BMW E39 M5 for sale
2000–2003
A V8 sports sedan with a manual gearbox only, often called the best M5. Owners keep them for years, so the right color and spec can take a long time to appear.
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Know the car
- The S62 4.9-liter V8 rated at 394 hp.
- Six-speed manual only in the US.
- Popular colors include Le Mans Blue, Carbon Black and Silverstone.
What to check before you buy
- Timing chain guides and VANOS.
- Cooling system and valve-cover gaskets.
- Service history, which matters more than mileage on these cars.
Where they turn up
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- Bring a Trailer
- Cars & Bids
- classic.com
- Hemmings
- ClassicCars.com
- Cars.com
- Facebook Marketplace
How to hunt one well
- Name the gearbox. “Manual” or “automatic” in your search is enforced: a E39 M5 is only shown when its listing, or the site’s own gearbox filter, proves it. A listing that never says is left out rather than guessed.
- Use the generation or years you mean. GarageScout reads a chassis code or a year range as the exact model years, so neighboring generations with the same name stay out of the results.
- Set your ceilings. Add “under 60k miles” or “under $40,000” and cars over the limit are dropped, including auction listings that only state the mileage in the title.
- Say the options and colors that matter to you. Exact matches are listed first; close matches say exactly what they are missing, so you can decide whether it matters.
- Get it inspected. Whatever the listing says, a pre-purchase inspection by a specialist who knows the E39 M5 is the best money you will spend on it.
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