Well videos like this arent exactly helping either mate, I think this video will get 100,000 plus views, over the last 2 months the average views is like 50-60k, I think it will get a lot more than 100,000. I will be surprised if it doesn't. and if it is your attainable dream car, people keep making videos like this, and it causes the market to get fucced up and for them to go up in price brother.
@@djyems1021 That magnus walker video doesn't help...and honestly fuck magnus walker, he was part of the big inflation wave of aircooled 911s. It's why we can't have nice things.
@@Petrospect Yess!! I saw that Hagerty M5 video. If you go on that video, you will see comments from me in replies to some comments. Yeah like we know its great, please stop bigging it up like people did with the e30, now the E30 has become so normalised, and the same will happen to the e39, and for people wanting one for short term, for the experience, they will never own one. Because people keep making videos on this car it's annoying. Blame Doug DeMuro as well too. Such a bastard.
@@djyems1021 its the way of all cool cars unfortunately. anything remotely affordable now just skyrockets in price to unobtanium in 10 years cuz people start buying them. all my dream cars as a lad are over £30k now which is too much for a summer toy
I always loved the relative subtlety of the E39 M5. This one looks totally stock, apart from being a little lower. And all the better for it! So much more understated and classy looking than the current M cars. Nowadays they are attention seeking cars for immature show offs. What a pity.
I built that car. The colour is imola red 2. The pads are pagid rs29’s, 10psi pulley, and meth kit...some people ffs 🤣 What the video doesn’t show you fans is the underside is clean enough to eat your food off and painted to match the body.
Who doesn’t love an old school m5 - I used to own a e39 535i m sport which I totally adored, then my mate brought an e39 m5 - both cars totally lovable and very good , excellently engineered , fantastic to drive .
As an owner it’s always great to see nice examples of these. I don’t subscribe to the ‘BMW parts or nothing’ mantra some owners have. This particular one is dream material! Ideal would be black over caramel...
I had an E39 520i SE and every time I saw it I stopped for a moment to admire the design. The guys over at Carwow have been playing with a G30 M5 which has been tuned upto an incredible 1,000 hp.
Beautiful car, love that it's stealthy about it's extra performance. The colour appears to be Imola red, period correct but no idea of it was available on the 5 series cars. Had that on my E46, was a limited colour to M Sport and M Performance cars only..
I'm not gonna say it is, but it sure looks like Imola red to me, I've had 4 39's in that particular colour. Charger will be my next move on mine funds permitting.
It’s not imola red, it’s misano or verona red. Imola red was only for the e36 m3 or as individual selection. This new 2021 m3 is the first one since the e36 which has it as a standard m color.
@@josefinkjellsson110 Nope, My 525, both my 530's and my M5 were imola red as per the vin-decoders and by the sticker on the shock tower and none of them were individual, they were M-sports tho and Imola was an available color for all M-sport E39's. The car in the vid is re-painted, it can be all kinds of red but it sure looks Imola to me. Verona och Misano were not e39 colors, but since it's been re-sprayed it can be any red as said, but you're wrong about the individual thing.
I too love the E39 albeit in Alpina B10 configuration but that M5 certainly does look and sound wonderful! Thank you for doing this video for us. Take care of yourself and don't let the Bug Bite, ok.
Hi David, I'm considering selling my e39 Alpina B10 V8 4.6, it's a 2001 so the facelifted model. It's stunning. In Alpina Blue. 3 owners from new. I've had it 0for two years and the owner before me had it for 10. If you're interested let me know. Thanks
I recall the E60 was one of the last generation to benefit from old school company car policies - a few nicely specced 550i got delivered but sold immediately as the tax was horrendous
JayEmm on Cars it honestly didn’t matter to my then employer. I went to the MD and said I wanted a 530 sport and he said “bugger that get an M5 for gods sake”. So I did. When I left I looked at taking it on and found they were paying £1500 a bloody month for it. More than my mortgage!!
Thank you for acknowledging how noise does impact others and being respectful of that. If you want it really loud then cut the muffler off and drive around your living room.
