BMW M5 E60 Review

It's #ThrowbackThursday! Tiff races round in the BMW M5 E60 travelling from UK across the water to France and finishing in Pau, to visit the history race track.
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[@ZondaF355]

Tiff remains the greatest car journo ever...he just loves to HOON and that's what I love to see. He taught a generation how to HOON properly and I thank him for that.

[@galazoulay8498]

I vouch for Chris Harris on that sorry

[@minchang4057]

He is a true auto journalist unlike JC, and is better than Chris Harris.

[@Jimbo8012]

@@galazoulay8498 - They're both fairly equal. Harris is the slightly better journalist but Needell is the slightly better driver. Both are miles better than Clarkson.

[@wilmajordan307]

The thing I love about Tiff is his emotion and also the small Easter eggs like how to shift the SMG smoothly and like a pro! Many YTers who comment on the SMG dont understand the throttle adjustment necessary. Like riding a sportsbike!

@@Jimbo8012 im glad others besides me cannot stand clarksons pretentious ass.

[@s325ibmw3]

Best sedan ever made 🙌🏻 E60 is a living legend !

[@chrisgugleta]

So true, S325i BMW

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

Yes...until the rod bearing fail...

[@vuilsidecrew2725]

One and only

[@sb-gy1lp]

agreed

[@Torqyboi]

living you mean on a hospital bed waiting to be fixed?

[@ColdSmokes]

Here it is, October of 2020. I just stepped out of mine after it took me on all of my evening errands. Every time you sit in this car is like the first time. Still a cracking ride even after all these years.

[@zpe1200]

has it blown up yet?

[@ColdSmokes]

@@zpe1200 Absolutely Not. That's a myth that people have heard so they repeat it & it spreads like wildfire. 118,000 miles of trouble-free driving is what happens when you maintain and don't abuse the machine. If you're hell bent on trying to break the vehicle, it will indeed break!

[@The416punchaman]

a classic, but so awesome!!! a V10 in a car is a rare thing now!

[@LordTwaddle]

Lamborghini Hurrican, Viper GTS, Dodge Ram SRT10, Audi R8, I'm sure there's more

[@DerMienert]

Lord Twaddle uhmmm..i think you really named them all. Lexus LFA isn´t in production anymore, VW kicked the V10-Diesel out of the Touareg and Phaeton long ago and BMW uses a V8-biturbo in the M5 F10

[@utubeleplague]

it was a w12, not v10. v8 diesel.

[@maybelive765]

Niran T what do you mean classic? Its barely 15 years old!

[@dej3056]

Lord Twaddle their not sedans

[@BurnDuration]

BMW's best engine of all time. If this engine was shoe horned into a small lightweight 1M coupe, with a manual transmission, that would be perfection.

[@christophergreene3838]

One of the greatest engines ever placed in a sedan. A joy to drive.

[@Nonononofrankcastle]

BurnDuration they actually have search it up 😂😂

[@aaryeshg.6526]

There is a BMW Z4 with a Dodge Viper V10 8.4L engine. Mad convertible that is not a convertible anymore because of rollcage fitted in it.

[@alexanderv.8961]

E60 M5 is trash. Horrible reliability and so ugly.

[@veetimetsakelo]

Alexander Vic e60 looks lot of better than f10

[@911gt333]

one of the greatest car reviews ever! And e60 m5 is still very fast car///

[@jumptwofall]

I haven't seen this video for years haha! It's so much fun watching Tiff drive. You can tell he is having fun :)

[@kize32]

I could watch Tiff burn rubber all day. Some of the best driving clips of every car were made by him

[@quackman]

especially his E39 M5 review..... crazy slides

[@josephbennett443]

Tiff set the bar for all motoring journalists. Truly a legend you can see a little bit of him rubbed off on todays greats

[@chihsia6691]

best v10! the sound of it is just crazy!

[@Pete762]

it has a POWER button!!! Jeremy will be pleased by that!!

