The BMW E34 5-Series is in a kind of no-man’s land at the moment; too old to be modern, but not old enough to be a classic. Thus it makes the perfect fodder for a Daily Turismo both as a DT feature car, and to own & flog on a daily basis. Prices are low, […]
The E39 generation BMW 5-series was built from 1995-2003 and was available with fuel sipping diesel engines (but not in North America), silky gas I6s and brutish V8s. The range topping M5 is certainly the maniac’s choice, but the 540 is still a competent car for about 1/3 of the price. In fact, the E39 […]
The Daily Turismo is proud to introduce a new kind of post, the Face-Off, where we compare and contrast two similarly priced cars. Today we offer you 6 speeds for 6 thousand dollars, a fantastic speeds/dollar ratio and each transmission is wrapped with German steel, style and luxury. The contender on my left is a […]
The E39 BMW 540i is one of the many BMW performance bargains available on the used car market today. Prices for the all-alloy V8 engined cars start around the price of a winter beater and even the nice/rare examples trade for well less than the price of new Civic. This 1999 BMW 540iT Wagon has […]
Here at the Daily Turismo we enjoy finding Tinsel Towncars that are a fair match for an on-screen vehicle, but to find an actual used movie car for DT prices is a treat! This 1998 BMW 540 disguised as an M5 was used for filming in Fast & Furious (aka FF4, 2009) and is for […]
We just featured a e39 BMW 540i yesterday and while some would say it is too soon to feature another used/abused 5-series, we say its never too soon to share a rear-wheel drive luxury sedan that today is selling for 1/10th of its original MSRP. The e34 BMW 5-series is considerably more dated in appearance […]
The BMW 5-series was well established as the upper end luxury/sports sedan to have when the e39 series was introduced in 1995. Most were ordered with automatic transmissions but a few lucky individuals picked up the 540i V8 model mated to a 6-spd manual transmission – basically a poor man’s M5. These are still somewhat […]