Nice review J. I do love older generation models that people have looked after passionately but also sprinkled just a little bit of fairyfundust on them. I would love the supercharger kit for my old car but it's apparently a bit of a job, money wise too. Reportedly it's a hoot of a difference(though not nearly as much as 560hp in the m5) but I'm not sure the 10k price tag is justified for mine. I like all your reviews but this kind is my fave 👍. Keep them coming
Having owned a couple of E39s I'm intrigued by the supercharge route on these ... part of me feels that they are at the point where these need to be kept standard and cherished as an absolute classic, whilst part of me wants to fit big superchargers and go sideways on track lol
I bought a supercharger kit from America last year for my vxr8 for £3500. I was surprised when it made 750hp on a local Dyno and has totally transformed the car.
Very nice! I love those Holdens, the Aussies certainly knew how to make a proper muscle car. Its a far better car than any US efforts and uses the only decent thing found in those US cars, the V8. A muscle car with decent brakes, handling and far better build quality that is far better suited to UK/European roads. The VXR8 was like a modern Lotus Carlton, very rapid acceleration, very high top speed in a very practical saloon car with loads of boot and interior room. All with the added bonus of that epic engine rumble! You're a lucky guy, those motors were rapid as standard, with 750bhp it must be insane haha! You should get Jay to show the beast on here, i dont think hes shown any Australian motors?
@@davekennedy6315 he’s had a stock auto I think. Mine is a manual gearbox to boot. I don’t think he will like it lol. It’s ok at “normal” speeds but a total lunatic when it gets going
@@Bikemad24 sounds great! Any car that scares the life out of you is great in my eyes haha! Id happily sell internal organs to get a VXR8 (or any of its mental family of mad motors)
I don't know if its the recording but although its a cool car it sounds horrendous. I also see why people supercharge them, I kept with one in my little 260bhp Megane which must have been upsetting for the owner as he floored it.
I am mildly perplexed by the Florida Panthers jersey on a guy in the UK. But as a hockey fan, I like it. Also, I love E39 M5's. I had an E39 540i Sport 6-speed back in the day.
On the gearstick topic, I think that the gearbox mount condition is crucial on bmw. The stick is mounted to the body, so any play between gearbox and engine turns to poor feeling gear changes. The improvement in shift quality from just fitting new gearbox mounts on my e39 540 was staggering.
I got the pleasure of taking a ride in Steve dinans personal imola red e39 m5 s3 supercharged. (621 bhp) It has been the only car that has truly frightened me. I had the chance to buy it but i passed because it was nearing 100k miles. At that point after being beaten on for some many years, it wasn’t worth the $50k asking price. Amazing car though and I’d love to get a cleaner example that’s not supercharged one day 😍
Oh isn't she a beauty! No, not James , the car!! Had an E39 530i quite some years back. Despite a long list of performance cars, I have to say, still the most complete car I've ever owned. Still love to see E39s on the road. Now, who has my dream E39....an Alpina B10 3.3 for James to test?
I never heard of any BMW with a gear box that wasnt great in the 80's or 90's. That's something that happened later with the newer models. Same with the steering.
@@Fee.1 ruclips.net/video/uZfgt9905X0/видео.html&ab_channel=pbluma It's a noise created by the gears in the vanos system, sometimes it means theres something wrong with it. So mine sounds like a diesel most of the time, I've had people walk around confused, made me chuckle. I should put ''525d'' sticker instead of the M. You can check my acc if you see how it sounds in my car, or search it up on YT 'vanos noise' for more, I've heard Jeremy on Top Gear say the E60 M5 sounds like a diesel, probably because of the vanos too hah
The camera quality of these shots is next-level! I apologise that I know you've said it before in a previous video somewhere, what are the action cams you use? Also just curious what camera and lens setup you were using for B-roll? Puts my Sony A6400 with Sony lenses to shame! As always, superb review too!
@@JayEmmOnCars Thanks for taking the time to get back to me, my channel is only at 600 subs and the daily comments to keep up with is enough as it is! Must be absolute havoc on yours! Haha Great gear, thank you!
