1990 BMW E34 M5 Test Drive

Expert from Car & Driver July 1990:
This litigious society of ours puts warning labels on everything from lawn mowers to baby toys. So we suggest one for the windshield, near the driver’s line of sight, of every 1991 BMW M5 sold in the U.S.A.: “WARNING: Attempts to appreciate this automobile’s capabilities upon the public highways will have your license collecting points faster than the Boston Garden scoreboard.”

No one would pay one whit of attention, naturally. But it would only be fair. Because the M5 is so wickedly swift and unflappably balanced that it almost needs an autobahn to be truly enjoyed. (Maybe the foreign-delivery plan should be mandatory for this car.) The M5 is, you see, the quickest and fastest regular production four-door automobile this magazine has ever tested. Aside from the odd AMG-class mutant, it ‘s the strongest four-door, period.
Car & Driver July 1990