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If the role of an M5 is to imbue the 5 Series with supercar pace, then BMW has had the formula tied up with a turbocharged bow for some time.
Its 4.4-litre ‘hot-vee’ V8 has been delivering more than 550bhp-worth of autobahn-consuming acceleration since 2011.
M5s also handle, ride and cosset well enough to lead the class, with only a few flickering exceptions.
But this M5 CS adds something else, something that lures lingering gazes wherever you take it.
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The quad exhausts of the BMW M5 CS deliver a satisfying V8 burble
There’s a sense the engineers knew they could display their pride in this car, and no matter your thoughts on its matt-green finish, yellow-amber running lights and faintly ridiculous ‘sports’ seats, its clear identity as something special shrugs off any attempted criticisms without flinching.
Behind this job-done confidence is a regime of mechanical refinement that goes beyond what’s warranted in a range that already has in it a £100k – and very good – M5 Competition.
Nonetheless, someone at Munich released the purse strings for more hours of suspension tuning, engine work, carbon-ceramic brakes, forged rims and a smattering of carbonfibre-reinforced bits, including the whole bonnet.
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Clockwise from top: 4395cc twin-turbo V8 packs a 626bhp punch; yellow-amber running lights are an interesting addition to the CS; bronze details contrast with the matt-green paintwork