I've literally never clicked a video so fast, the e39 m5 is my attainable dream car.
Well videos like this arent exactly helping either mate, I think this video will get 100,000 plus views, over the last 2 months the average views is like 50-60k, I think it will get a lot more than 100,000. I will be surprised if it doesn't. and if it is your attainable dream car, people keep making videos like this, and it causes the market to get fucced up and for them to go up in price brother.
@@djyems1021 That magnus walker video doesn't help...and honestly fuck magnus walker, he was part of the big inflation wave of aircooled 911s.
It's why we can't have nice things.
@@Petrospect Yess!! I saw that Hagerty M5 video. If you go on that video, you will see comments from me in replies to some comments. Yeah like we know its great, please stop bigging it up like people did with the e30, now the E30 has become so normalised, and the same will happen to the e39, and for people wanting one for short term, for the experience, they will never own one. Because people keep making videos on this car it's annoying. Blame Doug DeMuro as well too. Such a bastard.
@@djyems1021 its the way of all cool cars unfortunately. anything remotely affordable now just skyrockets in price to unobtanium in 10 years cuz people start buying them. all my dream cars as a lad are over £30k now which is too much for a summer toy
@@ReplicantBattyman which cars specifically?
Best M5 out of all of them.
True, so true.
If we exclude reliability, I’m grabbing an E60 M5. 😂
@@DaleSteel new school boys
@@DaleSteel nothing man , just keep loving f90
@@DaleSteel xDDDDD
Remember when these first appeared: “400bhp” was crazy AND it had a TV!!!!
My favourite M5 the E39.
This ones even better.
I love the colour. The car looks stunning.
The review with the summers evening backdrop was beautifully filmed.
Yeah, my father has a 540i manual in imola red and no other color looks better, much better looking in person
E39 is the greatest performance sedan of all time by a long margin, what a car.
The greatest car BMW ever produced hands down!! Although my favorite BMW of all time is the E30 M3
HSV commodore
Except for the vxr8. Or if I won the lottery a hsv gtsr w1.👍
I always loved the relative subtlety of the E39 M5. This one looks totally stock, apart from being a little lower. And all the better for it!
So much more understated and classy looking than the current M cars. Nowadays they are attention seeking cars for immature show offs. What a pity.
I always preferred the "it doesn't matter who knows you have an m-car. YOU know" approach to Ms of this era.
The combination of tyre roar and bellowing V8 always makes me smile when an E39 M5 drives past at speed. Immediately recognisable
E39 M5’s just do things to me, what an unbelievable car🤤.. loving the content mate always click as soon as i see a new upload!!
Bought a low mile 2001 m5 four years ago. Best motoring decision I have ever made.
I built that car. The colour is imola red 2. The pads are pagid rs29’s, 10psi pulley, and meth kit...some people ffs 🤣
What the video doesn’t show you fans is the underside is clean enough to eat your food off and painted to match the body.
Desire is the source of suffering.
Who doesn’t love an old school m5 - I used to own a e39 535i m sport which I totally adored, then my mate brought an e39 m5 - both cars totally lovable and very good , excellently engineered , fantastic to drive .
Kudos to understanding the difference in the types of superchargers (and how they effect power delivery). Lots of "car guys" don't.
Let's name the color of the car : "sexy red"
Imola red
@@NewDesignVinylGraphics yep. I had an imola red e39 528i msport. Loved it.
@Cody Machado yes, seems to be Imola Red II, which was the darker one
Lol BMW being BMW would say Sexuell attraktives Rot or something deliberately germanic 😂
@@psions555 facts, oh wait... FAKTÜS 😂
As an owner it’s always great to see nice examples of these. I don’t subscribe to the ‘BMW parts or nothing’ mantra some owners have. This particular one is dream material!
Ideal would be black over caramel...
I had an E39 520i SE and every time I saw it I stopped for a moment to admire the design.
The guys over at Carwow have been playing with a G30 M5 which has been tuned upto an incredible 1,000 hp.
