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Agreed, it still looks crisp and elegant nearly 30 years on!

@@BMW how many e34 are produced in world ?

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Yes

Both inside and out beautiful, form follows function so logically designed.

criminal? nah, that's 7-series from the same period (e32 I think is the code)

@@eviits This is criminal bmw, later on e38 became that, but e34 was famous in Balkans as Kamatarka or translated as Loan Shark. Loan Shark is someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest. You can guess why it got that name and even someone who dont know much about cars when you mention Kamatarka, people know what model you are referring to.

i am a lawyer in bali and i drove this car daily. feels like the smoothest criminal ever

Ronin

@@eviits yea I had an E32 then an E38 both 735 , the E38 was better but the E32 looked better , and I think this 5 series is the best looking 5 ever.

Great analogy!

Exactly sad really sad So much lost E60 design killed it :(

I disagree on that. I owned E30, E39, E60, E65, F10, G31 and G30 and drove almost every 3 and 5-series from the early 90's to today. When I compare my 318i E30 or the 520i E39 with my current 540i G30, I can't say that my G30 has less 'soul' than the other two. It still is pure driving pleasure (no xDrive!) and the engine is waay better than the old ones. Way more powerful but still very smooth, quick-responding and 'lively'.

You said it very well, I remember driving my pop's E21 and this year I drove an F30 340i Xdrive, it felt nice smooth and powerful, but there was something missing..... something that an old BMW had.

And it was so logically designed ,"Form-Follows-Function" engineered especially the interior controls and instrumentation . And it looked beautiful inside and out . Now they are up and such unreliable, expensive money pits .

Yes,reliable.

Adrian Farhan yes, with a few exceptions (one model of the damn engine computer had an issue where it'd would fail and inject fuel into the exhaust, see the NHTSA database) it's wonderfully reliable. My family's 1995 525i is still running beautifully!

I've read quite often that these were quite reliable.

Even the most powerful engine, the M60 V8 is really reliable. Basic maintenance will keep these running for a long time.

I have a question as a wv lover (also a big fan of bmw e30 and e34) are their engines relaible and is the bodywork durable???

My mother also had a E39 523i. She sold it due to financial troubles. We still miss that car till now.

I'm sorry about that bro. It can be a sad feeling. I hope no financial trouble never ever burdens you to the point where you have to sell a car you love so much. Cheers friend.

Christian i have both of them e39 has a better drive train and more safety both are 525tds but e34 faster and i prefer more e34

Christian. No way

German Steel i also have both. 525i M50TU and 528i M52TU. Both are refined, both smooth. E39 feels faster, although boatier. I think they both have a completely different look, not comparable to each other. E34 would be more comparable to an E30 or E32.

E39 is fat and the taillights are look like the tail lights in the cheap car. But E39 has the best suspension and high interior quality.

agree E39 is too round

Totally Agree....E39 is the best 5 series ever built

Teerapote Chatmonmat Still remember very first time driving friend's 1999 E39 528 m sport pk. I was astounded by how solid it drove. E39 is probably the best 5 series.

Still like the style of the e34 more

@Cruzito B I prefer the E39's looks but the E34 seems better proportioned to me.

@Danis B E39 is fat and the taillights are look like the tail lights in the cheap car. But E39 has the best suspension and high interior quality.

just bought one 4 days ago my first car as an 18 year ild

same :D

@@bonniesaxton9380 wanna buy one too as a first car. Too bad I live in Milan and it's a hard city as CO2 emission restrictions

I know ... right ... I was forced to ... It feels like treason. My father drove me to primary school in this car.

Things come and go. That's life.

Grew up and learned how to drive in my moms 94' 525i oxford green. Sold it almost 2 years ago, and still miss it every time I see an e34. I love my E90 335i that replaced it, but wish I coulda kept both - especially for the days its in the shop lol.

I got the exact year and model last year

RIP

Ray Roman and stay behind everyone else and go bankrupt? I encourage you to drive a 340i xDrive with all the packages you possibly can, that will show you the "new" character

Victor Estrada dude, here in Europe any engine bigger than 2.0 liters will make me go bankrupt. things are very expensive here. i play with what i can afford in taxes and fuel consumption. plus, i think you misunderstood my comm. ...oh well. suit yourself.

