2012 BMW M5 review by Right Wrong

The Right Wrong, a team of automotive enthusiasts based in Singapore, brings us a review of the BMW M5 and a sneak peak into the first BMW M dealership in the world, Munich Automobiles. Here is an excerpt of their review:

So what would you have felt if you were driving the M5? The M5 system is great unlike what Top Gear has said about the old M5. It is not a pain in the ass to setup. This M5 has been simplified and pre-programming the M1 and M2 buttons is a two minute task and only has to be set once. Interior is extremely ergonomic and the seats are supportive enough without being restrictive. Much like how an expensive bra works on women, men get our support from BMW M seats.

It handles like it is on rails and power shoves you back tightly into the seat surpassing expectations from that not-so-flashy exterior. Everyday use of the car is AMAZING. Imagine the most comfortable normal sedan you have ever been in and picture that with 560hp horsepower on tap. It is that versatility in its driving ability that allowed it to outshine the BMW 750i, the car that was essentially similar to the M5 and yet very different in so many ways. It is also no wonder that so many journalists have called this version of the M5 the best sedan currently available.

Our time with the car came to an end as the sun set. Ultimately the BMW M5 is indeed a great car. It is versatile, well rounded and with enough power to keep you on your toes and yet, backed with the technology to allow you to handle that power well without having to be on your toes. Driving in traffic jams was smooth and the DCT gear box shifted up and down with minimal or almost no jerkiness to cause motion sickness in traffic jams.

Yet, something felt like it was missing from the BMW M5. In all likelihood it is purely my personal opinion but I enjoy cars with a bit of character. There has to be a fun factor in a certain part of my car that will make me miss driving my cars after I have been away for a long while. The M5 lacked that soul in the car, perhaps due to its level of refinement. No doubt it is a fantastic car. My vocabulary fail me in trying to put across how great this car handles and performs in all aspects of a day of driving it. It was build by a bunch of German engineers that developed it on a track. It was scientifically engineered to be quick on the track yet adaptable to daily usage. In a sense it is actually a race car build for the road. All this scientific mambo jambo however causes the lack of presence of a car’s soul. Even the sound you hear resonating from those exhausts have been engineered specifically to emerge from the speakers within the car.

If you are the type of guy that will buy a car purely based on the figures that car can produce and all the marvelous groundbreaking technology they can shove into a car to make it amazing, you can look no further for an all rounded car.

Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the M5. In fact I struggled to look for a flaw within the M5 to disprove that untouchable claim. The best I could come up with was the front seats were too high and restricted the view of passengers behind. If I had that kind of money to spend on just ONE car for every day use including ferrying the family around, the M5 would be without a doubt the car I would buy. The M5 was such an amazing drive but the car was so well engineered and refined and quick but it lacked that little sense of emotional connection I generally like to have with the cars I drive. But that’s just probably me because the sales of the M5 have been quite amazing based on the number of M5′s we have seen going in and out of Munich Auto. Testament that it is indeed quite untouchable as the BMW engineers have claimed.

Source: Right Wrong

For more information on BMW M, contact:

Munich Automobiles Singapore
30 Teban Gardens Crescent Singapore 608927
Showroom: 6899 6996 Service center: 6566 7666
http://www.munichauto.com.sg