BMW Releases Its Long Anticipated M5 with a 507-HP V10

Since the M5 came into existence in 1985, it has set the benchmark for sport sedan performance. The new E60-based model

With a price tag that should be similar to the current M5, expect the new super sedan to arrive in North American showrooms in late 2005. (Photo: BMW Canada)

carries on a tradition of more than 33,000 M5s, all having been built in BMW's Dingolfing, Germany facility.

The new M5 will arrive in European dealerships in January, 2005, with a price tag of E86,200, the direct equivalent of $140,500 CAD, $105,950 USD. Being that most European models sell for less in North America than in their own countries, and even less in Canada than the U.S., expect the price of the new car to be only slightly higher than the current M5 when it arrives here later in 2005.

With the introduction of the new M5, once again BMW sets the bar for performance sedans. This time around, however, the competition is as fierce as on the track of an F1 event. No doubt, sports sedan enthusiasts have an exciting decade ahead.