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Ultra-Rare, Ultra-Expensive BMW 850CSi

We might as well step out of our budget week theme with a bang so Ben has found us this insane priced BMW to step us away from the bargain hunting we did last week.
~Evan

I’ve found a $95,000 14 year old BMW.  Soooo it certainly doesn’t fit last week’s Theme Week but it has to be one of the “Rarest BMWs in the USA” and therefore I had to post it.

As mentioned in my last CSi post, only 225 of these Flagship Coupes made it to the States.  This one is said to have fallen into the hands and workshop of Steve Dinan.  Unfortunately the chap representing this Bimmer doesn’t have any info on the actual car but instead has a long-winded overview of his company.

What we do know is that the Coupe has 79K on the clock and looks stunning in Black on Black.  I tried to find some more info on the car but was unable to come across any 850CSi’s that had been tweaked by Dinan yet not Twin Turbo’d.

Any info on this Dream car of mine would be appreciated.

So the $95K asking price for this car is absolutly ridiculous, especially when there are no details on the car and what Dinan has done to it.  Even if Steve himself has tuned this thing to perfection I still can’t see anyone paying brand new 911 C4S money for this E31.

-Ben

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Oscar De La Hoya’s BMW 850CSi

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Trimmed and tamed from the mythical M8 concept, the 850CSi is BMW’s ultimate iteration of the E31.

The “Coupe Sport injection” is an actual M-car, developed by BMW-Motorsport with an M-engine.   That engine being the S70 which is the step-brother to the epic V12 found in the McLaren F1 hypercar.  All of these super 8s came hooked up to a Getrag 6-speed manual.

One thing that I didn’t know about the CSi is that the Euro versions came with a feature called AHK (Aktive Hinterachs-Kinematik) – which translates to “Rear Wheel Steering”.  Basically the AHK turns in the rear wheels before cornering to reduce forces that build up and minimize weight shifts.

Only 1510 units of the BMW 850CSi were built from August 1992 until October 1996. Only 225 850CSi were brought to the US

Oscar De La Hoya’s 1994 BMW 850CSi on eBay

This example was previously owned by boxing great Oscar De La Hoya.  I’m a boxing fan and use to follow DeLa; knowing that he has amazing taste in cars only makes me like him more.  I do really like those AC Schinitzer 5-spokes but I’m not sure if they are the best fit for this car.  I’d rather see the 18” M-Parallel spokes on the 8-series but that’s just me.

I’ve always been a huge fan of the 8-series as you’ve probably seen from my other posts on rare and unique E31s.  At the end of the day, the 850CSi is undoubtedly the one to own.

-Ben

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