The BMW M5 is celebrating its 30th birthday this year and as you can expect, the German automaker is pulling out all the stops to make the car's anniversary a memorable one. As arguably the most popular model to come out of BMW's M division, the M5 has been lauded over the years for expertly combining all the luxury traits of BMW with the kind of spitfire performance that can go toe-to-toe with a lot of other high-powered performance sedans in the business.
The fact that the M5 has been around this long clearly shows just how popular the model has become since it first made its debut in 1984 at the Amsterdam Motor Show. The company actually has a special edition 30th Anniversary Edition M5 lined up just to show how much the model has meant to a whole lot of people over the years.
On top of that, BMW also produced this cool video as another birthday present to the M5. The tag line "30 years of sheer driving pleasure" pretty much says it all, although if you ask fans of the M5, a lot of them will probably tell you that 30 years isn't enough to justifiably celebrate what the M5 has meant to them.
And in case you've forgotten, the current generation M5 is still a hellacious screamer, capable of hitting a top speed of 190 mph thanks to its 4.4-liter V-8 engine that delivers a total of 560 horsepower and 501 pound-feet of twist.
Happy 30 years, BMW M5, and here's to more years of awesomeness down the road!
Hit the jump for a quick rundown on the M5's history
Video: BMW Celebrates the M5's 30th Birthday originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 14 April 2014 12:00 EST.
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