2010 BMW 5-series - Page 4

The E34 M5 is rare. A colleague had a red one that looked really good.

Have you seen the new 2011 5 series ? That car looks great. The 550 looks like it purrs.

+1....I can't think of many sedans I would choose over the present M5.

A neighbor of mine had a red one with gold BBS wheels. My jaw dropped when he sold it and came home with a Mini Cooper S. I'd love a black one in my stable - the E34's look more aggressive than the more popular E39 M5 to me, and they were the last hand-built Ms. The E36 M3 and E39 M5 began slotting M-division cars in with regular production.

I think the overall shape echos the E39. The character line works well, glad it's parallel to the road (not pointing downward). The taillights are a missed opportunity (too bland). It looks taller so I hope it has more headroom.

Is closer to this:



Than this ever was:

^ Hideous. BMW is falling in love with hatchbacks

I don't like the hatchback.

Revolting

I like it better than the wagon. New front end promises to be stunning on the road.

I am biased based on experiences from my youth - seeing a 930 slantnose tear through the Appalachians - but I always loved the 930 slantnose and the 993 turbo. I appreciate the build of the 996, but felt the style of the car itself could have been more groundbreaking considering all of the other radical changes underneath the skin.

Re the M5 - I have yet to have a proper (out of traffic) drive in the current M5 - but the E34 and E39 were both amazing automobiles to drive. They were truly in a different class than any other 'sporting saloon,' 'four door sports car,' or any other moniker bestowed by any other manufacturer of the era. I will give an honorable mention to the W210 E55 as it was an absolute beast of a car - I had a ride in one that embarrassed a C5 along a straight and through a few winding roads as well.

Speaking of the M5, http://magazine.windingroad.com/issue/52/ A few generations of the M5, along iwth an M1, 353i, and 635csi at the Nurburgring. Nice pics, good read. Got it in a newsletter from eBay of all places...

no E28 shoutouts in this thread, which is odd, because I thought people always liked them. I plan to have a nice E12 or E28 someday (hopefully sooner than later, since they are all rotting to pieces) and they were one of the first cars I ever really fell in love with, my uncle had a black one in the '80s. Something like this (which would be US importable now) http://ucar.autos.yahoo.co.jp/detail...00CU0004581498