The BMW M5 taught the world that a big, heavy sedan can be a true performance monster while still safely toting around the kids and most of your mistress's luggage, as long as your bank account has ...

After decades of delivering prodigious amounts of conventional V8 power, BMW's flagship M5 performance sedan—a high-performance version of the 5 Series four-door—will soon receive electrification ...

The seventh-generation M5 is here, people. As promised, the super sedan is now a plug-in hybrid, using what is essentially the same powertrain as the XM SUV. Pairing a 4.4-liter S68 twin-turbo V8 with ...

I'm used to the BMW M5's exhaust having a certain presence, whether it be the deep thrum of the outgoing F90-generation's V-8 or the banshee scream of the earlier E60's 5.0-liter V-10 (especially when ...

There is only one instance during my time with the 2025 BMW M5 where it feels its chunky, 5,390-pound (2,445-kilogram) curb weight. It’s a derestricted part of the autobahn, somewhere north of Munich.

Gasp and clutch your pearls: BMW’s new M5 is a plug-in hybrid. Now relax: That PHEV powertrain is anchored by an M-massaged version of BMW’s snarling 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8. This latest iteration of ...

The performance car world is changing rapidly, but many separate pieces are moving in a similar direction. On the same day Bentley dropped details on the exclusively plug-in-hybrid 2025 Continental GT ...

After the 1988 Formula 1 season, turbocharged engines were banned in favor of naturally-aspirated lumps with a displacement of 3.5 liters. McLaren-Honda switched to a V10 powerplant, and so did ...

Telling someone they can’t have something is a great way to make them want it. Take the station wagon, for example. This once-popular form factor for family transport has all but disappeared from new ...

BMW has built plenty of memorable M5s over the decades, but of them all, few have aged as gracefully as the E39 generation. Built between 1998 and 2003, it was the first M5 to feature a V8 engine and ...

High-performance station wagons never caught on in the United States, but a renaissance could be coming. The low-slung, hot-rodded family estate cars are increasingly popular in European markets; ...