*f90
Beautiful car, love that it's stealthy about it's extra performance. The colour appears to be Imola red, period correct but no idea of it was available on the 5 series cars. Had that on my E46, was a limited colour to M Sport and M Performance cars only..
it was, as far as I know it was an 'induvidual' colour
@@mopesca defo an option for the M sport and M Performance models, just not for any other spec cars of the generation. Damn nice colour too
Another great run down. Loving the content . Got an E39 540i. So nice to see an M5.
I'm not gonna say it is, but it sure looks like Imola red to me, I've had 4 39's in that particular colour. Charger will be my next move on mine funds permitting.
It is indeed Imola Red
@@WillV8 it’s not imola red. Slightly too dark, had an imola M3 back in the day
@@MrTthaha trust me mate it’s imola red
It’s not imola red, it’s misano or verona red. Imola red was only for the e36 m3 or as individual selection. This new 2021 m3 is the first one since the e36 which has it as a standard m color.
@@josefinkjellsson110 Nope, My 525, both my 530's and my M5 were imola red as per the vin-decoders and by the sticker on the shock tower and none of them were individual, they were M-sports tho and Imola was an available color for all M-sport E39's. The car in the vid is re-painted, it can be all kinds of red but it sure looks Imola to me. Verona och Misano were not e39 colors, but since it's been re-sprayed it can be any red as said, but you're wrong about the individual thing.
One of the best looking bmws ever much better than anything they are making today
Not hard, mind.
Most BMWs can't pull off red. That one can.
E38s wear this shade very well.
I think most BMWs can pull this one off. This is one of the best BMW colours
I've got an e39 M5 in imola red and some random chick said it's ''it's a color for girls'' ...
Lol a lot of dem can wdym 😂
@@pbluma she's just saying that she wants it, lol
Supercharged e39 M5? Ok this might just be the best BMW I have ever laid eyes on.
What a gorgeous car, my god, it ages like wine
Needs the chrome grill surrounds back ...
Glad that i never sold mine, now after 12 Years it's still a Pleasure to Drive it Daily. 🙌🏼
I too love the E39 albeit in Alpina B10 configuration but that M5 certainly does look and sound wonderful!
Thank you for doing this video for us. Take care of yourself and don't let the Bug Bite, ok.
Hi David, I'm considering selling my e39 Alpina B10 V8 4.6, it's a 2001 so the facelifted model. It's stunning. In Alpina Blue. 3 owners from new. I've had it 0for two years and the owner before me had it for 10. If you're interested let me know. Thanks
Fantastic content as usual, giving me ways to pass the time during lockdown 3.0, thanks!
For me this is the smartest looking gen M5..... that red is killer 😍
The best M5 ever made.
not at all.
We had a mad company car policy back in the day. One of these was my last company vehicle before I took an allowance. What a thing that was!!
I recall the E60 was one of the last generation to benefit from old school company car policies - a few nicely specced 550i got delivered but sold immediately as the tax was horrendous
JayEmm on Cars it honestly didn’t matter to my then employer. I went to the MD and said I wanted a 530 sport and he said “bugger that get an M5 for gods sake”. So I did. When I left I looked at taking it on and found they were paying £1500 a bloody month for it. More than my mortgage!!
I love the idea of a centrifugal blower on one of these. I'd love to drive that!
So close to 130k big congratulations fam
Absolutely brilliant video Jay. Sitting there watching it with my 10 year old son who is a petrol head. Quality 👌
Start em young!
@@JayEmmOnCars ,He gets it from me Jay
Thank you for acknowledging how noise does impact others and being respectful of that. If you want it really loud then cut the muffler off and drive around your living room.
That thing is breathtaking. I'd absolutely love one.
The colour is the standout for me, just looks fantastic
Brilliant car even as standard,superb review as well!
I call those ImposterChargers. Turbos posing as super chargers. glad you pointed out the difference.
