2022 BMW M5 CS Quick Review // The New Super Sedan King

The 2022 BMW M5 CS ($170,800 CAD as specced, ~$143,000 USD) is a blisteringly fast super sedan with some serious chops on the track. Thomas and James have a bit more to say about the M5 CS after their track test comparison with the Hellcat Redeye. How is it to live with? And could this be the best BMW on sale right now? Subscribe!!
RELEVANT STATS:
S63 4.4-liter twin turbo V8
627 horsepower and 553 ft-lbs of torque
7200 rpm redline
All-wheel drive with available two-wheel drive mode
Claimed 0-100 time of 3 seconds flat
Tonnes of carbon fibre - 100kg lighter than regular M5
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[@ChrisN06999]

"Thomas has lived with it and almost left his wife for it." I felt that.

[@oussamabendakir1453]

Why ? Are you his wife ?

[@JTM610]

@@oussamabendakir1453 No, he could relate to the possibility of Thomas leaving his wife for the Cs

[@oussamabendakir1453]

@@JTM610 it was a joke but thanks for explaining

[@JTM610]

@@oussamabendakir1453 aaaahh sometimes I just cannot register it

[@oussamabendakir1453]

@@JTM610 it's okay man no problem 🙏

[@nickolasfoss546]

Modern bmw cs cars seem to be what early 2000s m cars used to be. You give the engineers and the driversthe ability to do what they want for the car, and out comes the near perfext cars like this.

[@knight2386]

Early 2000s ///M cars ... Drool

[@Gunar-ux5zy]

@yoo jastle the M5 was always a „boring“ sedan... but that what makes it so perfect

[@JStryker7]

Except this isn't the standard M5 and is outrageously priced.

[@mrmotionman69]

@@Gunar-ux5zy this is boring to you? look at the facelift E63 and tell me the M5 is boring

[@alextasarov1341]

It’s kinda sad. Base m3 and m4 seem more luxury than track focused

[@N54B30BMW]

BMW engineer here: Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated :-) Some of us actually do watch your channel(s). Please continue producing this high quality content. I really like it. By the way I think you guys are really funny but I'm not sure if it is a sign of great humor when a German engineer likes it... ;-) P.S.: I especially liked that twin-M3 test.

[@eXoguti094]

This M5 CS has got me hyped for the M3 CS, please knock it out of the park and I'll buy one :D

[@thomasholland8436]

🙌

[@magiclow2]

Sir, I am in a market for a new sports sedan, and the New M3/M4 falls in my price range and performance. However I can't seem to bring myself to like the new face. I guess I have 2 questions, 1. Does that oversized kidney grill enhance the performance? 2. Could there be a potential update to the face, perhaps I could wait a little longer for an updated version? Thank you for your time.

[@mscottsimon]

“When a German engineer likes it”. I snorted at this.

[@firstgear8022]

youre not a bmw engineer 😂

[@michaelh.1627]

Some times when Thomas is rambling on, James looks at him like a cat that’s trying to figure out how to eat it’s owner.

[@rosalinaannpabelico7983]

@Michael H. Hi how are you?

[@matp111-9]

😂😂

[@Dzonssi]

HAHAHAHAH SPOT ON

[@TrccrT]

You cant possibly describe it better.

[@yammmit]

its*

[@richardmahoney9415]

This car is unbelievable and the gold wheels and lights just make it stupid cool

[@firstgear8022]

if youre into gold

[@pradapistol3272]

Agreed m8.

[@maroonedpirate5972]

It finally clicked for me. I realized that this channel is basically everything I wanted The Straight Pipes to be. I stopped watching them because everything was "Really Good" or "gloss black" bleh. You guys actually describe the driving dynamics and have some technical knowledge about the cars you drive, but you keep it casual in the Extra channel. Your conversations feel less forced and you guys make me laugh a lot. I can get my top gear feeling from the main channel and the layed back friends talking about cars in this channel. You guys really do a stupendous job and it makes me feel bad that I can watch it for free (I always sit through the ads for you guys).

[@yenb86]

True. Straight Pipes started strong, but it's hard to stand Jakub for more than a couple of minutes these days.

