The E39 M5 is arguably one of the greatest ... it was tidied by polishing the vents and shaving the washer jets. The trunk was a modified carbon piece from CA Automotive that mimicked the M3 ...

That stuff, on top of mileage and maintenance performed, means E39 M5 prices can range from $8000 all the way to $176,000. Rare colors like Imola Red, Carbon Black Metallic, Le Mans Blue metallic ...

Arguably the most notable and ubiquitous iteration of any M car ever is the universally praised '00-'03 E39 BMW M5. The car you're ... of storage space in the trunk, dual-zone climate control ...

good trunk space, handsome but understated design, and, of course, a manual transmission. Simple? Yes. Common? No. But nearly 20 years ago, BMW nailed the formula with their E39 M5 (1998-2003), the ...

"At that point I was disappointed after all the work I'd put into the 530i but, instead of giving up, I saw an opportunity to buy the car I'd always wanted - an E39 M5; the last true M5 ever built ...

The individual throttles (now servo-controlled) remained, but hidden in a massive carbon-fiber plenum spanning the cylinder banks. Curb weight still hovered around the 2-ton mark, but the E39 M5's ...

To each his own, but there’s no denying that this particular 5er generation oozes specialness, especially when it comes down to the M5. It’s a shame the automaker never offered the E39 M5 in ...

The subsequent E39, on the other hand, changed the M5 for the better. E34 production came to a screeching halt in 1995, the year that gave us Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio, Boombastic by Shaggy ...

Yet it was the E39 M5 that left the ... Sure, BMW blessed the V8 M5 with exotic aluminum for its suspension components, but this was a time before carbon fiber roofs. The current M3 xDrive is ...

This M5 has ... in Carbon Black over Caramel Nappa Heritage leather. BMW has built plenty of memorable M5s over the decades, but of them all, few have aged as gracefully as the E39 generation.

Is there any other saloon car in a quarter of a century that could've bested the E39 M5? Not according to you lot Well, thanks a bundle everyone. Talk about making my life as hard as possible.