E30 Zone

Found this question and this link on the BMW M Facebook page

Whats your favourite BMW M5 ?



So whats yours and why?

Mine....

The E39 M5 for being such a superb great package .... head and shoulders above its peers at the time and incredibly beautiful .... but closely followed by the E60 M5 for its rawness and the staggering high-revving NA multi-award winning engine

E39 Love the shape of this car is beautifull

BTW Check out the BMW M5 Police Car at the end!!!!

Imagine being pulled by that. Wonder if it is tuned faster than the normal M5?

Btw BMW Park Lane told me all the BMW Police Cars are tuned .... well the parking guy said that?!

pony wrote:BTW Check out the BMW M5 Police Car at the end!!!!

Imagine being pulled by that. Wonder if it is tuned faster than the normal M5?

Btw BMW Park Lane told me all the BMW Police Cars are tuned .... well the parking guy said that?!

Sorry to tell you this mate but police cars are not tuned up from standard. Thats a myth. The only thing that is tuned up in a traffic car is the driver.

E28 is the correct answer to this question. SA spec with leather everything. shadowline trim and a great big lump of tupperware round the bottom...

I think I prefer the look and idea of the E34, but I think as an overall car, the E39 is better.

e28 is the best looking but the e39 is the best overall package especially when you take in to account how cheap they are now

An E34 M5 Touring would make a nice daily

snakebrain wrote:E28 is the correct answer to this question. SA spec with leather everything. shadowline trim and a great big lump of tupperware round the bottom...

2ND THAT!

Suprisingly for me I think my favourites is the E39 followed by the one after the E39 ( whatever E or F number that is )

The E28 is just too old, the E34 is nice but I think the E39 is the best all rounder

E34 for me. Not a fan of a kitted E28 and anything after an E34 is financial suicide. Shame really as E39 is far more of a car for your money

snakebrain wrote:E28 is the correct answer to this question. SA spec with leather everything. shadowline trim and a great big lump of tupperware round the bottom...

Totally true, best shape and engine.

E28 with chrome bumpers and no trim (assuming the car was mint)

But as an every day car (again assuming mint) the E34 3.8 would do me nicely

e28 everytime i think all the others just plain suck!!!!!

Have any of u driven an F10 M5?

That thing has an epic amount of power! But feels too much like a machine and all u do is press the pedal and off it goes.

Im a huge fan of the E60 due to the beast under the bonnet but i have a soft spot for the E34 and E28 M5!

Edit: after santa pod, the E39 M5, being as cheap as it is, is the one id have. Holds 5 people, is a manual, has a V8, sounds fookin epic and goes rather well. Ticks all my boxes

E28

E28 indeed

Ajsingh wrote:
Edit: after santa pod, the E39 M5, being as cheap as it is, is the one id have. Holds 5 people, is a manual, has a V8, sounds fookin epic and goes rather well. Ticks all my boxes

The M52 engined E30's were doing the same times at the pod as the E39 M5's.

I know they are not remotely comparable vehicles and above 100mph the M5 would probably serve the E30 up all day long, but in a short acceleration burst over the 1/4 mile there was nothing in it.

True^ but the m52 doesnt have that v8 noise.

Id have a usa import e60 m5, has a proper manual box

E60 m5 for me, suttle looks, high revving 7 speed and super car slaying amounts of poke! There not much over 10k now either!

Ajsingh wrote:True^ but the m52 doesnt have that v8 noise.

Id have a usa import e60 m5, has a proper manual box

Apparently the E60 M5 in Manual Gearbox was not very good. Originally was designed in conjunction with the SMGIII Gearbox. Hence, does not work so well with a Manual. They only released a Manual to bow down to marketing pressure from USA. One of their biggest markets I believe. I read that in a magazine or somewhere recently.

Quite like the E34 M5 LE .... Now not only is that a Last-Of-The-Line one but is Super Rare
Very subtle looks

Engine of choice has to be that V10 5 litre NA surely out of all the M5s ?

Btw I never driven any M5

snakebrain wrote:E28 is the correct answer to this question. SA spec with leather everything. shadowline trim and a great big lump of tupperware round the bottom...

Agreed!

e12 for me

alpina123 wrote:e12 for me

No such thing as an E12 M5.

E28 Q car - so no plastics around the edges just good ole chrome and some BBS cross spokes.
Needs to be fully specced with leather all through etc and finished in Zinnober re

hennabm wrote:Needs to be fully specced with leather all through etc and finished in Zinnober re

innit,

E28 M5 still looks good .... I wonder if it turns heads in the streets and is any good at pulling birds (that's the inner chav in me ) .... The original M5 I wonder when it was launched how much it cost in today's money ?

Don Palmer is a big fan of the E28 M5

Think it looks stunning in Diamond Black

pony wrote:

Ajsingh wrote:True^ but the m52 doesnt have that v8 noise.

Id have a usa import e60 m5, has a proper manual box

Apparently the E60 M5 in Manual Gearbox was not very good. Originally was designed in conjunction with the SMGIII Gearbox. Hence, does not work so well with a Manual. They only released a Manual to bow down to marketing pressure from USA. One of their biggest markets I believe. I read that in a magazine or somewhere recently.

Quite like the E34 M5 LE .... Now not only is that a Last-Of-The-Line one but is Super Rare
Very subtle looks

Engine of choice has to be that V10 5 litre NA surely out of all the M5s ?

Btw I never driven any M5

Ironic they gave a manual to the land of the autos, and not to the europeans, land of the manuals though.

capnmchl wrote:

pony wrote:

Ajsingh wrote:True^ but the m52 doesnt have that v8 noise.

Id have a usa import e60 m5, has a proper manual box

Apparently the E60 M5 in Manual Gearbox was not very good. Originally was designed in conjunction with the SMGIII Gearbox. Hence, does not work so well with a Manual. They only released a Manual to bow down to marketing pressure from USA. One of their biggest markets I believe. I read that in a magazine or somewhere recently.

Quite like the E34 M5 LE .... Now not only is that a Last-Of-The-Line one but is Super Rare
Very subtle looks

Engine of choice has to be that V10 5 litre NA surely out of all the M5s ?

Btw I never driven any M5

Ironic they gave a manual to the land of the autos, and not to the europeans, land of the manuals though.

Haha well put

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The e39 is nice but the e28 was surely the best?? Saying that some of the LE e34's looked very tasty!

I saw one of these new f10 out side ring werk last weekend, looked dodgy didn't like the bonnet and the front end was so square like an e30 brick...


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The new shape 5 Series is certainly a looker like the facelifted E39

The 5 Series always reminded me of a sophisticated City Boy type driving them new

E39 M5. Ever since I watch Tiff getting it super sideways on Top Gear.

The E28 was the Boy. Dolpin or Lachs, metal bumper with dechrome and black leather, completely standard.

The E34 3.6 and 3.8 5 speed look nice but they're big heavy things.

The M Car to buy now is a mint 4 door M3 E36. They're nimble, bastarding fast and you can buy a genuinely nice one for 6 -7 grand.

E60 M5 - a nasty, 13mpg ticking bomb. No ta.