[@absolutegtr]

Very true. Straight pipes started out great. But they use the same formula on every video and they have gone stale

[@mistamaog]

That's why I stick to Throttle House and savagegeese, I used to watch Straight Pipes a lot, but they play it too safe with everything being "really good".

[@nate7906]

Straight pipes is a no go. They don’t know what they are talking about a lot of the time. Their driving skill and knowledge is lacking. Along with other reasons. I also was just thinking wow TT is so much better than Straight pipes.

[@lapsilazuli284]

I grew up in the 90's dreaming of owning an M5. Today I'm a proud owner of a F10 535i which I got 0KM. Couldn't be happier especially with all the tunes I've done, and it makes me want to work up to M5 even more.

[@agungpratomo3857]

Been a while with Bimmers from the '91 318i E30 M40 then the '97 323i E36 M50 and '03 325i E46 M54 couple with '97 528i E39 M50 and now owning a '15 320i F30 Sport Wrenching 'em all myself except for the heavy works like engine and tranny overhauling, that's for the workshop

[@JadedTea]

Fellow f10 535i owner here also. Trying to get a pure turbo stage 2 and push this baby to 600whp. I’m gonna be faster than an m5 without owning an m5 hopefully lol

[@1hk218]

F10 N55 crew here!

[@agungpratomo3857]

@@JadedTea where I live, there's no such things as M Cars here that legally imported I know 5 persons here that have E92 M3 and E46 M3 but you can find several F80 M3 and F82 M4 Been driving 'em all and to be honest the NA engines of the old M3s are better preferably the V10 in the E92 M3 All I can do is just copying the bodykits of those M Cars into my standard Bimmers and upgraded the in car entertainment, no crazy modified engines - all standards and I'm quite happy with the outcome

[@WarHammer1911A1]

I just got a F10 535xi as a daily, but have had my F10 M5 for 3 years. I'll just say, it's nice having both.

[@S.Madman]

BMW's are such a roller-coaster of emotions. They are awesome to drive, and you are happy. They break, and you are sad. You fix them, and you are happy. And so it goes again....

[@henzo7087]

No. We have them 3 in home, they are awesome better than Mercedes as we own too

[@stevem2323]

Not all of them tho.

[@niewissen9912]

@@henzo7087 you couldn't of owned any past thier warranty then. I have 3 at moment also. E70 x5m e60 m5 and e46 zhp. All awsome vehicles. Love them but the e46 has the other 2 beat for reliability and my neighbors 20yr old camery has all 3 beat for reliability, by a long shot.

[@dingonaut1794]

@@niewissen9912 I have an 07 550 6spd I had for 6yrs and im at 60k total spent on this car including purchase price. I cant imagine what that m5 cost. Im not exaggerating.

[@firstgear8022]

@@dingonaut1794 you did it wrong

[@granthemstreet3209]

That color scheme is drop dead... give me a long roof and it's dream car territory.

[@brandonnickerson3077]

Fkn mind blown......ima huge long roof guy and that would be FKN perfect!!! Agreed with the color combo too 🤤🤤🤤🔥

[@zyy5511]

I love how they always struggle to introduce this channel

[@eduardorivera4100]

I looked up just throttle house couldn’t find it lol

[@ihnobino]

The CS has the dampers of the M8, stiffer engine mounting and also sits lower as far as I know

[@BariarnilforG]

M8 is 'a fast Buick' in Cammisa's words. Which means same as M5 Comp; overinsulated performance machine. They did something smart to M5 CS. Bravo.

[@wasdwasdwwasd]

The facelift M5 Competition also has the M8 dampers.

[@firstgear8022]

the CS sits 7mm lower than the BASE M5, same dampers in CS and M5C lci..

[@aspiratedaloha2946]

Thomas does get very excited about his BMWs But when they’re this good who could blame him?! Looks amazing

[@macbitz]

Chris Harris was also mightily impressed with the M5 CS. I might buy one (if I win the lottery!).

[@KayJblue]

I’ve been waiting for this, this vehicle is incredible.

[@ebredenberg]

Are you guys able to do tuned cars at all? Or reviews of “most bang for your buck” tunable cars? I’d love to see Thomas drive a tuned car around the track.

