It appeared in the E60 M5 and in the E61 M5 Touring ... Arguably the most famous BMW V12 engine of all is one that never appeared in a BMW-badged car. The S70/2 V12 was developed by BMW's M ...

This specific engine, gearbox and all-wheel-drive set-up appeared in the M5 first, but has now spread to the BMW M8 and X5M/X6M twins. Many of the Competition’s upgrades have been concentrated ...

And with the E61 M5 Touring, that’s what BMW delivered ... in common with the F1 engine. Apart from a stupendous turn of speed, of course, with some testers of the E60 saloon version quoting ...

The M5’s 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 may lack the ferocity and soundtrack of the previous model’s engine, but it counters ... with the current generation of BMW M products. Pure petrol cars ...

BMW typically positions the M5 as the ultimate sedan, but a station wagon variant has occasionally been available — and for the G90/G99 generation that debuted last year, that M5 Touring wagon ...