BMW M5 Touring

BMW has built a 717hp M5 Touring police car, and it is every bit as menacing as it sounds. The one-off estate wears the blue, white and fluorescent yellow livery used by Germany’s Federal Police. A light bar sits on the roof. Anyone thinking of outrunning it on the autobahn …

Leaving Karuizawa early the following morning felt like stepping into a completely different realm. The previous day’s adrenaline-drenched baptism down Usui Pass, that violent, claustrophobic sensory overload that left my brain buzzing and lips bone dry, was behind us. Realising the sheer amount of ground left to cover across the …

5:00 AM. Karuizawa is still entirely asleep. Outside, the air is cold enough to make your breath fog against the driver’s window. Morning mist hangs low over the larch trees, swallowing the timber verandas and quiet streets in a thick, bluish haze. This was the serene alpine sanctuary we arrived …

There is a distinct moment when Tokyo finally lets go of you. It usually begins as the elevated, sun-baked concrete labyrinths of the Shuto Expressway fall away, swallowed by the rolling green foothills of Gunma. But the true boundary is marked not by roads, but by air. As the tarmac …

The Bovensiepen 05 GT takes the already formidable BMW M5 Touring and elevates it into a fully bespoke grand tourer. The Bovensiepen name may be unfamiliar to some, yet BMW enthusiasts know the family well. When BMW absorbed Alpina into the fold, the Bovensiepen crew acted quickly, putting their own …