Best Driver’s Car Contender: 2018 BMW M5

After a few years in the wilderness

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00:00 It feels good to say that the M5 is back.

00:25 The original super sedan went off the rails with the last generation car and signs were

00:29 the new model would veer further from the M5's incredible legacy.

00:33 It's the first proper M car with four wheel drive, no we're not counting the SUVs as M

00:38 cars here, and it ditches a dual clutch box for a torque converter 8 speed slush box.

00:44 But we're happy to report that the M5 confounds expectations.

00:49 The 4.4 litre twin turbocharged V8 is a monster, more subtle than an AMG's booming muscle car

00:55 motor but with a ferocious top end that seems to offer endless performance.

01:00 With 600 horsepower it makes light work of the M5's near 2 tonne mass and the four wheel

01:08 drive system offers incredible traction but a natural almost rear drive balance.

01:13 Don't let the big four door shake fool you, the M5 is unbelievably agile and a ridiculous

01:19 amount of fun.

01:22 With the M5 the M division has come out swinging and it doesn't care who's in the firing line

01:27 including the other contenders at best drivers car.

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