Bmw m5 manual transmission review

The Smoking Tire. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. As with the Nissan, the M5 gives you a perfectly timed throttle blip on down-shifts. It works well, but there's no easy means of disabling this function the way there is on the Nissan.

The only means of turning it off is to set the throttle in sport-plus mode. The manual-transmission car inherits most of the dual-clutch car's embarrassment of choices, but it doesn't provide the one setting choice we'd like. So while this M5 remains an impressively powerful high-speed sled, its remote steering, control fussiness, and general aloofness remain.

And with its drivability failings, the manual-transmission arrangement doesn't help. It is a beautiful color though. New Cars. Buyer's Guide. Type keyword s to search. The M5 has an elegant leather interior with supple and supportive sport seats. The driver's seating position is optimized for performance-style driving, and BMW hasn't gone the all-touchscreen route that many of its rivals have, so making changes to the air conditioning or adjusting the radio during driving causes little distraction.

There's also a slew of desirable standard features that include customizable ambient interior lighting, a heated steering wheel, heated front seats, and a power-adjustable steering column.

Further options include ventilated front seats with massage functions, heated rear seats, and four-zone automatic climate control. Along with useful interior cubby storage, the M5's trunk held six carry-on suitcases in our test.

The M5's large The sports sedan does offer a wide variety of standard driver-assistance technology , such as automatic high-beams and blind-spot monitoring. Key safety features include:. BMW provides a limited warranty and powertrain protection that aligns with luxury rivals. Its complimentary scheduled maintenance is shorter than what Jaguar offers, but BMW's plan still ranks among the best.

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