Purists, avert your eyes - the BMW M5 is no longer rear-drive

摘要

Time to get friendly with your local tyre-fitter: it's a new BMW M5. But such a cliched intro line might not be relevant here, because BMW has succumbed and made the most famous sports saloon of them all four-wheel-drive. Purists finally getting their heads around turbocharged base 911 Carreras and Maserati SUVs have just been dealt another blow.