Nice review J. I do love older generation models that people have looked after passionately but also sprinkled just a little bit of fairyfundust on them. I would love the supercharger kit for my old car but it's apparently a bit of a job, money wise too. Reportedly it's a hoot of a difference(though not nearly as much as 560hp in the m5) but I'm not sure the 10k price tag is justified for mine.
I like all your reviews but this kind is my fave 👍. Keep them coming
Everything is better with a supercharger hey. This M5 sure rocks! Had that series and was an amazing car, enjoyed it very much. Good video, thanks
As a e39 owner, the m5 black interior is meah
Mines black/grey inside and it is pretty uninspiring. Decent quality though!
Having owned a couple of E39s I'm intrigued by the supercharge route on these ... part of me feels that they are at the point where these need to be kept standard and cherished as an absolute classic, whilst part of me wants to fit big superchargers and go sideways on track lol
the supercharger is fairly easy to remove if you want to revert it back to standard on this anyway
@@WillV8 this is also very true.
Lovely looking motor. Sounds incredible. I’m jealous. Another awesome Vid man
Did I just come out of hibernation?
Summer?? Damn, I need to go outside again I guess.
Gorgeous car. I have driven the stock one and it was bloody quick, smooth and felt solid. The SC one must be incredible.
Supercharged M5? Sounds like a wet dream
Why?... would you want to tamper with perfection !!!
I detect a salute to Bad Obsession Motorsports with the, "Now in colour," note at the beginning of the video.
I bought a supercharger kit from America last year for my vxr8 for £3500. I was surprised when it made 750hp on a local
Dyno and has totally transformed the car.
Very nice! I love those Holdens, the Aussies certainly knew how to make a proper muscle car. Its a far better car than any US efforts and uses the only decent thing found in those US cars, the V8. A muscle car with decent brakes, handling and far better build quality that is far better suited to UK/European roads. The VXR8 was like a modern Lotus Carlton, very rapid acceleration, very high top speed in a very practical saloon car with loads of boot and interior room. All with the added bonus of that epic engine rumble! You're a lucky guy, those motors were rapid as standard, with 750bhp it must be insane haha! You should get Jay to show the beast on here, i dont think hes shown any Australian motors?
@@davekennedy6315 he’s had a stock auto I think. Mine is a manual gearbox to boot. I don’t think he will like it lol. It’s ok at “normal” speeds but a total lunatic when it gets going
@@Bikemad24 sounds great! Any car that scares the life out of you is great in my eyes haha! Id happily sell internal organs to get a VXR8 (or any of its mental family of mad motors)
Such a legendary car...best drivers sallons are M5
I don't know if its the recording but although its a cool car it sounds horrendous. I also see why people supercharge them, I kept with one in my little 260bhp Megane which must have been upsetting for the owner as he floored it.
Sounded like it had a header leak. Horrible.
Exactly what I thought!
Crossplane V8, supercharged, 550hp, manual. Basically VXR8 Bathurst S for businessman of the late 1990s.
Not that it's a bad thing, anyway.
The M5 has four camshafts and 32 valves. Whereas the GM V8's have one camshaft and only 16 valves.
Straya
Oh those e39s are just so beautiful! I really hope I get to own one someday 😍
This is in my top 5 cars ever
I am mildly perplexed by the Florida Panthers jersey on a guy in the UK. But as a hockey fan, I like it. Also, I love E39 M5's. I had an E39 540i Sport 6-speed back in the day.
I bought it at a Panthers game!
This car is so solid it stopped the train in GTA.
The Hockey Jersey is 🔥JM
As ever Jay, loved the video and the work you put in.
But what the hell are you wearing!!!
I was ready for it too be a letdown, relativity speaking,really great car it turns out and what a great colour.👍
The color is Imolarot (Imola red)
I had a chipped E39 530d a few years back with some 400 ft lbs of torque, I miss that car
On the gearstick topic, I think that the gearbox mount condition is crucial on bmw. The stick is mounted to the body, so any play between gearbox and engine turns to poor feeling gear changes. The improvement in shift quality from just fitting new gearbox mounts on my e39 540 was staggering.