[@namesomega3694]

Imagine this engine in a BMW i8? Now that would be a true BMW super car

[@ezralabandeira3552]

The i8 isn't supposed to be a supercar. Its supposed to be a stylish daily driver that has some performance. Instead of buying a mini or funky looking electric or hybrid you buy an i8

[@imbold-vimeworld1417]

yup

[@namesomega3694]

@@ezralabandeira3552 I know but appearance wise looks like a supercar. It looks like something like the R8 should've been

[@ryanpham3308]

@@ezralabandeira3552, hard to call it a daily driver when its two storage compartments aren't that useful.

[@ivegotkids8455]

@@ryanpham3308 gt car

[@tonychavez2083]

Im a Mercedes guy but that BMW S85 motor is one for the ages, absolutely brilliant….!

[@aksakhan9653]

I had one and it is an amazing car I recommend everyone one to at least drive one 😎

[@exorcist1998]

One of the best tests, Tiff has ever done. I loved it even though it not enough to make me sell my E39 M5 and get one of these !

[@TSMSQ]

6:00 DAMN Tiff is handy!

[@Growl_YT]

Damn true👌🏼👍🏻 والله الحق معك

[@strajkovski8767]

Beware ! big end bearings are a ticking time bomb , if you are planning to buy one of these, buy one that has had the bearings replaced , or replace the soon as you purchase the car. clevite and acl sell the replacement bearings , make sure you check bearing crush of the new bearings 006-008" less than .006" and the bearing could spin , more than .008" will distort the bearing.

[@matthewgiddens4671]

I have come to the conclusion that this is going to be my next purchase..I currently drive a r53 MINI...however I’m 37 and it’s about time I get a “grown up” car...lolz.

[@thnktank1]

matthew giddens same here. I am 37 and will buy one this fall.

[@735337707]

Keep us updated.

[@danny306gti]

I’m 33 and just bought one 😍😍

[@SavedbyHim]

@@danny306gti Comes with grown up repair bills aswell

[@mracer69]

$25,000 cost to buy, $100,000 car to repair. It can get nuts, so be careful in purchasing the right one.

[@johanvanschalkwyk7634]

I love mine, manual transmission makes it even more fun! So fast!!! and handles Great!!!

[@emreevo8]

The best looking car BMW has ever made.

[@aaryeshg.6526]

Wished BMW and Mercedes removed their 155 mph speed restrictors. A car that costs around $100k and has potential of Ferrari, Lambo and Pagani top speed should be unrestricted. Driving a Mercedes E55 AMG on track-days and there is no way of going faster than 155 mph. Same for an Audi RS7. Only tuners can remove the speed limiters off the ECU in these cars.

[@thememers_dude]

tiff is a great driver

[@jr996turbo]

Tiff is certainly the best driver ever!!!

[@HumanStateOfEmergency]

I love my E60. ❤️

[@Maddog494]

Favorite car of all time . Happy to own one

[@nabilbabrakthe2th519]

Same

[@rooster16091982]

I must agree. Love mine too much.

[@Maddog494]

@@rooster16091982 i remember driving a 430 scud around Las Vegas Motor Speedway and thinking how the S85 is a better engine.

[@iantownsend5480]

This will do 204 mph de restricted the hurricane version I can't remember 224 plus

[@TheBigboySid]

Ian Townsend 390++kmh or something. no idea whats the figure in miles.

[@godleakers9145]

Who is here in 2020!!?🤤🔥 P.s. This is my favourite car...😍😍😍

[@SuperbikeKarl]

Firstly this has to be one of the greatest cars to grace this planet, and secondly if anyone was a beemer man it’s tiff proper car person and we all know proper car people love BMW

[@MD-uu5nt]

I don't like their poor manual gearboxes, unreliability and poor brakes. Am I not a car guy?

[@soundseeker63]

Interesting to thing that in 2005 you could buy this V10 engined M5 for 62 grand. Todays 6 cylinder M4 is only 3k less......

