Reviewers strongly agree on its performance and handling, but split on daily drivability.
Performancestrong consensus
“It's absolutely insane that BMW put what was essentially a Williams F1 engine into their M5 sedan” ▶ 0:38 TopherDrives “She is no slouch.” ▶ 10:04 Jubbal & Cars “500 horsepower, even by today's standards, is still no joke. And that naturally aspirated, high revving power delivery, it's a thing of beauty.” ▶ 5:44 Zygrene Handlingstrong consensus
“You can really feel the heft of this car. We have MacPherson struts, multi-link rear, 4,000 pounds.” ▶ 6:14 Jubbal & Cars “Beautifully smooth steering. It's silky. It's actually like a lightness to this that I really wasn't expecting.” ▶ 8:58 TopherDrives “The steering is light, but it has decent feedback or reminds me a bit of the E90 M3, but not as good in terms of the feedback.” ▶ 5:32 Zygrene Fun to drivestrong consensus
“I've always always always wanted to drive a V10 M5 and I've always wanted to own one of these cars too” ▶ 23:03 TopherDrives “Beautiful engine, really happy to rev out.” ▶ 5:07 Jubbal & Cars “If you can put up with all of that, this is one of the best driving, best sounding, most special sport sedans of all time.” ▶ 11:23 Zygrene Daily drivabilitysplit
“It's smooth. It's easy. It's quiet. It's relaxing.” ▶ 18:43 TopherDrives “Reliability, maintenance, I mean, that's the kicker. That's why these cars have come down in value so much.” ▶ 10:27 Zygrene “The one thing I don't like about the position though is that this transmission feels really far away and very low down compared to where the steering wheel is.” ▶ 4:19 Jubbal & Cars Valuestrong consensus
“Market value for these cars in the US between $15 and $30,000 for most decent examples.” ▶ 2:07 Zygrene “And at 15 to 30,000 dollars, I mean, it's hard to beat.” ▶ 10:47 Jubbal & Cars “you're probably going to be spending about $60,000 to have one like this. Now, these cars do exist for like 15 grand, but you're going to be looking at an 80,000 mi SMG car” ▶ 23:21 TopherDrives Where reviewers split · Daily drivability1 say · liveable“It's smooth. It's easy. It's quiet. It's relaxing.”TopherDrives ▶ 2 say · critical“Reliability, maintenance, I mean, that's the kicker. That's why these cars have come down in value so much.”Zygrene ▶ 
