BMW accidentally posted official images of the facelifted 2014 M5 on its website, when the configurator was updated ahead of schedule. The current M5, which initially went on sale in 2011, receives very mild updates. The grille is modified to incorporate double vertical slats (like on the M6), rather than single ones; the headlights are […] More »

“It’s a good job,” says Sabine Schmitz, without a hint of understatement. In case you’ve been on Mars for the last twenty years and returned this morning, Ms. Schmitz is employed as the Nurburgring’s “taxi” driver and ferries people around the ‘Ring in a BMW M5. In the video, she discusses growing up in her […] More »

This car is a rolling example of why high quality detail work is worth it. Normal people might be okay with just washing their car and (maybe) slapping a coat of wax on it. That alone will bring your car’s look above the riff-raff of daily drivers, but if you want it to look like […] More »

Seems like E30 mania has hit fever pitch, and clearly the E30 M3 is the pinnacle of that generation. Values of these cars are starting to get out of control. So is the E30 M3 really all that? Mike Spinelli decided to find out, and rounded up a bunch of E30 experts to discuss this […] More »

I would de-badge it, put cheap 5-Series wheels on it, and race it all night. Oh, the fun that could be had with the ultimate 5Series sleeper. I know the V8 M5 is faster and more efficient but it’s v10 goodness that I love. But if stripping it down isn’t your thing, it still looks […] More »

You’d think that tuning the M5 to 646 horsepower and 570 lb-ft of torque would be enough. A car like that shouldn’t need a dramatic commercial to show it off. And if you’re doing something like that, you need to at least be clever. This isn’t really either of those. It’s the opposite. In fact, it’s so […] More »

In the following press release, always-magnanimous Mini lets us know how awesome it is because it’s giving away one whole Mini Paceman for an AIDS-related benefit. Not only is it the brand-new Paceman, but it’s a Roberto Cavalli-designed Paceman! Who? This guy… Yeah, Roberto Cavalli. No, he’s not a creepy drunk hanging out in the […] More »