In today's world, the idea of a hand built car is something that is relegated to ornate and absurdly fast hypercars produced by small boutique manufacturers with equally ornate names. However, in 1988 the ordinary buyer could walk into a BMW showroom and purchase a hand assembled 4-door performance car, right off the showroom floor in the form of the E34 BMW M5. The E34 generation of BMW's iconic M5 series of performance sedans followed on the successful launch of the E28 series 3 years prior. The painted shells of the cars arrived at BMW M GmbH in Garching, Germany where a team of skilled employees hand assembled the car in approximately 2 weeks time. The M5 was originally delivered with a 3.5-liter inline 6-cylinder engine producing 311 bhp and 266 lb/ft of torque later upgraded to a 3.8-liter version for the Euro market in late 1992. A total of 12,254 BMW M5's were handcrafted and distributed worldwide over the seven-year period from 1988 to 1995 before it was replaced by the restyled and more powerful V8 of the E39 M5.
The example on offer here is a 1991 BMW M5 Sedan, chassis number WBSHD9316MBK05387 and engine number 60974829 has only 31,230 miles from new (at the time of writing) and is finished in Brilliant Red over Silver Leather. It is outfitted with the optional Executive Seating package and is complete with Books, Tools, Jack and the original spare. According to the included clean CarFax, this M5 was sold new and first titled in Maryland in late 1990. It spent a good portion of its life here, being serviced at BMW of Towson before moving to California in 2012 with 27,835 miles on the odometer. The car was driven sparingly for the next two years, moving back to New York in 2014 with 29,660 miles on the odometer. From here the car changed hands between a number of private collectors in the New York area, driven sparingly and stored properly among large collections of other vehicles. When we acquired the M5 a month ago it was taken to BMW of the Main Line here in Philadelphia where it was treated to a detailed inspection to find any issues as well as a comprehensive standard “Service II” book service which covers a multitude of elements to bring it 100% current. As it sits now, this M5 needs nothing and currently sits in fantastic original condition, very representative of the indicated mileage. This 1991 BMW M5 represents an awesome opportunity to own a low miles, hand assembled M car that surely falls into collector status and undoubtedly has excellent potential for future gains in value. Included with the sale of this car are the original books, tools, jack, and spare.
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