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Mark Rechtin, Frank Markus

“For those wondering if BMW had lost the plot with suspension tuning, never mind. All those demons have been banished with the new M5.” This is a sedan worthy of every superlative. Objectively, it ricocheted around our figure-eight course quicker than any sedan we’ve tested. It stops shorter than any sedan we’ve tested. And its quarter-mile stats are the best of any combustion-powered sedan we’ve tested. Credit for these achievements is shared by its 600-hp engine and sophisticated AWD system. Two rear-drive BDC sedans lapped Laguna quicker—the lighter Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio on R-compound tires (by just 0.16 second) and the lighter and more powerful Caddy CTS-V (by 1.29 seconds). Neither is a pussycat like this M5. The M5 feels huge until you really start working it hard. “In spite of its prodigious…

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