Sorry for the delay, I got pulled into doing some real work...
With our 11th round, Lemelin's Lemmings are pleased to complete our "Ultimate Driving Machine" trifecta with the selection of the
BMW E34 M5 in the
Sedan category.
I was really worried that this car wasn't going to make it back to me. The combination of performance and classic styling make this car one of my all time favorites. I came awfully close to buying one of these last summer but just couldn't quite find the right one. I'm 95% sure that this will be my next car.
As stated on TopGear, this car is the original super saloon. A race car that just happens to have a sedan body placed on top of it (see the link in post #281).
The North American version produced 307 hp and could reach 60 mph in 6.4 seconds while the Euro version had a slightly larger displacement and produced 335 hp with a 0-60 of 5.9 seconds.
Produced between 1989 and 1995 this was the last of the true hand built M cars (not like the assembly line stuff they make today).
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Assembly was done either by a single M employee, or a team of M employees, and generally took about two weeks. It is rumoured that the test drivers of the E34 M5 could determine who or what team made each specific M5, due to characteristic quirks of the hand built nature of the E34 M5. The engines were also built by hand by BMW M technicians. All of the E34 M5 petrol engines were built to a tolerance of within 5% of advertised output.
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Here are a couple of links to some more details on the E34 M5...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bmw_m5#...2.80.931995.29
http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=12
And now for some pictures...
Sorry for all the pictures... I couldn't help myself.