Ray Roman well, that car gets you up to 30mpg (around 27 mixed on mine) depending on how you drive. Only problem is price I guess. But you should definately dress up, pretend to be interested, and take one for a test drive. It might change your point of view when it comes to character.

Victor Estrada dude, i know what a powerful bmw engine can do. in fact i would live to own such a beast. but, here in Europe things are very different. 30 mpg is a lot more expensive than you can imagine. people aim for 45, 52, 60 mpg. fuel is sold by the liter and it very expensive.

Ray Roman really? How much does it cost to fill up?

Not every E34 can look ageless today, some definitively do show their age, but as long as they're in good condition, showing their age isn't a bad thing.

I couldn't agree with you more about good condition. In fact, BMW E34 is popularly used for every kind of movie

u can see me in Instagram : Driftaddicted , will be glad to meet bmw e34 lovers

I´ve got one an E 34 520 i 4 ventiles of 1990, and it is still in a very good shape !

Henry Hartfield absolutely, it's fun to drive ... the E34 M5

My moms e34 540i gets that on the highway too. Amazing. Until you put your foot down offcourse!

Please tell me how to do this - do I need to become god first?

Hello Steve, thanks for sharing! Do you have the same colour? We wish you sheer driving pleasure at all times. ;)

e34 520i should not be slow. ok its not M5 remember. but still it should be fun to drive and be fairly quick with sharp handling. get the engine looked at by a specialist, maybe there is something wrong with it ? air leaks, dirty filters, dirty injectors, do a compression test, has it done a big mileage / ( KMs ) ? mine is just slightly less power than my 525. yes i have both and like them both. no tuning or mod's on either. 520 is deffo lots of fun to drive. and quick.

The E32 was certainly a lot more advanced than the old W126, which was a magnificent car but obsolete by the early 1990s. Unfortunately, BMW then didn't really develop the 7 much, the E38 V12 in particular received few changes from the E32, and meanwhile Mercedes had launched the W140 with the 48-valve M120 V12, and the 32-valve M119 V8. The E38 is a wonderful car, but it's really more a big E39/modernised E32, and consequently had no hope of competing effectively with the W140. The W124 E-class was also a fine car and continued to sell well alongside the E34. Only when the E39 and W210 arrived did BMW establish supremacy in that sector - the 210 was ugly, badly-built and rusted like hell. The E39 was possibly the finest mass-production car ever made, and still the best in its class when it was replaced in 2003. Personally, I think BMW should have left it in production for a whole decade - the E60 was loaded with tech that wasn't fully developed and so became a nightmare to live with.

Richard Harrold Very true, agree 100%, although I personally prefer the e34 over the e39. Everything you said is dead on. And my preference to the e34 is only attributed to ergonomics and less isolation than the e39, imo e39 is probably by far the better daily driver, but e34 the more fun chassis to pilot, ironically though the better daily driver chassis wise suffers more VANOS drivetrains, the m62 timing chain faults, the s62 vs the s38, the e34 drivetrains were tanks, aside from BMW's typical weak cooling systems.

Derek Darch I have to say, my non-VANOS M62 has had no timing chain problems at all. Don't forget, the E34's M60s had Nikasil bore wear problems, and the M20s, M50s, M30s and S38s all had problems relating to their cast iron engine blocks... the E39 engines (apart from US-market M52s) were all alloy, and the S62 in particular is a masterpiece. At 394bhp (400PS) it's hardly trying... in the Ascari A10, it makes 625bhp without any forced induction. My E39s have had no cooling problems at all, the systems are absolutely massive. They're tremendous fun to punt down a B-road too.

@@mislavkonjik2827 ooh, tough question. The M104 was certainly a better engine than the M20, and probably better than the M50. The M119 V8s (at least the closed deck block versions) were very much bigger physically than the M60 and had more cooling capacity and more room to grow in displacement. I like the E34 a lot, but of the two, I'd probably choose the W124...

@@mislavkonjik2827 pretty sure the 124 sold in bigger volumes, and unlike the E34, its platform lived on at Ssangyong.

Legends are never getting old, are they?

Yeszaaa its still maintain Sir

We're happy to hear that you like the BMW 5 Series Touring! Thank you :)

Hi what colour is the touring. It looks purple. Isn't daytona violet purple?

Watson Lee looks like Canyonrot