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Living with a legend. The M5 E39
The BMW M5 E39 was and still is considered one of the best super-sedans ever made. It was the first to be designed to be a daily driver, yet could, at the time, destroy almost anything else on the road. But what is it like to own one now, and is it worth it? After James let me have a go in his, I can honestly say, YES. Yes it is.
You’re old school and want a proper Porsche. Should you?
So Great Aunt Mildred has left you some cash and rather than do the proper thing and save it, or put it towards a mortgage, or buy the wife that massive rock she always wanted, you have chosen to blow the lot on a Porsche. But not just any Porsche, you have chosen to go back to its air cool days and to those magic numbers, 993.
Should you buy a Mercedes Benz 500 SL R129?
Under the bonnet you get a fuel injected, double overhead cam, 32 valve, 5 litre V8 that produces 320 bhp / 240 kW, and 450 Nm of torque. When new, it could drive all day at the limiter, 155 mph (250 km/h). It hit 100 km/h in around 6 seconds and 160 in under 15. Not bad for a car that weighs a fat man short of 2 tonnes.