Vintage,fast-paced BMWs still cut a dash

BMW has created some of the world’s most iconic vehicles. Many of these are within the M5 family, and it was these that we were recently privileged to drive, but peppering them was a variety of other BMW legendary vehicles.

We first darted for one of the cars not in the M5 group — the Z8. Powered by a meaty, 4.9-litre V8 sourced from the E39 M5, it’s still fast, even today — though in a completely different way to how you’d expect.

It’s a clear muscle car, with huge amounts of performance not particularly backed up by good handling. It wallows around quite a fair bit, and the steering has little life to it. The best part? None of this matters.