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Production chronology1984–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗1 year
← BMW
BMW / Model record
BMWM5
Production1984 – present
Recorded originGermany
ClassSports sedan
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
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
US EPA model years2022–2026
Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.
EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years1999–2026
Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Natural Resources Canada ↗21 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1985–2008
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗24 years
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations1998–2023
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗26 years