5 Series
The BMW 5 Series (E39) is now getting on in years, with most examples now approaching 30 years old. But even nearly three decades later, the BMW E39 5 Series is arguably the quintessential BMW….
Steven Paul / August 6, 2025
5 Series
I remember a particular evening more than 20 years ago when I was still a kid in high school. The sun was about to set, and there it was, a maroon-colored E39 BMW 5 Series…
Kon / April 5, 2024
5 Series
The last time we checked in with Sreten from M539 Restorations, he was taking the interior of his E39 5 Series Touring apart and wanted to replace its front seats with E38 7 Series seats….
Nico DeMattia / June 16, 2023
5 Series
There was a span of probably 20 years—from the ’90s through the ’00s—where BMW won almost every comparison test it was involved in, from almost every magazine. It got to the point where readers would…
Nico DeMattia / June 7, 2023
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BMW USA Issues Do Not Drive Order on E46, E39, and E53 Models for Takata Airbags Recall
by Nico DeMattia / Date: May 4, 2023
5 Series
I remember when I was a kid, I thought flying cars were right around the corner. My friends and I would talk about how we would take our drivers tests in the sky. However, as…
Nico DeMattia / February 13, 2023
5 Series
The ’90s were great for cars, especially performance wagons. There were some icy-cool sports wagons back in the day, from all sorts of different automakers. To get a blast from the past and see which…
Nico DeMattia / January 11, 2023
5 Series
An entrepreneur claims that his modified 1997 BMW 528i goes 1,000 miles on electric power. According to Eric Lundgren, the E39 chassis has been adapted to hold batteries with a total capacity above the longest-range…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 5, 2017
5 Series
The 4th generation BMW 5 Series is a real model of success. Optically it differs completely from its predecessor. In the development of the 4th generation aerodynamics and lightweight construction played a major role. Most…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 26, 2017
5 Series
Our BMW 5 Series story continues today with the iconic – and often regarded as the best 5 Series ever – the E39 sedan. Previous coverage included the E12, E28 and the E34. Most of…
Horatiu Boeriu / January 6, 2017
5 Series
The BMW E39 5 Series is still one of the crowd’s favorites, especially in V8 guise, be it the 540i or the M5 and whilst the latter was never offered in Touring variant, the former…
Gabriel Nica / May 5, 2016