[@Dizastermaster.]

They have done tuned cars a few times before, I don't remember which ones though. I think one video was like Ford vs Dodge vs Chevy and they were all tuned but I may be wrong

[@goodmorning4498]

They try to get cars that are the most stock they can find.

[@rslrandyman]

What I found amazing was that after the red eye got traction, the M5cs continued to pull away. That’s a fast car. How about against a corvette and Porsche etc. Looking forward to seeing it

[@traviswebster8302]

i think the only car that can stand up against this would be maybe a demon or 911 turbo s

[@israelmakinde5546]

@@traviswebster8302 demon is only good on the prepped drag strip

[@dbaa1855]

The Redeye didn't get traction... the Redeye holds the 1/4 mile record for fastest gasoline sedan in the world.... it did 10.13s. The Redeye is just not fast on the street it was made for the drag strip only.. it was also beaten by E63s wagon on RWD .

[@dimitariliyanov3680]

@@dbaa1855 The m5cs was pulling away in the roll race lmao

[@dbaa1855]

@@dimitariliyanov3680 I said the Hellcat is faster on quarter mile Not rolling race

[@STONEDECISION]

It’s good to hear that bmw can make a good car new. Now can they make it hold up over time.

[@abetts1971s1]

That's a hard no😁

[@machtschnell7452]

Just have to maintain them, like any car.

[@The_Hi_Life]

Green on Gold looks SO GOOD…

[@SROSHMAN]

Low production throttle house > full production from The StraightGimmicks

[@uThuthukani]

I actually prefer the StraightPipes and this one. The main Throttle House doesn't do it for me. I like the discussions

[@misterdragzon]

I saw an M8 in this color and trim in a parking lot recently; drop-dead gorgeous.

[@bmwmpower5829]

Thank you Thomas for this great review! While James is to thank as well, Thomas's excitement and passion is on another level which helps to share the vibe of how special this car really is. While the M5 competition was already the super sedan king, this CS model just solidifies that position even more.

[@BaseSRKI]

Love the developing conversations about what ‘sportscar feel’ is on this channel! Thanks

[@jeremiahrojas9952]

This is one of the best and most comprehensive review of the X5 I've seen so far. Thanks guys!

[@clifftaylor3295]

WOOOOO!!!! Love your reviews! Keep it up gentlemen.

[@suttonsplash14]

Thanks for explaining that this is the extra channel it’s my favorite part please keep doing it!

[@tres40show]

This preparation is simply incredible 💎

[@imnorman9264]

i love how real and funny these guys are.

[@TheCrimsonViper]

Superb video as always! More power to you guys. 😇

[@fadhligaba2990]

You guys deserves 100Million Subscribers ! Beautiful contents ! I wish you guys success

[@rtw9655]

Watching your videos….. I don’t feel guilty loving cars!! Great stuff guys 😂🎉🎉

[@esteemedenergy]

Best sedan on the planet, fast and with a soul.

[@markremy4946]

Boring looking-Tesla Plaid stomps it for way way less $$$$

[@TheWombatCredenza]

Concise channel explanation - I like it!

[@KORCORP]

The extra videos are genius, no smoke and mirrors genuine car guys

[@kaycee7973]

This car must be extremely amazingggg!!!! Every reviewer I've watched have named it the best in the world. It's definitely a dream car for me once I'm done with college. Excellent Review as always BTW

[@duxy2k946]

Best sedan of all time

[@mubashirtk3174]

Is there any day in James life where he doesn’t talk about a Miata🤣

[@jeff5798]

I think you guys might be the best car reviewers on youtube

[@jdude6967]

Imagine buying a Lamborghini and losing a drag race to a family sport sedan 😜🚀

[@yellowshelfreviews7058]

Yeah but still, imagine buying a Lamborghini

[@jdude6967]

Francis Atobra a dream of mine for sure

[@colinsmith3938]

imagine buying a BMW CSI and getting slaughtered at the lights by a tesla kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGi8opd9qZZsqtk

[@dins.garage]

@@colinsmith3938 imagine getting a cheaply built shitty handling tesla just to beat people in a straight line

[@HolyNorthAmericanEmpire]

What about this is a family car? The small boot? Or the horrible rear seats? The E63s Wagon and RS6 are actual family cars, so is the Alpina B5 Touring

[@TonyWang]

This channel is soo much better than that other just regular normal throttle house.. 🏡

[@daramolavictor1713]

I love this car I really do, have been expecting bmw to give me bring something better to the consumer's now we are here,I totally love it guy's thumbs up throttle house

[@ahmetkaancanbolat300]

This colour is impeccable!