Big fan of E39’s particularly M5’s believe the colour to be Imola red 👍🏻
The M5 is super amazing, but being a bit younger i would let out a bit more sound at the back.
fantastic car
I adore my 530i M Sport in Oxford Green. But Imola Red is pure M5😁👍
My God, BMW has REALLY DROPPED THE BALL SINCE 2003🤬🤬🤬🤬😤😣
This is much better looking than the M5 which replaced it.
Ride height is judged nicely. Looks boss!👌
Awesome mix this V8 with a compressor..yummie!
I love that red
Always on point 💯🤛🏿
I got the pleasure of taking a ride in Steve dinans personal imola red e39 m5 s3 supercharged. (621 bhp) It has been the only car that has truly frightened me. I had the chance to buy it but i passed because it was nearing 100k miles.
At that point after being beaten on for some many years, it wasn’t worth the $50k asking price. Amazing car though and I’d love to get a cleaner example that’s not supercharged one day 😍
Oh isn't she a beauty! No, not James , the car!! Had an E39 530i quite some years back. Despite a long list of performance cars, I have to say, still the most complete car I've ever owned. Still love to see E39s on the road. Now, who has my dream E39....an Alpina B10 3.3 for James to test?
This is making me miss Callisto, your old noisey V8 5 series
I never heard of any BMW with a gear box that wasnt great in the 80's or 90's. That's something that happened later with the newer models. Same with the steering.
Looks like imola red. Only thing I don’t like are the fact it has BC coilovers. A car like that deserves better.
Lovely much prefer that than a new one 👌
"Alpine handling route" 😂😂😂 in East Anglia (top humour James).
That's a great colour
Yeh man hell of a car
car sounded like it had a leaky exhaust.
Magnificent car.
Hahahaha Jay's clobber in this video is mesmerising 😂
Really nice car. 👍
My favourite car just got bettet👍🏻
How could you not floor it on the take off!?
Good looking car
They're fast becoming too collectable to modify, tastefully done or not.
nice tractor sound... can it plow a field?
I've been meaning to ask for ages now... Where exactly are these roads? Once the weather improves a little I'd love to make a day trip down
Sorry chap, I dont discuss where I film
My e39 is almost exactly like that car minus the m5 badge and poly bushings :/ but it does have the bc racing coilovers and it has a Cen supercharger
Imola Red I believe. Or very close to it.
Ha ha! The alpine handling route! Brilliant!
Very close to imola red :) camera doesnt give real judgement
That’s one bmw I would happily own 😀
The last M5 I’m interested in owning although the V10 engine in the later car was good to experience once or twice briefly
@@natebarry5553 no shit?...does your knowledge know no bounds?
I wish I could hear the volume you consider “acceptable” for exhausts, hard to get an idea
It's quiet, for a V8 anyway... It's a deep sound but I can hear the vanos more than the exhaust most of the time, lol
@@pbluma what’s the vanos sound like? Never heard of it make noise
@@Fee.1 ruclips.net/video/uZfgt9905X0/видео.html&ab_channel=pbluma It's a noise created by the gears in the vanos system, sometimes it means theres something wrong with it. So mine sounds like a diesel most of the time, I've had people walk around confused, made me chuckle. I should put ''525d'' sticker instead of the M. You can check my acc if you see how it sounds in my car, or search it up on YT 'vanos noise' for more, I've heard Jeremy on Top Gear say the E60 M5 sounds like a diesel, probably because of the vanos too hah
Looks like Imola Red to me (and thats a good thing :) )
The camera quality of these shots is next-level! I apologise that I know you've said it before in a previous video somewhere, what are the action cams you use? Also just curious what camera and lens setup you were using for B-roll? Puts my Sony A6400 with Sony lenses to shame!
As always, superb review too!
In this video the A Cam was a Panasonic GH5, and the action cams are Sony X1000v
@@JayEmmOnCars Thanks for taking the time to get back to me, my channel is only at 600 subs and the daily comments to keep up with is enough as it is! Must be absolute havoc on yours! Haha
Great gear, thank you!
It is a chore but often an enjoyable one!