[Three Pedal Steve]

When Consumer Reports and Car & Driver both agree- something unique is going on.

We drove our 2000 model year for 10 years and 324,000 miles. Sure it had lots of maintenance costs but we really got our money's worth. It was two years old when we bought it from the original owner who needed a mini-van due to new twin babies.

In 1999 Consumer Report declared the e39 as the best car they had ever tested.

In 2000 the Brain Injury Institute of the AMA declared it the Safety Car of the Millennium.

Car and Driver, R&T, Autoweek, MT, and the others repeatedly tested the e39 against its competitors and ranked it on top.

I know it is a tall claim that it is the best of the 20th century. What about the Ferrari GTO, or the McLaren F1? For seven years BMW built 1000 e39 cars a day. While exotics are certainly great, true greatness is when over a million drivers can experience true driving pleasure.

I can only imagine if we had gotten the M5 version!