I went through this whole process a couple of days ago, and after finding and digesting the contemporary reviews of the BMW E28 M5, I was left slightly bemused. As well as a nagging need to rewind ...

the E28 was initially sold with a combination of relatively subdued four and six-cylinder engines, but in 1984 BMW revealed the very first M5 at the Amsterdam motor show. The M5 was not the first ...

We don’t really care because, inarguably, it’s the BMW M5 that has set the standard ... based on the second-generation 5-Series. The E28 M5 used a variation of the 3.5-liter straight-six ...