UK based CAR Magazine recently published online an article from their 1990 archive that posed a serious question.  Being the fastest sedan in the world (1990), how does the E34 M5 stand up to Ferrari’s Testarossa?  In more technicality, they wanted to compare a 6 cylinder German made sedan to a 12 cylinder Italian sports […]

Though power steering was invented at the turn of the century, it wasn’t seen in general automotive manufacturing until the 1950’s.  Since then, car owners, “do it yourselfer’s”, and general mechanics have been trained to view power steering as a self-contained hydraulic system which used a dedicated red colored fluid readily available in most auto […]

Enhanced Automotive Technology Performance Chip (D’Sylva) In my post “Why is the E34 M5 So Unique?”, I highlight several aspects of the E34 M5 that are truly last in a generation.  However, there is one “last in generation” characteristic that I left off the list–that is the fact that the E34 M5s were the last […]

<img class="size-medium wp-image-188" src="https://m5owner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/m5_shift_surround_1-300×225 like this.jpg” alt=”e34 M5 shift surround” width=”300″ height=”225″ srcset=”https://m5owner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/m5_shift_surround_1-300×225.jpg 300w, https://m5owner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/m5_shift_surround_1-1024×768.jpg 1024w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /> E34 525i shift surround next to an E34 M5 version. Like many BMW’s, the E34 models featured a plastic shift surround or deposit box that was covered in a material matching the car’s upholstery. […]

You could ask any BMW M5 enthusiast the question “what is the best M5 BMW has ever produced” and get a different answer from each one.  E39 owners will swear by the superiority of their V8 engines.  Though US E28 owners filed a class action lawsuit against BMW related to production numbers, they will put […]