[@Digi20]

+soundseeker63 and faster, safer and better equipped ;) but i know what you mean. shame that engine is not sell-able anymore today. emissions and stuff...

[@soundseeker63]

Digi20 Faster..? Will an M4 top 200mph though?

[@Digi20]

i guess the m4 should be a bit quicker in every day acceleration but the m5 should have a bit advantage in the top speed. lets call it a draw there. handlingwise (in terms of, how quick it goes around a track) the newer car should better the old m5.

[@Biggus_Dickus_69]

A draw until you compare the sound...and then you realize that the M4 is an embarrassment to the M division.

[@амиџаа]

Digi20 inflation

[@rodgerwoods4971]

And its sister the M6 is just as fun to play with. Nothing beats that sweet V10 tone.

[@Altruistic00]

despite the looks, this is the best selling M5 in history

[@jeticebane2042]

Altruistic because no one buys it because of looks

[@csn583]

@@jeticebane2042 Or they do because it's one of the great factory sleepers of all time! Like a machine gun in a briefcase.

[@BorisGen]

It’s absolutely stunning and a timeless design.

[@beefen7921]

love all his reviews.. Tiff Needell has been one of my favorite all-time car reviewer next to Jeremy Clarkson.

[@maartenyzer4121]

TIFF FOR TOP-GEAR!!!!!!!!!

[@rutter1ify]

He used to be back in the early 90s along with Jezza 💯👍

[@thehomelessproject3784]

This is the definitive M5 Review

[@VQSeries]

Very fun review to watch, felt like I was along on this journey, amazing Driver's saloon, beautiful V10 musiq!

[@svenb6469]

I think this is top 3 of all car reviews ever.

[@12345yarg]

5:50 This man is fearless on the track!

[@davematthewbouffard5267]

Damn tiff really knows how to drive. He's good

[@Erunanethiel]

He is an ex F1 driver, of course he is.

[@davematthewbouffard5267]

@@Erunanethiel oh i didnt know about that. I really admire the way he presents the car and the way he drives. Really gives a good show.

[@CB-tx3ul]

So do you press the Power button, or the M button?

[@SMentor568]

Quality cinematography

[@No-turbo]

Tiff is the man and all, but I cried when he cold revved that S85.

[@tomaszdabrowski8021]

He didnt rev it to 8k.... 2-3 max which is absolutely safe.

[@xolanimkhonto4275]

7:09 Tiff the legendary drift king 🔥

[@ReasonX3]

3:04 Lol, so many people complain that M5 E60 gearbox is horrible and tries to kill you. This man has just showed that they just don't know how to switch gears properly.

[@farishanafiah8461]

BMW SMG gearbox is just plain crap. But because it was built upon a manual transmission, manual gearbox conversion is a possibility.

[@wayensmal1077]

The m5 v10 with all its suppose ti be issues or later problems that could happen- what a car what a car- i truly believe best bmw of all times- true thoroughbred machine

[@burakacar2854]

The best looking BMW with E39 and has the best sound no doubt

[@AKGAMING-rm6fd]

Best car in the world

[@matthewnicholas6365]

All these years later, who else is crying for the rod bearings as Tiff revs it from cold?

[@Karanjy]

That has always bothering me. It hurt seeing a new engine below the break-in period revved cold

[@matthewnicholas6365]

@Karanjy to me, its not just the break in period, all finely tuned engines MUST be fully warmed before revving. The warm up lights were/are all wrong as they go by coolant rather than oil. BMW should have just put a 3k rev limit until the oil hit working temps

[@ciepularys]

He revved it only to like 3k rpm without any load on the engine. Its ok. Stop worrying.

[@dhuramc-qo9nz]

5.0L F1 inspired V10 engine. Something special.

[@stallard9522tid]

i heard the prodigy, best music ever

[@Mububban23]

Was this video converted from a VCR?

[@lijax9606]

BMW at its absolute best!

