I never hated the E60, but I never really swooned over it either. It had some decent curves, some nice little touches here and there, and really did a solid job dressing up from its non-M brethren.

Part of the problem for me was that the E39 and E34 were so understated yet stoic. The E60 was really the first "flashy" M5, which, in my mind goes against the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing mystique that originally drew me into M cars in general.