E61 M5 Touring

DriveTribe has been giving its E61 M5 Touring to ever member of the old Top Gear family that it can. Since they’ve bought it, they’ve handed it over to James May, Ben “The Stig” Collins,…

DriveTribe’s E61-generation BMW M5 Touring is becoming quite famous on the YouTube machine. And how could it not, it’s a manual-swapped M5 wagon that’s partially owned by James May and Richard Hammond. Both of whom…

Okay, so maybe that title is a bit misleading but blame DriveTribe for that one. However, DriveTribe’s E61 BMW M5 Touring was broken while under Richard Hammond’s watch. See, Hammond was driving it hard, about…

Back when the E60 BMW M5 first debuted, there were rumors that its 5.0-liter naturally aspirated V10 was actually a Formula 1 engine. BMW was building V10s for F1 at the time, so many fans…

If you’re willing to live with the potential unreliability of the S85 engine from the E60/E61 M5, there’s really only one thing left to deal with—the SMG gearbox. That is, if you’re in Europe. See,…

DriveTribe has been on a bit of a mission, lately, to get their E61 BMW M5 Touring in tip-top shape. Since they’ve had it, they’ve service the hell out of it, giving it new rod…

There’s been a lot of good E61 M5 Touring content coming from DriveTribe as of late, showing off what it’s like to actually own and drive a car most enthusiasts would love to own but…

A little while back, DriveTribe saved an E61 BMW M5 Touring by buying one that had been written off by insurance for a small fire in its truck. The car was in mostly fantastic condition…

In North America, we were able to buy the E60 BMW M5 with a manual transmission, back in the day. However, we weren’t able to buy an E61 BMW M5 Touring. In Europe, customers were…

The E61 M5 Touring is one of the very coolest cars BMW has ever made, being a five-door family wagon with a 5.0 liter V10 stuffed under the hood. However, it can also be a…