[@NiCkBeNzOLoReNzO]

Tiff your really amazing. Drive carefully 👍🏻

[@GeorgeAusters]

£62k seems way too cheap for this car.. The engine alone would cost close to that to build I would have thought

[@slap4monk]

One of the best cars ever made.

[@jib2355]

i love watching this video

[@backnunAndy]

I wondering why BWM didn't put DCT gear box as what they did on same year model BMW e92 M3

[@exorcist1998]

Pretty sure it was not developed in 2006 ?

[@mracer69]

When the E60 M5 was designed, the DCT didnt exist. It would not be feasible to put one in for the last model year or two.

[@山内淳カイル-i5d]

What's the name of the circuit?

[@IronMan-qi3yg]

Tiff is the man!

[@deancrudgington1304]

Makes it look so easy.

[@Azz.Tv1]

Probably the most reckless have seen tiff smash out a track hahaha m5 power!

[@MD-uu5nt]

Engine management system more complex than any PC 😂😂😂 You'd know he is a race car driver and not a technology guy.

[@HobbsCedric1]

windows vista was out back then. so pretty stiff competition lol

[@BenDover-io9vg]

ceddy ced 😂

[@seanteh7120]

When bmw makes dream supersaloons. Now just very efficient but somewhat too common. Still, can't really complain.

[@Jdsofar]

Have you heard about the parable of the man who spent every penny he made and even went into severe crippling debt buying and keeping up with the maintenance of his e60 m5? Yes he worked 70 hours weeks in a hot factory breaking down his body day by day like a whip with pounding sounds of forklift beeps repetitively embedded into his head. All to keep up paying for the car at the end of the week he had nothing. Even had to spend 20$ a week on food because that’s all he could afford food also never bought a house couldn’t afford that had to sleep in the m5. What a life he lived. I could tell you even more

[@teamtoyota9048]

Ferocious.

[@danielm3967]

Tiff is the stig and jermey combined

[@derrickarmour]

They need to put this engine in a prius !

[@kevkevl5984]

legendary car

[@jamescutter9868]

How many times did he press the sport button, my god xD

[@aaronthompson8451]

he is driving GReatttt! damn thats fun

[@dayalanvelan3070]

Hi there Mark . Awesome videos keep it up. I am far away in South Africa. I have an e39 m5 . I will be purchasing an E60 m5 next week. Drove it and love the car. I am MIT really good with you tube. Plz let me know how to contact you direct via email.

[@jameswallace7091]

Fifth gear dropping tiff was the worst thing they ever did. He could hoon a nissan micra 🤣

[@LastExile1989]

I have this car it the 4.8L v8. I love it

[@mohammadkhalid-rj1uf]

The driving is nice

[@ukwan]

E39 / E60 & E46 / E90 very much high points for BMW.

[@Jfjs58-g]

I always thought he was the Stig in top gear ⚙️

[@glotek1]

Anybody notice at the start the speedo stop when the smeg gearbox was changing gears ... so slow...

[@bradleyadams5167]

Yes well you're not actually accelerating between gearshifts in any car so 🤷‍♂️ the gearbox isn't even slow just seems so because we're spoiled with DCTs and fast autos these days that's just progression tho

[@mracer69]

It shifts faster than you can, sooooo?

[@mike_oe]

Now there's a motor journalist that knows how to drive...

[@jt-hb8lh]

I still find it funny that Tiff explains here the best way to use an smg box and yet everyone is bitching about how sloppy they are.

[@briangallagher8501]

I'd love one 20k you can get a good one but couldn't afford the maintenance shame

[@thatturbo8346]

Top gear alternative since top gear got Jermy fired

[@chrisgugleta]

15 mpg not bad for a V10 beast being driven very aggressively. Ferrari would be in the single-digits.

[@MD-uu5nt]

Ahhhh no....These regularly get into single digits. I know a guy who had one of these and a 458 and he used to not drive the M5 because of how bad on petrol it was. These are one of the very thirstiest cars ever made. Everyone who owns them admits to that!

[@chrisgugleta]

@@MD-uu5nt Then again, I doubt many of these M5 owners drive it like a Corolla.

