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      02-16-2018, 06:01 AM   #23
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Cool story! I'd be interested in driving one.
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I’d read about it but never saw pics or videos.

So it’s basically an Alpina 3 mechanically, but not cosmetically. Very cool.
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What a beauty. Lekka my bru.
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Looks like they put the steering wheel on the wrong side...
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Such a lovely car and OMG that sound!!! The part where he turned the key and fired it up gave me goosebumps.

As for that M540i, did people complain of badge whoring and diluting the M brand back then like they do now?

Thanks for posting these!

Back when M GmbH first started to produce "M" models... the "M" came in front of the model number. As in... "M535i", "M635i" etc. I think later(a few years), with the introduction of the e30 M3 did they just start using one number: M3, M5, etc.

Today, we have come full circle... with the M-light models.

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Back when M GmbH first started to produce "M" models... the "M" came in front of the model number. As in... "M535i", "M635i" etc. I think later(a few years), with the introduction of the e30 M3 did they just start using one number: M3, M5, etc.

Today, we have come full circle... with the M-light models.

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Think the E28 was also just called the M5, which came out in '85.
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Think the E28 was also just called the M5, which came out in '85.
There was an E12-based M535i earlier, in' 81 I think.
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Never knew this model.

But, I also had an M3 that was not an M3 back in 1987. When I was in Italy for college in 1987, the E30 M3 was the car to have but since there were absurdly high taxes on engines over 2 liter capacity, they did not import them to Italy. So, BMW decided to manufacture the 320is to circumvent the tax issue using the S14 engine with a slightly shorter stroke so that the displacement was just under 2000cc. It had 141 kW or192 BHP/6900RPM with a red line of 7300 RPM. It had a wider and flatter torque (despite lower torque) curve and a better 0-60 time than the M3 due to the lower weight.

Ah, memories...
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great video and story. Big fan of low key videos like this and seeing regular people accomplish their dreams
I agree with you; much more interesting than yet another rich kid whose daddy leased a Lambo for twelve months.
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