Welcome to our latest series of Retro Reviews that take us back in time through the BMW M performance division’s history. This review of a 1988 BMW M5 will be the first of several classic BMW M car ...

When BMW introduced the M5 at the 1985 Amsterdam Motor Show, certain people didn’t really notice this fellow because performance sedans weren’t exactly new. The Maserati Quattroporte comes to mind, ...

The BMW E28 M5 is often talked about as ground zero for BMW super sedans. Revealed to the world at the 1985 Amsterdam Motor Show, the original M5 fused the 24-valve straight six from the late-1970s M1 ...

The BMW M5 has crafted a reputation for being one of the most fearsome performance cars on the road over the past four decades, the German weapon combining practicality and pace in one comprehensive ...

Thirty-eight years ago, the Germans opened a Pandora’s box so unsatiable it continues to consume generations of cars to this day, and there is no stopping it. In 1985, the first of BMW’s M5 machines ...

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf might have a fancy title and a crown in his sock drawer, but fundamentally he’s just like me and you. The guy absolutely loves cars. The 77-year-old Scandinavian monarch ...

There are quicker M5 variants, but not many that are this engaging to drive. This example has a Euro-spec 3.8-liter inline-six, a fantastic interior, and it's purple. BMW's M5 is now entering its ...

Chris Harris, whose words have graced our pages before but who is best known as a "Top Gear" presenter and for "Chris Harris on Cars," discovered his classic E28 BMW M5 missing. The internet then ...