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

The E39 BMW M5 is often credited with starting the German horsepower ... Autobahn performance was to ditch the 6.2-liter ...

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 ...

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.