HIGHLIGHTS
- Amazing original condition
- Superb interior with heated front and rear seats
- Recommissioned in 2023 after lay-up
- Great running order and freshly serviced
THE APPEAL
If you’re a fan of 80s and 90s performance cars, they don’t come much more special than this – the legendary E34 BMW M5.
Based on the 5-Series saloon, the E34 was the last of the six-cylinder M5s, and to many is regarded as the model’s high watermark. Powered by the legendary S38 straight-six powerplant, the M5 developed 315bhp and was assembled by hand at the M-Division’s Dingolfing Factory in Bavaria, built up around a painted factory body shell.
This one is a lovely, original example that was purchased by the vendor – a long-term BMW enthusiast – earlier this year. He’d always wanted one and is sad to have to sell it, but a new business venture means he needs to sell it to raise investment capital.
It’s a fabulous colour – Macau Blue – which is almost a dark metallic black with anthracite blue highlights, and rides on immaculate factory alloys.
It was given a full service by the vendor in September this year. It is presented in extremely good original condition – not perfect, but incredibly smart and solid – and comes with a Lux Pack interior featuring heated front and rear seats. It has an advisory-free MOT valid until August 2024 and is a great example of a well-cared-for and highly useable M-Car icon, ready to show and enjoy.
THE HISTORY AND PAPERWORK
- UK V5C
- MOT August 2024
- DVLA plate change – previously on a cherished registration
- All original manuals and complete book pack in BMW wallet
- Original Blaupunkt Toronto radio-cassette manual
- Invoices for all service parts acquired by the vendor in September 2023
- Selection of past service and parts invoices and receipts
- Further invoice for major service and minor repairs totalling £1,800 in August this year
- Was stored for 13 years before being put back on the road earlier in 2023
- Dealer number plates from Cooper BMW in Kent
THE CONDITION
- Macau Blue Metallic – so dark it appears black in most lights
- Genuine BMW ‘Throwing Star’ alloy wheels in immaculate order
- Decent Toyo tyres all-round
- Excellent external order with just a few very slight blemishes
- Tiny area where paint has rubbed thin on bootlid
- Small amount of lacquer peel on fuel filler flap
- Some deterioration to matt black finish on upper door frames
- A few very small stone chips commensurate with the car’s age and mileage
- Presents superbly overall and paint has a good quality finish
- Underside in good condition and no structural advisories on recent MOT
- Grey leather and cloth sports seats, heated front and rear
- Seats in very good order with no notable wear
- Good carpets and headlining
- Door cards in good order with slight sagging fabric to OSR door
- Original Blaupunkt Toronto radio-cassette
- Phillips radio-cassette player
- Electric sunroof
- Four electric windows
- Cruise control
- Three-spoke M-Sport steering wheel
- M5 stainless kickplates
- Superb crack-free dashboard
- Functioning factory trip computer
- Tailored rubber floor mats
- Complete and untouched tool kit
- Factory fire extinguisher and first aid kit
- Original glovebox torch
THE MECHANICS
- 3.5-litre straight six
- 315bhp
- Five-speed manual transmission
- Engine runs well and shows good oil pressure
- Recent overhaul and new brake pads and sensors
- Serviced just a few hundred miles ago
- Car has been lightly recommissioned for road use
- Please note: MOT record in 2006 entry was an error by the tester - this is supported by history documentation
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