Manhart MH5 900 Is the Ultimate F90 BMW M5, Packs 915 Horsepower Inside Just Five Units

Back in 1984, the E28 BMW M5 had just 256 horsepower for America. The E34 generation appeared in 1988 and had two variants – four-door sedan or five-door wagon plus two engines under the hood: 3.5-liter or 3.8-liter inline-six with up to 335 ponies. Thirdly, the E39 series appeared in 1998 and only exhibited the four-door sedan body style, albeit with a massive change under the hood.

This generation signaled the arrival of a 4.9-liter V8, and the E60/E61 mixed and matched the 4-door and wagon body styles with an even larger 5.0-liter uneven-firing V10! The F10 iteration started the turbocharging trend and went back to a 4.4-liter V8 with twin turbos to pave the era of the S63 mills that continued with the current F90. Now, BMW is just about ready to welcome the next stage – a plug-in hybrid V8.

But before that happens, the aftermarket realm still wants a thing or two from the F90. The good folks over at Manhart want us to remember this iteration with help from their newly introduced MH5 900 limited series. It will be superbly exotic because only five units will be modified to Manhart's MH5 900 standard, all starting from a base of M5 Competition rather than M5 CS.

The most important values are the simplest to understand: 928 ps and 1,240 Nm, or 915 hp and 915 lb-ft, and that means this model is the most powerful saloon ever prepared by the Manhart technicians. If you want even more, no worries; the "engine strengthening" procedures cope with up to 1,200 horsepower. Additionally, this is also the most individual M5 produced by the company – there are lots of exposed carbon fiber, ritzy styling touches, a completely bespoke interior, a beefed-up suspension, and individually configurable 21-inch staggered front/back wheels.

On this particular unit - MH5 900 Limited 01/05 – Manhart mixed a deep blue exterior color with typical Manhart details dressed in copper and lightweight double-spoke aftermarket wheels. Inside, there's just as much carbon fiber, plus brown leather upholstery, soft Alcantara, and even the bucket seat shells are made of carbon fiber.

By the way, if you think the regular BMW M5 is still enough of a monster for you, that's quite understandable. In fact, the videographer behind the Drag Racing and Car Stuff channel posted on YouTube a series of skirmishes from Orlando Speed World Dragway in Florida, showing a gray BMW M5 example rocking the low ten-second passes like a boss when defeating a string of foes – a BMW X3, an Audi RS 7 Sportback, and also a crimson Toyota GR Supra.