[@ArthurJGibson]

Around town 9mpg is normal (trip computer lies and will say 10/11). Longer journey you can get 24.

[@MatrixEmpire08]

"diesel models available..." **video fades out**

[@yeety1208]

Haha

[@chris-zl4wm]

i would prefer the Lotus carlton myself.

[@oc5515]

This seems like a Walmart version of top gear. Specifically when he presses the button

[@yeety1208]

4:23 sounds like a diesel lol

[@cesarrosas759]

This nigga really enjoys his drives hajaha

[@BKk-e5u]

❤️🔥

[@pedropinela9452]

Great video

[@floyd27860]

DAMN... I want to drive one; not own it. Drive it like I stole it. I'll leave ownership for the E39

[@aogrady]

Knock knock! Who's there's? Rod Bearing... Rod Bearing who?... Oh....

[@yakup7229]

Adam ne açı veriyor ama

[@giraykharizzma7737]

I wish it was 507hp on the wheel tho

[@oneman7638]

Its bout 475 to wheels not too much of a loss.

[@fatahfatourious3316]

Cool

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

Everyone wants one until the rod bearings fail...! Don't make the mistake I did!

[@BamiCodm]

my dad bought this e60 in 2008 and he changed the rod bearings every 3 year and the car still lives today with no issue only fuel bcs he eats to much

[@iantownsend5480]

This M5 s are dirt cheap now

[@clutchfreak13]

Ian Townsend Because only their engine is good, rest is junk! Clutch problems, transmission problems, suspension problems... and fuel economy is so bad! 18-25l per 100Km on average and you have only 55l tank. 300Km max range... But yeah, it's all worth for that beutiful V10 engine sound :D

[@nature10879]

Ian Townsend Not exactly, The 2006/07 models run for about 30 grand and they have no warranty! To buy one of these you MUST still remember that you are buying a 100k car without warranty. They may be cheap but maintenance cost makes them expensive, Which is ok considering its a 100k super car with a high revving V10. Here in KC Baron BMW dealer had a 2006 m6 with SMG, Clean looking car with 50 something thousand miles for $46,000 with 1000 mile warranty or 30 days whichever comes first. 50/50 cost split. Sounds cheap but its actually expensive however owning one of these is a dream to come people.

[@reiknir]

nature10879 Do you seriously think that anyone buying an almost 10 year old car does not realise that it is out of warranty?

[@christophergreene3838]

Up front costs are low. That is true. But having lived with one, I concur with the comment that maintenance costs are indeed significant.

[@MrCheatreporter]

+Ian Townsend New clutch and flywheel costs 6000 euros and should be changed every 70 000 km..

[@simonvanl]

surely you mean 'to visit the historic track'

[@dariuszglowacki9466]

This car nearly killed him at that turn thats how brutal it is when you turn off the traction control

[@rooster16091982]

M mode leaves a bit of traction control on. He must have had it off completely. I never turn it off completely because it tries to kill you immediately. It breaks traction up to 4th gear easily. Great car but it is 1.7 ton so you gotta be careful.

[@DarkstarDarth]

One of the most unreliable and expensive to fix beemers on earth, depreciation is horrific.

[@csn583]

Depreciation is the best if you're not the kind of sucker who buys new! I never would have owned the M6 if it'd kept its value! Just sell it before it blows... Hot potato!!

[@Maddog494]

Well it ain’t a honda.

[@brianshaggy]

my uncle has a bmw m3 gtr that thing is a monster

[@jamescutter9868]

GTR? o.O

[@brianshaggy]

JamesCutter '98 HD yup it's a rare car look it up

[@jamescutter9868]

I know what it is and everything but a GTR is stupidly rare

[@brianshaggy]

JamesCutter '98 HD yeah you need a permit i think to own one cuz of how rare they are only a few were made

[@jamescutter9868]

Yeah! Only 5 of them were Made

[@curtssallee9807]

Pure gang