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      05-16-2013, 03:37 AM   #1
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BMW 5 Series history. The third generation. E34.

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The BMW 5 Series was released in 1988. It became a milestone in the company's history. The car offers a variety of extras, such as a four wheel drive for the first time in this segment. The entire range of engines was available. The surface is almost seamless, all profiles mesh. The entry into the now common flash design.

The successful concept turns the car into a bestseller. Until today, it can still be seen on the road frequently.
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Check this 1991 bmw m5 debut promotional video (its a must!), the video clip always gives me goosebumps making me go out and buy a e34!


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Excellent, timeless design. Manages to look imposing and menacing without any of the cosmetic add-on shortcuts of today (eyebrows immediately come to mind).
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I remember when this car first came out my parents were among the first to buy a 535i where we lived. I fell in love with that car. And when I started driving I inherited that car as my first car and that's I took with me to college. And I was rear ended on 405 and it was totaled. That literally saved my life.
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Check this 1991 bmw m5 debut promotional video (its a must!), the video clip always gives me goosebumps making me go out and buy a e34!

I like the part in the M5 video where the host says, "And always equipped with a manual gearbox, because the M5 is a driver's car."
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      05-17-2013, 11:06 AM   #8
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Yeah, I quite liked my old E34 525i Tourer... but when it comes to 5-er's my heart lays with the E28, still my favourite from all the BM's I've had.

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I loved my 525i. Nice to know my former car's history.
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My dad had a 91 535i, fucking loved that car!
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That M5 video should be required viewing at M HQ.

Straying a bit to far from that philosophy. I think the MT comment is no longer as valid since DCT's and even many autos are just as good performance wise, but the hand-built, tailored to the driver message needs to be carried...
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So in the early 90s mullets were required @ the M factory?
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Love the e34 M5. Still looks so good even after all these years.
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My dad had a 1991 Oxford green 525i that he bought 2nd hand in 1998 when I was 3 or 4. I remember the first time stepping into it (he had a E36 320i before), beige leather, a shiny BMW logo on the steering wheel, the AMAZING wing mirror knobs, and just how damn good the thing looked. I always wanted to have it after him but alas it just had too many mechanical problems and he got rid of it in 2009. I still want one though, the E34 M5 3.8 is one of the classic BMWs I want to own one day. Just a piece of automotive artwork.
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Loved my '95 E34........everyone thought it was new, even though I had owned over 10 years. It's likely I would still have it today, except a hit and run driver smashed into it an totaled it.
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I just got a deal on a 1994 e34 m5 3.6 5 speed metallic blue with white int. 113 000 miles for 11500$ CAD money
What do you guys think ??
Should i buy it
Its mint
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Check this 1991 bmw m5 debut promotional video (its a must!), the video clip always gives me goosebumps making me go out and buy a e34!

I like the part in the M5 video where the host says, "And always equipped with a manual gearbox, because the M5 is a driver's car."
Amen!
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      05-18-2013, 07:58 AM   #19
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I just remembered the shock seeing the spec of e12 M535i for the first time as a kid
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E34 535 was a die-hard machine. Classic!
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      05-18-2013, 09:52 AM   #21
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Makes me want to go out and buy this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1991-...item3f252f20b1
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Can be a camera angle... but 1:25 looks like an E32 7 Series..
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