2018 BMW M5: Behind The Wheel

With more weight and complexity than ever

Transcript

00:00 (rock music)

00:02 Is the new BMW M5 the greatest sedan ever made?

00:06 Maybe.

00:08 Okay, BMW M5, 600 horsepower, all wheel drive,

00:22 they got rid of the dual clutch,

00:23 it's now an eight speed ZF automatic,

00:25 it's 60 miles an hour in three seconds flat.

00:28 It runs a quarter mile in 11.1 seconds.

00:32 It does a figure eight in 23.3, which is nuts.

00:35 And they put no extra design effort into making this car.

00:39 It is the ultimate sleeper, the ultimate Q-ship.

00:43 I was kinda bored by it at first,

00:45 but then you like, you know,

00:46 let's put everything into M dynamic mode.

00:49 It is just so fun.

00:51 It's such a fun car.

00:54 It's a fun car.

00:55 And it's faster than anything else out there.

01:01 It's one of those cars that's constantly going

01:02 90 miles an hour no matter what.

01:05 Also, unlike the AMG where it's like the old contra game,

01:08 up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right,

01:09 to get it into two wheel drive mode,

01:11 I programmed my M button here, bam, bam,

01:14 I'm now in rear wheel drive.

01:15 It was that quick and that easy.

01:17 This new M5, this 230 version,

01:19 it's an interesting car because if you drove it every day

01:21 and never buried your right foot,

01:23 never unleashed the fury of that twin turbo 4.4 liter V8,

01:27 it would just be a great, luxurious sedan.

01:29 But then when you bury it,

01:30 I mean, you're in this just, this time warp machine.

01:34 It's crazy.

01:35 So, is it the best sedan ever made?

01:38 Well, no, nothing is, but it's pretty damn good.

01:41 (car engine roaring)

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