
BMW M5 (E39)
7.6 / 10
Involvement 8.5 / 10
0 · boulevard trophy10 · driver’s tool
Miles actually driven7.0
Bought to drive, not to flip7.0
Track-day sightingscontext · not scored3.5
Why 7.6: The super-saloon benchmark, manual-only, still doing school runs a quarter-century later. Values turned years ago but owners keep driving — the anti-R34.
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · $38k (2005) → $75k (2026), trending up · illustrative data