but there’s always a nagging doubt with modern M cars that they’re not quite as special as they used to be. Take the E34 BMW M5, for instance. There was little wrong with a standard E34 ...

With a M Hybrid drivetrain closely related to the BMW M Hybrid V8 GTP race car, we suspect power figures ... dates back to the second generation (E34) M5 sedan, which launched in 1992.