From my schoolboy dream to 565hp reality: buying a V10 BMW M5

Autocar · 2026-02-12
From my schoolboy dream to 565hp reality: buying a V10 BMW M5

It might not be the most reliable or have the best on-board tech, but this V10 estate is a riot George Flowerday's fondness for the BMW M5 has its roots in childhood when his dad owned an E39-generation 523i. "When the M5 version came out in 1998 – I can only have been six – I got the brochure