Comments on: BMW M5 Review

By: e39 m5

e39 m5 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:06 +0000

Hey Alborz – found your site and post. I’m in Canada. First, I’d like to say that it’s one of the most original WRITTEN reviews that I’ve read in a while and the pics are a lot more authentic than the usual ‘track’ and ‘street’ shots too.

Anyway, you’ve said so many thing that I agree with, except I don’t think you give credit to how poor the e60 m5 looks in pictures to compared with real life. I’ve driven and photographed the e60 m5 and have to say that in real life it looks big and bad – whereas in photos it just looks…kinda “there” if you know what I mean.

Anyway – I still happen to think that for the dollar, the e39 m5 is the best option for most who want m5 performance.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:38:06 +0000

Great car it is, but I suspect having it in Australia you would notice that to the makers of it Australia is not a particually important market. Some would have you believe we shouldn’t try and remedy that either. The old argument that you cant really ever tap into the power applies here too. The big torque 4.0L i6 from FordAus is probably about the best usable engine for Australia on the market today. Of course the big yank-tank V8 in the Commodore would come close, as well as the 3.5L V6 in the Aurion. Whilst we live in a country whos populace moves at about 20kph as far as innovation and ambition goes we wont have a chance of either being competitive with this German engineering (hence making it relatively inaccessible to us) or being able to make good proper use of it when we do have it.

By: The Realist

The Realist — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:50:35 +0000

MB Says:
July 21st, 2009 at 8:45 am
“M5 has been made redundant by 4 door M3, C63 and the Audi”

Not really. Even though it’s been out for six years it still has features like HUD that the cars above don’t have. And it’s more spacious. I’ve read reports stating the E60 M5 can reach 320kph+ – unfortunately I can’t try to get anywhere near that on Aussie roads.

Like some others have said it looks like it came out yesterday. My car still gets looks everywhere I go.

By: MB

MB — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:45:39 +0000

M5 has been made redundant by 4 door M3, C63 and the Audi

By: John of Perth

John of Perth — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:10:42 +0000

Alex – I think you are a very lucky person. Might have to advise how to bring one of these into Oz.

John

By: Stevothedevo

Stevothedevo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:59:39 +0000

Bout time our Govt built autobahns connecting our capital cities. At 110kph you’d be likely to fall asleep and hit a tree.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:04:19 +0000

I agree with person who said you can tell it apart. Its instantly recognizable as an M. Beast of a car.

By: Al Juraj

Al Juraj — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:45:56 +0000

It would be the ultimate car if BMW can build a car the same size as an R8 and slot the V10 there.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:03:36 +0000

In the UK where diesel rules, these lose value very quickly, so I bought one last year. I managed to find an M5 Touring (which I think is just a bit cooler than the saloon) with about 50,000 miles on the clock and a manual gearbox for 32,000 pounds (new 520d money) at a private sale. The people I bought it from were a bit strange and it has a horrible interior (grey leather and dark wood) but then you drive it and everything just melts away…
I wouldn’t have bought it if it wasn’t so cheap but I’m glad I did. I use wagons all the time back at home so it made practical sense too.
The manual gearbox is so much better than the rather disappointing SMG and the Touring looks better too I think. For such little money (for what it is), it was a great buy and I don’t see the day when I’ll get rid of it.
I think there’s a very big risk that BMW won’t bother offering a manual on the next generation so I think mine has a very high chance of becoming a classic.
It must be one of the best all rounders in the world. Not small enough to be cramped, not big enough to be cumbersome, it’s a super car, it’s a family car, it’s a GT – it’s brilliant.

By: Rym

Rym — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:21:47 +0000

riceboy,31 and still wear the cap backwards? Tsk Tsk Tsk, I think the midlife crisis started at 20 when all the wannabe racers on P plates with the be-winged battlestar galactica rentabombs decked with spoilers, badges and cheesy chrome tips.

ditch the spoilers and you won’t know yourself.

seriously, you know there’s a problem with image when Holden, Ford, Toyota dishes out family cars with wings and calls it Sportivo. Oh, what about the HSV ute with spoilers? Wow, getting to worksites on the Nepean Highway surely needs lots of down force.

Panamera, now that’s a boring design. OK, a porsche it is but why a stretched 911 look? Well, the parameters might be too tight to design outside of. I can remember the 928S4 was instantly recognisable as a Porsche but didn’t have to be a 911 on steroids look.