T he BMW M5 is often called the original "supercar in a suit," and every generation of the executive sports sedan has lived ...

The opportunity BMW offered to pull examples of each generation ... Car and Driver’s test had the E60 M5 with the SMG running to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds and the quarter-mile in 12.5 seconds ...

Seven generations and 41 years later, BMW has launched a new ‘G90’ M5. Available as a saloon or ... remember the furore about the 2004 E60’s SMG auto gearbox, or the 2017 F90 gaining ...

A 394-horsepower BMW M5 sedan based on the E39 platform was brought stateside ... six-speed automatic or a six-speed Sequential Manual Gearbox (SMG). For 2006, the BMW 5 Series offered a wagon body ...

A 394-horsepower BMW M5 sedan based on the E39 platform was brought stateside ... six-speed automatic or a six-speed Sequential Manual Gearbox (SMG). For 2006, the BMW 5 Series offered a wagon body ...

No other super saloon offers the BMW M5’s combination of mind-bending ... is a vast improvement over the old car’s SMG ‘box, too. This M5 is an altogether more refined machine than the ...

But then not recognising the M5 for what it was quickly became ... The good news is 555bhp, the retirement of BMW’s tiresomely thumpy seven-speed SMG robotised manual for a seven-speed dual ...