[@sanghoonlee5171]

I have a 2019 M5 (not Comp or CS) and I'm scared to turn off the driver assist--it revs scary high even at low speeds, growling like a bad-tempered Rottweiler trying to shake off the leash.

[@FlyGuy457]

I wish you had a third channel called, TH explaining what the channels are. All good.

[@mfpissboy7164]

Those seats are so freaking cool

[@ytInfiniteRACING]

BMW carbon ceramics have ALWAYS been gold.

[@A_guan]

You guys need to make a podcast I would listen to you guys talk about this all day

[@CruiseControl1]

Beautiful car, I can't afford it yet but beautiful car.

[@karlscherrer128]

You guys crack me up!

[@4g5y]

This M5 CS is so cool that we get two reviews back to back from Thomas & I'm James! ;)

[@user-my4xu4gf1z]

Best looking best perfromance across all sedans ever! Bmw did something special

[@BmwAlfa123]

Would love for you guys to take something like an M550i (with DHP) around the track just to showcase how much different a sporty luxury car vs a luxurious performance sedan is.

[@mitchellsteindler]

The end really hot the nail on the head. This is just what the M5 should be. The regular m5 and m5c are pointless.

[@rileycarpenter3585]

I freaking love this

[@gene978]

James is one Quick Witted Man. I love his Sense of Humor and quick thinking. I thought I was quick, Not in the same room as James. LOL Love these guys.

[@firstgear8022]

you like cheese a lot i take it. your sense of humor is adolescent

[@manualmedicinebjornhermans3542]

More of this double videos! 🙏🏽🥂

[@nicholasboogades9994]

Throttle House Podcast plz. I know you all have like no extra time but that would complete my life

[@jonosono]

Yes! GTC4Lusso is my dream dream car! I love your love for it!!

[@simonsvaneklink3044]

Love it when people complain about how expensive cars are, while here in Denmark a car like that is going to be at least 550-600k $

[@ReSp3c7a]

I love u guys, more throttle house content ? Count me in.

[@ramadhanisme7]

This is the most desired m5 ever after the legendary e60 v10, the cs trim is really put out the engineers first before the accounting put the price tag on

[@brianiswrong]

The camera shots from the rear make the cabin in the rear look as big as a limo, and the front as small as a mini 😀

[@bunk-bn9eo]

After all the reading, and video reviews I've seen for this car - it has to be tops on my list. Performance, looks... everything. The best bimmer in years. I have to agree (without driving it) the best car in the world.

[@jw18xxx]

Gonna say it again on this video. 7f transmissions are amazing. Haven't heard a bad review of any car with a transmission derived from it. Not the harshest, plenty of gearing feel etc. Couple that with one of the best motors BMW has produced lately, with lighter weight chassis its a wonder why this car is so praised

[@mavrick15243]

Every time I hear James say "lighter," I have flashbacks to that Lexus RC F outtake.

[@benjaminsmith2287]

What was James question again? Something about the two German competitors and how to make them get to where the CS is? I wanted Thomas to comment on it but they were really in the moment. Great to see Thomas giddy again about a BMW.

[@yashmalushte]

Not a big BMW guy, but this thing is amazing

[@Sergesedd22]

The new M4 and M3 looks amazing

[@tomwomack3167]

The long wait is still before me, but my own has moved up in the queue. Thank God.

[@srthellcathemi3037]

Sounds like the best family and sports saloon to date 😯😲😮😁👍

[@TheWombatCredenza]

One of my favorite ETH endings

[@RaGoCars]

Awesome M5 CS 💚💚💚💚💚

[@carltonsalmon4273]

M5 CS is my dream car. Would love one in Brands Hatch metallic with gold brake callipers.

