BMW M5 CS

A run to the Ring allows our 626bhp M-car to demonstrate its big-miles, big-speeds strengths

- Jethro Bovingdon

WAY BACK WHEN I FIRST DROVE THE M5 CS, my conclusion was that the M division's new supersaloon might be the perfect one-car solution. Lately, I've had a pretty good go at testing that theory. Its daily life has literally been the grind of school runs, shopping trips, runs to the airport and the usual family activities at weekends.

Aside from complaints about the heavily bolstered seats and a strong thirst for super-unleaded, the M5 CS copes with this stuff fantastically. From the driver's seat the only downsides are a lack of storage and the fact that it's sooooo fast that speed limits feel like an infringement of my human rights.