If there's any petrol-head who requires an introduction to BMW's famed M-division, it's highly likely that they're not a petrol-head at all. For over 45 years, the letter "M" in the context of German performance cars has meant an undying pursuit of driving thrill, precision performance and a no compromise attitude to engineering. One of their first outings resulted in the iconic M1 in 1978—a mid-engine racer homologated for a race division that went bust before the M1…
If there’s any petrol-head who requires an introduction to BMW’s famed M-division, it’s highly likely that they’re not a petrol-head at all. For over 45 years, the letter “M” in the context of German performance cars has meant an undying pursuit of driving thrill, precision performance and a no compromise attitude to engineering. One of their first outings resulted in the iconic M1 in 1978—a mid-engine racer homologated for a race division that went bust before the M1 could unleashed. Their subsequent rebranding into a performance road-car division came in the shape of the E28 M5 in 1985—a four door supercar born out of the unholy marriage of the M1’s M88 straight six motor and the chassis and body of the subtle-yet-capable 5 series. 33 years on, I got the chance to take the wheel of the latest G30 series M5 (designated as the F90) on the streets of Singapore.