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 ...

The E46-generation BMW M3 is by far the most successful M car in terms of sales. Looking back, it's easy to see why: At the ...

The BMW E28 M5 stands as the original super sedan masterpiece. It’s the car that created the high-performance luxury sedan template and the aura of BMW M cars. Built from 1985-1988, only 1,239 ...

As much as I hate the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side," it's usually true. Things always look better when you don't (or can't) have them. As the former owner of an E28 BMW 535is, ...

The original BMW M5, the E28 generation, is a historic car, the fastest sedan in the world when it came out, the start of a dynasty. You've known that. I've known that. What I didn't know (and what I ...

If you’re a fan of fast saloons from the 80’s and you’d love to just have one resting in your driveway, bidding for this E28 BMW M5 is the way to go. The E28 M5 made its debut at the Amsterdam Motor ...

In today’s world, there are more super sedans out there than ever before. Whether it’s a BMW M5 or a smaller Mercedes-AMG C63 S or perhaps the bonkers Dodge Charger Hellcat, there’s plenty of variety ...

Some of you will call me crazy and/or biased for choosing the E28 M5 over the current G90, and you're sport on if you do. However, the aim of this article is not to get you to agree with me but rather ...

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 ...

Last September, some nut job paid $176,000 for an early 2000s BMW sedan. To be fair, this was an E39 M5 — BMW’s greatest sports sedan, ever — and it had fewer than 500 miles on the clock. But $176,000 ...