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Tested: 2025 BMW M5 Is a Moonshot

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The new plug-in hybrid M5 weighs almost exactly as much as a 2019 BMW X5 xDrive50i or more than a 2024 Mercedes-AMG GLE53.

It's one of the fastest cars from corner to corner in a canyon and more comfortable than Grandpa 's favorite chair in city traffic.

The carbon-ceramic brakes and carbon-fiber roof are the lightest way to spec an M5 .

The new M5 , including its destination and gas-guzzler tax, starts at $ 123,275 .

When adjusted for inflation, that's less than the 2000 M5 and the 1991 M5 cost when new.

For us, a manual-transmission Blackwing is way more desirable even if it is slower in a straight line.

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