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Highlights
- Iconic BMW executive car
- Nicely styled and quietly luxurious
- 2.8L M30 Straight-6 powerplant with 5-speed manual transmission
- Highly original period interior
The Appeal
When it hit the market in 1981, the BMW 5-series seemed more like a facelift of its predecessors than it did a particularly new motor. Looks were deceptive - the car was an impressive new generation with a particularly tasty executive spec.
This example, slap-bang in the centre of the model’s production, comes to us in fine fettle with much of its originality intact. It’s a fabulous little time capsule to the golden age of the executive motor.
The History and Paperwork
- Built in 1984
- In current ownership since 2020
- The car currently indicates 133,899km
- This is supported by the vehicle’s recent history
- The vehicle has, according to its service history, done only just over 8,000 miles since 2015
The paperwork file includes:
- Belgian registration certificate
- Car-Pass document
- BMW confirmation certificate
- Power test certificate
The Interior
- Highly original interior
- Grey fabric seats, carrying light wear
- No clear rips or tears, only some marks to the bolsters
- Door cards in good condition with no clear signs of wear
- Carpets are in good condition with only soft signs of use
- Dashboard is clean and well-kept with its original instruments
- Radio has been swapped for a modern Blaupunkt Denver 212 ‘retro-style’ unit
- The headlining is in excellent order with no clear marks or wear
- Round the back, the boot is in excellent order with a spare wheel and toolkit
Highly presented, and loaded with originality, this 5-series cabin is a great example of 1980s business-savvy luxury. With such modern features as a trip computer, these cars were highly innovative for their time, and this example looks in excellent condition throughout.
The Exterior
- Impressive, body styling designed by Claus Luthe
- Stylish silver paintwork in excellent order
- Bodywork in good order with a nice, tight panel fit
- Chrome trims in good, clean order with no peel we can spot
- The glasswork and lenses are free of any chips or cracks
- The car is sitting on its original BMW alloys
- Shod in a full set of Uniroyal tyres that look in good order
- Arches appear solid with only light age-commensurate wear
- Underside is in very good condition with no perforating corrosion
Thoroughly well-kept, this 528i is a great ambassador to 80s BMW styling. Free of any faults we’ve been able to discern, it’s beautifully presented. Sitting on its original alloys, with a solid-looking underside, it’s bound to impress even the most discerning enthusiast.
The Mechanics
- 2.8L M30 Straight-6 powerplant
- 5-speed manual transmission
- Beautifully presented engine bay
- No reports of any mechanical faults
- No abs
The M30 is a very well-reputed bit of kit, and it’s for good reason. They’re still capable of keeping up on the modern network, giving you a sharp opportunity for a modern daily driver. This example is in fine fettle, with no reports of leaks, knocks, bangs or smoke - and an utterly superb-looking engine bay.
Summary
A superb time capsule from the 80s - this 528i carries a rare level of originality and is bound to get plenty of attention. It’s rare we see one of these in such fine order.
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