The experimental 10-cylinder was developed for a sport sedan, and it was believed to have been destroyed.

Yes, VW made a ten-cylinder M5 before BMW. L ong before Dieselgate, draconian emissions regulations, and aggressive cost-cutting, Volkswagen had an era of impressive engineering.

The team at DriveTribe uncovered and drove a perfect example of this daring absurdity in a YouTube video about an E39 BMW M5 that hid quite an oddity under its hood: A one-of-two experimental W10 ...