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BMW M5 CS

3 years ago

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Writer:

Dan Prosser | Ti co-founder

Date:

3 June 2021

Four-up drag racing? High-speed passenger rides around the Nordschleife? Otherwise I’m afraid I don’t really know what the BMW M5 CS is for. Here’s a saloon car that weighs two tonnes with a driver and some fuel on board, has more power than any other BMW M-car, is much more demanding in normal use than the far cheaper M5 Competition and that has two individual bucket seats in the rear rather than a more useful three-person bench.

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