[Imran@Evolve]

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I remember the first time I heard someone waxing lyrical about an M5. "It should not be able to move that fast with 4 passengers in it" This person was a friend who owned an E30 M3 at the time and told me about his first experience in an E34 M5 3.8 Nurburgring Edition. The M5 was the bench mark Uber Saloon.

Since Evolve's inception in 2007 the M5 has paid an important part of our history. Not only the tuning, the races but also the fact that each one double up as my family car so still had to daily drivable.



Starting with the E39 M5 it was the first car we developed hardware on from headers, intakes and all the way to an intercooled supercharger kit.

Circumstances allowed us to recently buy the very E39 M5 that we developed the supercharger on for our customer all those years ago.



The E39 M5 was different to most M cars that had come before it because it had a lot of useable torque. It was like a 4 door muscle car and to do this day many people will say its the best M5.

The next M5 was very different. Slightly larger (yes this becomes a running theme!) but with a very different and unique powertrain. Gone was the torquey V8 mated to a manual gearbox and in came a high revving V10 mated to a SMG gearbox. The first time I drove one I couldn't believe how fast it was compared to its supercar rivals of the time. It felt like driving a 4 door supercar and sounded like one too with the right exhaust. 200 mph sir? It was possible and indeed it was the first car achieved this in.

Again we developed a lot of parts including headers, X Pipes, Switchable valved exhausts and ECU Tuning. It was also the car that introduced us to the infamous VMAX200 events which we attended in the M5 and did very well in. Some results below.





The next M5 would be probably the most controversial. Having recently moved to forced induction with the 1M BMW introduced the first turbo charged M5. The F10 M5 was a torque monster compared to the outgoing model and for the first time as M5 had a DCT gearbox which was a vast improvement over the outgoing SMG.

For me the F10 was a much nicer place to be, had better build quality and interior than the E60. The introduction of forced induction also meant that this M5 was very tuneable. Again we went to many VMAX200 events and had many memorable races. The ones that are etched in my memory include being 4 up against a Ferrari 458 Speciale and being very close to a Pagani Huayra.

The next M5 was a revolution. The first one with switchable xDrive and for me better than the F10 in every way. BMW stepped up the build and quality of materials in a big way and the car performed like a 4 door R35 GTR. It will always have a special place in my heart as it was the first BMW we took to 1000 BHP and because of the many crazy races we had with this car on the now very famous CarWow Youtube channel.

This is one of my favourites of the many videos they made of the car.

A very long winded way to introduce our latest project car some might say but I wanted to add some context. The M5 has always been an important car to Evolve but also to me personally and I can't wait to get stuck into the G90.

Its too soon to give my thoughts about it fully but I will say its more of an evolution than the revolution that the F90 was.









Immediately development plans:

Springs
HAS Kit
Downpipes
Mid Pipes
Intake (With Eventuri)
Paddle shifters
Piggy Back ECU

[Tom9960]

Congrats Imran on the new M5 G90 with amazing colors and wheels ( Same as mine) , a new project for you guys which Im very excited to see what you could do to the G90 (Exhaust mods first please).
You guys did a lot of amazing work especially for the F90 so keep it up 🙏🏽

[Crazy1323]

Is “HAS Kit” height adjustable springs?

[MarcoPiper]

Originally Posted by Crazy1323

Is “HAS Kit” height adjustable springs?

That’s correct

[24CBX4M40i]

Being poor fucking sucks...grrrrr

[///M TOWN]

Originally Posted by 24CBX4M40i

Being poor fucking sucks…

Then get up on the other side of the bed and change your world…

[Alan l.]

Can't wait to see what you do with this! Do you guys also have a Touring coming?

Alan

[Kevin_The_Clean1]

Despite the new M5 being pretty big & heavy, it's still a very remarkable machine. The M5 has always been a sexy beast & glad to see it continuing to evolve over time. Congrats to you & fun to see Evolve working / collecting on a brand new M5 that itself is evolving too!

[Imran@Evolve]

Originally Posted by Crazy1323

Is “HAS Kit” height adjustable springs?

That is correct. Started on it yesterday so that will likely be released next month after we have put some miles on it.

[Imran@Evolve]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Can't wait to see what you do with this! Do you guys also have a Touring coming?

Alan

Thanks! We will at some point.

Originally Posted by Kevin_The_Clean1

Despite the new M5 being pretty big & heavy, it's still a very remarkable machine. The M5 has always been a sexy beast & glad to see it continuing to evolve over time. Congrats to you & fun to see Evolve working / collecting on a brand new M5 that itself is evolving too!

Thanks Kevin!

