The BMW 5 Series History. The 3rd Generation (E34)

Law · 01-03-2017, 06:22 AM

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Third video of the BMW Youtube series on the BMW 5-series.

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The 3rd generation BMW 5 Series brought a lot of interesting premiers. For the first time all-wheel drive was available in a 5 Series. Moreover besides the sedan body style, the range expanded into the “Touring” wagon. Let’s have a look behind the scenes of the development of BMWs 3rd Generation BMW 5 Series.

M-Pilot · 01-03-2017, 01:39 PM

Holy wheel gap!

I still love how it looks tho...

Geo_335 · 01-03-2017, 01:51 PM

Still one of my favorite BMWs of all time, I miss my 535i everyday!

fndrsn · 01-03-2017, 04:31 PM

The car that started my love affair with BMW! I loved my dad's E36 but I'll never forget when he got is Oxford Green/Beige E34 and seeing that gleaming BMW logo on the steering wheel from the back seat, was hooked from that day

Also why I love green on beige cars incidentally! Will definitely own an E34 M5 some day

raysspl · 01-03-2017, 04:53 PM

Love it!

Pictor · 01-03-2017, 10:05 PM

One of my least favorite. I have had at least one of each generation 5 series. My only E34 was a 1989 535i/A. I'm not sure if it was because it was my first automatic BMW or if it was because it was a first year car but I rank it at the bottom of my list of 5's. My second to least favorite also happens to have been an automatic.

kmarei · 01-03-2017, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Law

Third video of the BMW Youtube series on the BMW 5-series.

Still one of my all time favourite 5 series
I remember how hot the M5 touring of this shape was when it came out
I believe it was called the shark due to the dark grey "underbelly"

Man, I miss the good old BMWs
Before we started popping out tens of variants of each shape, and catering to the Chinese market.

NYAWE60 · 01-04-2017, 08:25 AM

Just some real fun entertainment here

cncmastr · 01-04-2017, 08:39 AM

I like that purple touring!

bmwcoder · 01-04-2017, 12:11 PM

car of all time

Law · 01-04-2017, 01:10 PM

I'm still unsure as to why the M5 has been omitted from this video series so far (perhaps BMW is planning on releasing a separate video series on the M5) but here's the original promotional video on the E34 M5:

One really gets the sense that BMW Motorsport GmbH was proud of their racing heritage and work while having a philosophical commitment in delivering the finest craftsmanship, engineering, and quality to showcase said heritage.

Of course, we know that the E34 M5 was the last M-model to be hand-built and BMW Motorsport GmbH would be renamed BMW M GmbH in 1993.

Paul-Bracq-BMW · 01-06-2017, 06:55 AM

Beautiful official pics of the (Automatic) V8 540i in Royal Blue Metallic and Ghost Grey (I believe) during the launch of the new G30 in Portugal...

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Paul-Bracq-BMW · 01-06-2017, 07:39 AM

My favorite of the e34: The M5 Touring! This one seems to have a little bit of an oil leak ;-)

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gixxerboy63 · 01-08-2017, 01:06 PM

still one of my favorites;

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