[@waltciii3]

Pinky and the Brain on cars!

[@paramdeepdhaliwal9694]

I m agree with u Thomas it’s my all time favorite too period

[@limpunsing224]

The most impressive sedan in its class right now

[@V5869]

Almost!!! Stay on a topic! And if you're in a New M car, enjoy the drive and no need to bring up Audi, just yet! Keep up the videos!! We need more, so I will subscribe!!

[@1u5t1n]

A future classic. I'll bet my house on that.

[@gettcouped]

I’m a caddy guys so I disagree with looks wise. This is a sexy beast. Thomas is so thoughtful that I get why this is his #1. Our generation will be remembered for the pinnacle of ICE engines.

[@AnkitYadav-rf3zq]

Gorgeous looking ➕ high performance car

[@effa114]

So sadly for us consumers, just as models grow over time, now the real M department genius is now reserved for CS models.

[@evangaudet]

I love the 5 series. I've got a 550i M-Sport and it is my baby.

[@scringe1]

Nice. I love the 5 too.

[@wdwamena1]

I totally agree with the bowel movement bit

[@JikkyoLB]

Put James in the back seat and drive around like the E39 M5 commercial 👍

[@infidel900rr]

I'd love to have a list of all the differences in the front end between this and an M5 comp. Is it an all new steering rack, or just a tune? - if it's the tuning, why can't we get it lower models?

[@cricedaking1]

Ya def make us feel like we're in the Convo...

[@marshayemanuel4774]

I seen one of these yesterday in Jacksonville it was so quiet can’t believe it’s faster than a hellcat

[@leokal457]

Imagine this car as a wagon. There you got your best car in the world

[@tourqeboyrb2675]

I am the first commenter Love your work And love that bmw

[@paulcunningham5327]

I haven't been excited about a 5 series since the e39 M5.... That one was quite a bit less than$100k though..... Maybe I'll wait a couple years and see about one of these second hand....I am excited though and haven't paid too much attention to BMW in over a decade, been only AMG for me that time.....the excitement is contagious though!

[@adhipramanajasonwardhanawa2026]

they dont lie about "sheer driving pleasure"

[@ProjectAjax]

Can we talk about how much hp we really think it is based off mph 1/4 times. Its easily a 700hp+ it seems.

[@alannguyen5050]

Well it was pulling on a 797hp hellcat... so that thing must have even more than that.

[@ProjectAjax]

@@alannguyen5050 it's also 500lbs lighter than a Redeye but I did watch the video also. I wanna know how underrated it really is lol

[@alianshasi6187]

From an AMG fan, M5 CS is the undisputed Super Sedan king. At least until AMG introduces the E73/ AMG GT73.

[@kngyayo1]

Those were actually great questions James was asking before he went on the audi babble. Kind of wanted to see what Thomas thought about where Rs6 and e63S sit taking in everything from performance, price and functionality.

[@thomasholland8436]

Rs6 still the most comfortable. E63s is still a riot. The m5cs is the best of all of them. But only the cs. Not the comp

[@nikashushanashvili8100]

it has always been and will be the king ))

[@bosnjo0134]

you guys should do a podcast just so you actualy can talk about a car for one hour

[@suvan_agrawal]

bmw always makes best cars in the world

[@GodSonBlessed]

I saw the video of one destroying a hellcat redeye I was like 🥶🥶🥶

[@danieltsui212]

This channel is pretty go

[@turbopickle9720]

This is what an ultimate driving machine should be.

[@doggedlydetermined7022]

Absolutely ridiculous car. Truly the ultimate daily driver if one can deal with the harshness.

[@nicholassmith7048]

They said there is no harshness.

[@doggedlydetermined7022]

@@nicholassmith7048 you’ve seen the seats in this car… right?

[@vomErsten]

I daily drove a 90s Corvette for 6 years, I bet this thing rides like it's on air in comparison, lol.

[@firstgear8022]

its not a daily!

[@lennykump8396]

Never buy a daily driver with so much power.