[tsbrown]

Originally Posted by Imran@Evolve

I remember the first time I heard someone waxing lyrical about an M5. "It should not be able to move that fast with 4 passengers in it" This person was a friend who owned an E30 M3 at the time and told me about his first experience in an E34 M5 3.8 Nurburgring Edition. The M5 was the bench mark Uber Saloon.

Since Evolve's inception in 2007 the M5 has paid an important part of our history. Not only the tuning, the races but also the fact that each one double up as my family car so still had to daily drivable.



Starting with the E39 M5 it was the first car we developed hardware on from headers, intakes and all the way to an intercooled supercharger kit.

Circumstances allowed us to recently buy the very E39 M5 that we developed the supercharger on for our customer all those years ago.



The E39 M5 was different to most M cars that had come before it because it had a lot of useable torque. It was like a 4 door muscle car and to do this day many people will say its the best M5.

The next M5 was very different. Slightly larger (yes this becomes a running theme!) but with a very different and unique powertrain. Gone was the torquey V8 mated to a manual gearbox and in came a high revving V10 mated to a SMG gearbox. The first time I drove one I couldn't believe how fast it was compared to its supercar rivals of the time. It felt like driving a 4 door supercar and sounded like one too with the right exhaust. [...]

Congrats Imran. Can’t wait to see what your team does with this. Looks like you got the red interior? I drove one yesterday at my local dealer Brooklyn Gray with red interior. It’s rather bright. How do you like it?

[jm490]

Originally Posted by tsbrown

Congrats Imran. Can’t wait to see what your team does with this. Looks like you got the red interior? I drove one yesterday at my local dealer Brooklyn Gray with red interior. It’s rather bright. How do you like it?

Bright in a bad way? I’m stuck on red or orange with my frozen deep gray for my touring. Have to decide quick lol

[tsbrown]

Originally Posted by jm490

Bright in a bad way? I’m stuck on red or orange with my frozen deep gray for my touring. Have to decide quick lol

It was a very overcast afternoon and sitting inside, it struck me as too bright for my taste. But everyone is different and I haven’t seen too many recent M interiors in person to give a fair comparison. The posted image above is what I saw and the configurator images seem toned down in comparison. My E90 M3 had Fuchsrot/ Fox Red interior and that was lovely. Maybe your dealer will have a sample.

[Imran@Evolve]

Originally Posted by tsbrown

Congrats Imran. Can’t wait to see what your team does with this. Looks like you got the red interior? I drove one yesterday at my local dealer Brooklyn Gray with red interior. It’s rather bright. How do you like it?

It is brighter than I expected.

[Moopai]

Same here, cannot wait to see what you guys are going to do with the G90.

[jm490]

Originally Posted by Imran@Evolve

It is brighter than I expected.

What do you think of the wheels you chose!? I’m having a very very difficult times picking the ones you have here or the all black other option. I’m also doing frozen deep gray but on the touring and orange interior and CCB’s.

Would love your opinion and take on these wheels and how they are in person with this color.

[Matt@Evolve]

Latest update, our G90 M5 has been hard at work with product development...

Now fitted with our prototype Evolve Height Adjustable Spring kit and 15/12mm Wheel Spacers

Evolve G90 M5 - Prototype HAS + 15/12mm Spacers by Evolve Automotive, on Flickr

Evolve G90 M5 - Prototype HAS + 15/12mm Spacers by Evolve Automotive, on Flickr

Evolve G90 M5 - Prototype HAS + 15/12mm Spacers by Evolve Automotive, on Flickr

Evolve G90 M5 - Prototype HAS + 15/12mm Spacers by Evolve Automotive, on Flickr

Evolve G90 M5 - Prototype HAS + 15/12mm Spacers by Evolve Automotive, on Flickr

More info on the HAS kit coming soon, the wheel spacers you can now order here - https://www.evolveautomotive.co.uk/p...r&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Paddle shifters are well in to development and we can't wait to get the first production prototypes fitted. Run in Service is booked for tomorrow and then it's time to head to the dyno and do some testing, both of the stock car, our piggyback ECU and air intake with Eventuri.

Exciting times ahead as we get properly stuck in!

[Silverx88x]

Originally Posted by Matt@Evolve

Latest update, our G90 M5 has been hard at work with product development...

Now fitted with our prototype Evolve Height Adjustable Spring kit and 15/12mm Wheel Spacers


Paddle shifters are well in to development and we can't wait to get the first production prototypes fitted. Run in Service is booked for tomorrow and then it's time to head to the dyno and do some testing, both of the stock car, our piggyback ECU and air intake with Eventuri.

Exciting times ahead as we get properly stuck in!

Looks so good lowered. How tedious was the install? As difficult as the F90 chassis?