In the early 1990s BMW was known for its silky smooth inline-6 engines, and it hadn’t produced a V8 in 25 years (the last BMW V8 was a 3.2 liter model first used in the 501/502 and finally in the 3200 CS model in 1965). However, the folks in Dingolfing were never known for sitting on […]
Take a normal car and turning it into a custom widebody can result in a cool ride or a total pile of ugg, depending on the skill and vision of the fabricator. Another consideration is that most widebody vehicles are two-door coupes, but occasionally you’ll see some fender flares on a sedan and today we […]
The trick of doing a good engine swap is simple…just follow these two rules: (1) pick a sweet vehicle with plenty of street cred, but maybe down a few ponies on power & (2) juice it up with something that keeps alive the spirit of the original automobile, but turns the dial up to 11. […]
Few cars offer as much value (pound for pound…or kilo for kilo) as the E39 generation BMW 540i (1994-2003) with 6-speed manual gearbox. It is the middleweight of sports sedans, and one minute it is a mild mannered scientists, but get it upset and the beast from within beats pavement and rear tires with equal […]
The E38 BMW 7-series was the last BMW to be totally free of the Bangle styling that cursed covered the cars for a decade or so. Additionally the E38 was the last of the 7-series to come with a manual gearbox, but only in some markets….which I believe the USA wasn’t included. Find this 2001 BMW […]
Nearly every car brand has a few independent tuners that work their magic modifying their cars. Dinan has carved out a strong reputation in the USA BMW universe. Today’s modified Dinan 540i poses a strong argument against BMW’s highest performing in house car the M5. With E39 M5 prices climbing by the day, the price […]
The E34 (1987-1996) was the third generation of BMW’s executive class 5-series sedan and it was the first to feature V8 power. As the high mileage examples of the E34 are driven into the ground, a few nice examples float around waiting for some magical renaissance for used German luxury sedans that may or may […]
The E34 generation BMW 5-series was produced from 1988 through 1996 with an unusual (for BMW) range of engines offered over its lifetime. The collection of piston pumpers included the beastly S38 inline-6 in the M5, the sweet sounding M60 V8, a few junky inline-4s for Europe (including a 103 horsepower natural gas burner), and […]
Let’s be honest, not everybody living on this rock hurtling through the infinite expanses of space has the fortitude or wherewithal to daily drive a BMW with 200k miles on the odometer. But you won’t find a better 6-speed V8 sedan for less. Find this 2000 BMW 540i 6-speed offered for $4,000 in Dallas, TX […]
The E30 generation BMW was a significant improvement over the E21 that it replaced, but more in the evolutionary sense than revolutionary. It was still powered by inline-4 and inline-6 M-series engines, used rack-and-pinion with MacPherson struts up front, and semi-trailing arms out back…but each part was just a little bit better in the new […]