The launch of the most recent BMW M5 is without doubt one of the most fascinating days in automotive historical past. By no means have I seen an icon get so lambasted over one single metric: Weight. A few of it was BMW providing the M5’s 5,400-pound curb weight as one among its earliest particulars concerning the automobile, however most of it’s the bald incontrovertible fact that the M5 weighs as a lot as a Chevrolet Tahoe.

It was at all times going to get roasted by lovers.

So after I lastly received my probability to strive the M5 for our newest YouTube manufacturing, I needed to method the problem academically. There are various trendy vehicles that weigh half a ton north of what I feel is sensible, however nonetheless deal with extremely nicely, and most of them come from BMW.

It might be that the M5, just like the R35 Nissan GT-R, is a misunderstood machine that leverages expertise in methods I’ve by no means seen earlier than. It may be {that a} twin-turbocharged V-8 hybrid M5 is the superior thought of an M5, over naturally aspirated V-8s, V-10s, and inline-sixes.

There’s so much to unpack with the G90 M5, and it actually has plenty of BMW-itis with regards to engineering and design. It’s often that the excellence of engineering beneath the ghastly faces and regarding spec sheets makes the vehicles genuinely unimaginable to drive.

However you’ll have to look at my video to search out out if that’s the case with BMW’s newest super-sedan.