We may earn a commission from links on this page. To many, the 1999 to 2003 E39 BMW M5 is the best sedan BMW’s ever built. With its powerful naturally aspirated V8 engine, lovely six-speed manual, and ...

The E39 BMW M5 has finally reached cult classic status and it needed less than 30 years to do so. This exact car, a 2002 M5 in Le Mans Blue Metallic sold for $60,000 at auction back in 2017, yet today ...

Set to hit the Gooding & Company auction block at Pebble Beach later this week is a pristine 2002 BMW M5 with just 437 miles on the odometer. With so much life left, it’s not unreasonable to assume ...

Update 8/30/2018: As The Drive first spotted, this M5 sold for $176,000. We've updated this story, originally published before the auction, to reflect. The E39-generation BMW M5 is now, definitively, ...

The third generation BMW M5 is arguably the best performance sports sedan ever produced—just ask all of the automakers trying to match its magic in the 15 years since its release. It’s no wonder why, ...

While low-mileage E39 BMW M5s don’t exactly grow on trees, this 2002 Imola Red example is selling on eBay for the same price as a brand new 2019 M4 Convertible. The car has 9,154 miles (14,731 km) on ...

Auctions are getting pretty weird nowadays, but nobody’s actually complaining about it. This E39 M5 got away with an Elon Musk-type of sum, which prompted everyone to say “nice.” Why? Well, because of ...

When BMW first launched their 2002 model in the late 60s, it’s unlikely they ever imagined somebody would fit a 400 horsepower V8 underneath its bonnet. Then again, the title of this video is “Dream ...

The BMW 2002 of the late Sixties came with a selection of different four-cylinder engines from the factory, but never anything more. Thankfully, there are a few people willing to swap in powerplants ...