Used Car Of The Day: 2016 BMW M5

by Tim Healey

Published: October 27th, 2025

We try not to judge the asking price on these used cars of the day -- we let you do it. Mostly because we don't want to copy a long-running feature at another, similar outlet.

But this 2016 BMW M5 made me wonder if, uh, the price is correct.

In other words, would you lay down six figures for one of the last manual-transmission M5s?

What if it was perhaps the last one to roll off the line and one of only 557 ever made?

What if the mileage is only 16K?

How many more questions can I ask?

OK, I will stop there and mention this car also has the Competition Package, Executive Package, carbon-ceramic brakes, Bang & Olufsen audio, and new Michelin PS4S tires. It's apparently all stock save for a Eisenmann Race exhaust.

If you've got the coin and the want, you can find this one in Glendale, California -- I am 99 percent certain that the lead image was shot on the same Angeles Crest Highway turnoff that myself and every other automotive journalist who has set foot in LA has used to shoot a car.

I'd personally love a low-miles, not too old M5 with six forward gears and a clutch pedal. But even if I had the bank account for this one -- and I don't, no matter how much glove-box cash you think we get over here* -- I am not sure I'd pony up.

If you would, or would not, you can say so below. Either way, click here for more.

*The correct answer is zero.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Verbal on Oct 27, 2025

Six figures and no warranty. Huh.

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Redapple2 on Oct 28, 2025

Why is it squatting?

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- Normie on Oct 28, 2025
  
  Reminds me of a late '80s Imperial with blown shocks. It is parked on a bit of an incline (re: background structures) but still...
  
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- Original Guy on Oct 28, 2025
  
  Asked and answered in the thread at the link.
  
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