# Top Gear - E60 M5 **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560 "2004-11-23T02:03:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/1 "2004-11-23T02:03:38Z")
[http://www.topgear.com/jsp/individualRoadTest.jsp?carType=new&mCode=A4&rCode=E3&mDesc=BMW&rDesc=5%20Series&roadTestNumber=28.html](http://www.topgear.com/jsp/individualRoadTest.jsp?carType=new&mCode=A4&rCode=E3&mDesc=BMW&rDesc=5%20Series&roadTestNumber=28.html) 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/2 "2004-11-23T05:10:39Z")
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**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/3 "2004-11-23T18:44:08Z")
300 to 400hp with the touch of a button 🙂 no manual tranny option ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/4 "2004-11-23T21:13:07Z")
> [@Be\_Rad](#): > > 300 to 400hp with the touch of a button 🙂 > > no manual tranny option ☹ Its all the same with the luxury high end performance cars look at Mercedes Benz AMG’s, even the CL65AMG is a 7 speed auto, why? because they are all so advanced you really dont need a manual. I guess thats their outlook… personaly I would love a 6 speed manual also… but that would never happen because the only people that are buying these cars are business men that dont know much about cars. ---
**Author:** ![lt1power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea666f/32.png) [@lt1power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lt1power)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/5 "2004-11-24T08:13:53Z")
i’ve ridden and driven an e39 m5 and i was blown away by that i cant imagine wut the e60 would be like. Motor Trend did a shootout between the e60 and the e55 amg, the e55 cant even compare is basically wut they said except that its torquier but wut did you expect. ---
**Author:** ![kmurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kmurph](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kmurph)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/6 "2004-11-25T20:32:33Z")
> [@SP71Supra](#): > > Its all the same with the luxury high end performance cars look at Mercedes Benz AMG’s, even the CL65AMG is a 7 speed auto, why? because they are all so advanced you really dont need a manual. I guess thats their outlook… personaly I would love a 6 speed manual also… but that would never happen because the only people that are buying these cars are business men that dont know much about cars. The M5 still has a manual transmission…SMG (Sequential Manual Gearbox) IS a manual transmission but does not have a clutch pedal…it’s a pure manual tranny with computer controlled hydraulic clutch. With that being said, I still think they should offer the M5 with a traditional manual. ---
**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/top-gear-e60-m5/170560/7 "2004-11-26T05:50:31Z")
> [@Be\_Rad](#): > > 300 to 400hp with the touch of a button 🙂 its actually 400hp to 500hp