When a nation has sections of motorway with no speed limit, it stands to reason it will be the home of fast saloon cars. Here's the pick of the quick saloon car bunch from ...

The E39 was the best-selling M5 up to this point, with over 20,000 built. It was also the first M5 to be produced on the regular BMW production ... and 275/35 18s at the rear.

The first CTS-V ran the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 8:19, one second quicker than the BMW E39 ... M5 but also might be the Platonic ideal. This is pretty much as fast as a stick-shift, rear ...

while a quartet of 4-inch tailpipes imbue the rear view with appropriate verve. Standard xDrive all-wheel drive helps the 2025 M5 transmit that tremendous power to the road. BMW claims the sports ...

Iconic inline-six power made way for a V8 in the E39 M5, while a V10 popped up before turbocharging came onboard with V8s from 2011. A manual transmission made way for BMW's sequential 'SMG ...