BMW was on a roll in the late 1990s. The E39 M5 blasted into the new millennium with the first V8 engine any M car ever had under the hood. I can't imagine the E39 M5 without that burbling S62, but it ...

Sadiq Samari is an automotive enthusiast and journalist from Ghana. His blood flows with gasoline like all gearheads. His love for automobiles started at a young age and was influenced greatly by the ...

Today, the E39-generation BMW M5 is seen as both one of the best M5s ever and as the benchmark that today's best sport sedans are still chasing. Much of that reputation comes from the spectacular S62 ...

Codenamed E39, the fourth-generation 5 Series launched in 1995 for the 1996 model year. The M5 followed suit in 1998 with a snarling V8 based on the M62 of the 540i, a high-performance V8 that BMW ...

Thomas has spent two years working in the auto journalism industry, contributing to a UK-based newspaper and writing for Euronewsweek. A full-time writer and lifelong engineering enthusiast, he now ...

BMW has built plenty of memorable M5s over the decades, but of them all, few have aged as gracefully as the E39 generation. Built between 1998 and 2003, it was the first M5 to feature a V8 engine and ...