The M5 was first released more than three decades ago and since then it was the ultimate high performance rear wheel driven luxury sedan. While there have been many competitors since then, none of them managed to offer the thrills offered by the M5 and this allowed BMW to develop their high performance sedan to great lengths.
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However, the first signs of the M5 going soft was when the great naturally aspirated V10 was discontinued and replaced by a smaller twin-turbocharged V8. Not too long ago they also announced that the upcoming 2018 BMW M5 xDrive is going to be all wheel drive, just like Mercedes did to their E63 AMG top end model.
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