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BMWM5 (E34)
ProductionUnknown
Recorded originGermany
ClassSports car
Power335 hp
Built12,254 units
Background
The BMW M5 is a high-performance version of the BMW 5 Series automobile developed by BMW's motorsport division, BMW M GmbH, built since 1984 with periodic interruptions. The M5 has continuously been produced in the saloon body style, in some countries also as an estate.
Text adapted from “BMW M5” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: production chronology. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Second-generation M5. 12,254 units (8,344 3.6L, 3,910 3.8L), including 891 Touring estate variants — the first M-badged estate.