BMW M5 E39

Дата актуальности: 2026-08-13 Период серийного производства: 1998–2003 according to BMW narrative Кузов: Sedan only in series Статус: редакционная глава / M audit.

Technical specification

BMW M additionally states:

• torque: 500 Nm;
• no series automatic;
• no series Touring.

Production breakdown officially cited by BMW Archive

Total:

• 20,482.

Specific market/body accounting on Archive page includes:

• USA: 9,992;
• RHD: 7,895.

These figures are subsets and must not be added to the total.

Production-date conflict

BMW Archive family narrative:

• series production begins October 1998.

Technical block on one BMW Archive family page:

• 10/1997–06/2003.

Dedicated technical/model pages and BMW M historical text support 1998 series launch.

⚠️ DATA CONFLICT — 10/1997 technical metadata vs 10/1998 narrative

Until factory production records are checked, series-production field uses 1998 narrative with conflict footnote.

M5 Touring E39

PROTOTYPE — NOT SERIES

BMW Group Archive says:

• series E39 M5 was built only as Sedan;
• one M5 Touring prototype existed.

Do not treat aftermarket conversions as factory production.

Detailed: ../../prototypes/BMW-M5-E39-TOURING.md

Sources

• BMW Group Classic — M5 technical

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/de/modelle/bmw-klassiker/product-description-page.ad-243-1.bmw-m5-e39.html

• BMW Group Classic — M5 family

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/de/modelle/bmw-klassiker/product-description-page.ad-1569-1.bmw-m5-e39.html

• BMW Group Classic — M5 Sedan

www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/models/bmw-classics/product-description-page.ad-1576-1.bmw-m5-sedan-e39.html

• BMW M — The BMW M5 of 1998

www.bmw-m.com/en/topics/magazine-article-pool/the-bmw-m5-of-1998.html