RE: BMW's 'Star': Time for Tea?

[MissChief]

The Danimal said:

... yeah. it was a kind of gag, but never mind. I'll try harder next time.

And I just edited mine, the pic was a bit bigger than I expected.

[devnull]

This was the video that kicked off my love of the E39.

[BrightonEd]

This video is fab. Watched it many times... The bit when he drifts around the corner and lets the wheel go to correct the drift is legendary.

Such a Q-car. (although I am biased)

[tomellingham]

Madonna couldn't even play herself very well. Terrible actress.

[161BMW]

Love the E39 M5 :-)

[JaguarsportXJR]

161BMW said:

Love the E39 M5 :-)

+1

My favourite 5.

[Amirhussain]

Loved all the online BMW films with Clive Owen

[Adam B]

Max_Torque said:

I love how subtle and non-showy the E39 M5 is! The "talk softly but carry a big stick" approach, now somewhat lost in modern performance car design...........

agreed, but others cars still do it - one of the reasons I bought my B7 RS4

[Caddyshack]

The Danimal said:

MissChief said:

The Danimal said:

Aaaahhhh... 2001. When Madge was fit and BMWs had manual 'boxes. Halogen days... halogen days indeed.

... yeah. it was a kind of gag, but never mind. I'll try harder next time.

I got it and it was quite funny too!

[steviegunn]

I bought a copy of the DVD with Series 1 & 2 when it came out in the US in 2004, top notch collection of mini movies made by great directors with a-list stars, personal favourites are Hostage and Beat the Devil (Gary Oldman is great as the Devil and a superb cameo from Marilyn Manson). Pity no-one else has done something similar.

[WhiteBaron]

darth_pies said:

The first one, "Ambush" directed by John Frankenheimer (who of course directed Ronin) is my fave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s_yadb_fCo

Yep, the absence of Madge and a 7 makes it better

[Quinten]

Is now the right time to put my car up for sale with all you fanboys lusting for one?

Here's another nice commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELkWgFFrU2s

[anonymous-user]

Ok, question: Why do i "want" an E39 M5 much, much more than i "want" an E60 one??

(maybe because the E60 just feels like a bit too much of a tech fest, whereas the E39 is perhaps the finest exponent of that classic recipe of a fairly simple but big engine in a reasonable sized car sending power backwards to a locking diff)

[alexb3lsom]

I hate to spoil the fun, but the BMW in the picture; Is it an M5? Can't be surely? Where are the quadruple exhausts..?

[Munich]

So can I assume PistonHeads was reading Jalopnik yesterday? Or is it a pure coincidence that they just happen to have had this video on their homepage yesterday?

[dc2rr07]

Tib said:

I always preferred the Tony Scott one myself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P711wH1Bws

Not much driving in it, but this one (Beat The Devil) is just mad.

[405dogvan]

Lots of 'the gears at the bottom of the gate make the car go muchos forwards" there then...

[eMpowered]

As a freshly-licensed 17 year old when this came out, I remember putting a lot of thought into working out exactly how to execute a perfect handbrake turn and open the rear door simultaneously... happy days!

[mybrainhurts]

Bloody superb...

Sir.....

[Ashok]

I remember downloading this video.. it took all night on my 56k modem

I miss my E39 M5 too.. best car I ever owned!