

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:30:00 EDT

The 2011 BMW M5's twin-turbocharged 540-hp V8 is rumored to be mated only to a manumatic transmission and these exclusive spy images inside the cockpit do nothing to quiet those whispers. Does this mean the ultimate driving machine is dead? More »

The Bulgarian Teen Who Built His Own BMW Racer

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:00:00 EDT

Denislav Shishev's an 18-year-old Bulgarian who probably does more before breakfast that you do all week. In 2009 he took a wrecked BMW M Coupe and put in a 530-hp BMW V10. Now he races it professionally. More »

Online Boasting Leads Cops To Reckless Teen BMW Driver

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:30:00 EDT

The parents of 19-year-old Canadian Vladimir Rigenco bought him a 2006 BMW M5 and, not surprisingly, bad things followed: 90 mph in a residential zone, bragging about it online, someone tipping off the cops, ticket, probation, no more driving. More »

BMW M6 Production Ends, Munich's V10 Ends With It

Sam Smith — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:15:00 EDT

Production of BMW's M6 has ended, which means Munich's hot-like-love V10 is officially dead. RIP. More »

Bonkers British Chef Slices Cucumber with Samurai Knife Taped to Powersliding BMW M5

Peter Orosz — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:00:00 EDT

Heston Blumenthal, the mad scientist of contemporary British cuisine, cooks with liquid nitrogen and serves food with built-in iPods. He’s also got a thing for M5’s…health and safety be damned. More »

2011 BMW M5 Burns Rubber Around The 'Ring

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:00 EDT

The 2011 BMW M5 causes mischief wherever it goes, whether on the pages of Car and Driver or here, on the Nürburgring, throwing up tire smoke as the rumored twin-turbo V8 lays down some rubber. More »

BMW Back Swapping Paint In DTM

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:30:00 EDT

After an 18-year absence, BMW's entering factory-back cars in the 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters following an Eastern Front-sized retreat from Formula 1. Those unfamiliar with DTM watch this madness and cry Spaten-flavored tears of joy. [Spiegel] More »

How Car and Driver Stole One Artist's Work

Jon Sibal — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:45:00 EDT

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Jon Sibal renders next-generation cars before they're revealed — a commodity coveted by auto insiders, analysts and car-crazed fan-boys. Now he's fighting Car and Driver, Hachette's money-makin' machine, to acknowledge his work was stolen. Here's his story. — Ed. UPDATE! More »

2012 BMW M5: The Twin-Turbo V8 Super Sedan At Play

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Loaded with a twin-turbo V8 rumored to produce 578 HP, can you blame the test engineers for driving the 2012 BMW M5 out in public to be spotted by the keen eyes of spy photographers? Interior pic below. More »

Matte-Painted BMW Individual M5: I Can't Believe It's Not Primer

Sam Smith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:45:00 EST

If you know the right people and have enough bank, you can waltz into your local BMW dealer and order a car painted in a matte silver called frozen grey metallic. Welcome to BMW Individual, Munich's custom-trim and personalization arm. More »

2011 BMW M5 Spied Testing Twin-Turbos

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:30:00 EST

The 2011 BMW M5 will likely drop its V10 in favor of a torquey 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 pumping out an expected 540 HP. Rumors aside, these spy photos clearly show a brawnier Bimmer with quad exhaust pipes. More »

Be a Ninja Star with a $10,000 1991 BMW M5!

graverobber — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:30:00 EST

The E34 M5 is a Q-ship, with basically only badging, valances and wheels to separate it visually from its less-M siblings. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has found a clean '91 that's still running under the radar. More »

Hyundai Billboard Ironically Uses BMW V10

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:00 EST

In Bucharest, this billboard boasts of Hyundai Motor Service's attention to detail. They even have a weirdo white-gloved robotic-hand carefully dusting off the BMW E60 M5 V-10 engine pictured. Oops. (Hat tip to Shitty Mf, we're not kidding) [Mibz] More »