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1986 BMW M635CSi Euro

1986 BMW M635CSi Euro

Published June 10, 2016 by Craig

The other day my wife texted me aÂ picture of an E24 she’d spotted while biking home from work. “It’s gorgeous!” she wrote. I went to have aÂ look at it for myself; you can see the picture I took of itÂ here. It was a 635CSi, parked a few blocks away from the White House with a licenseÂ plate thatÂ readÂ “1LADY.” IÂ can only hope that this meansÂ Michelle Obama surreptitiously drives a shark nose when not traveling in the official motorcade. While that particular car was a little worn when seen from close up, with broken bits of trim and some scuffs on the front bumper, even in less than stellar conditionÂ it reminded me of just how beautiful these elegant grand tourersÂ are. I haven’t seen or thought of an old 6-seriesÂ for a while, and that put me on the hunt for a nice one to write up for today.

While I toyed with the idea of featuringÂ a lesser, cheaper model – there are certainly a few knocking around on Craigslist and eBay right now – Â ultimately I optedÂ for a car that’s a bit special. This utterlyÂ gorgeous, low mileage and mint condition European-spec M635CSi is listed on US eBay, but it’s actually located in Portugal. I’m guessing that anyone who can afford to bid on this car will have no trouble paying for the associated costs of bringing it over.

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1987 BMW 735i 5-speed Euro-Spec

Published November 19, 2014 by Carter

Much like the E23 that it replaced, we just don’t seem to see a lot of good condition E32s cruising around these days. In comparison to the E34 that was launched at the same time and shared much of the technology, it’s interesting that this is the case; is it that 7-series owners just didn’t care for their cars as well, or expected something different from them? Certainly the German ultra-luxury market witnesses the greatest depreciation this side of a Nissan product, resulting in expensive cars in the hands of those who sometimes can’t afford or aren’t willing to maintain them. We’ve certainly seen our fair share of 750iL wrecks, for example – cars that just could never be brought back from the brink. But it still surprises me that we don’t see more of the 735i, especially the fairly rare 5-speed variants. We’ve listed them before, and I think one of the comments was “does a 7 series really fit with a manual?” Having grown up with one in the household, I can say it’s an emphatic yes. It may not have been the preferred transmission for the E32, but it transformed it from a sedate luxury car to a sports sedan with a luxury bias. It felt much quicker than it probably should have and drove more of less just like a heavier version of the 5 series – which is to say, quite well. But they’re very rare to see, so when this 1987 European-spec model popped up I was sure excited: