I took some pictures at E class presentation last week.
I have to say I was very impressed with its' external and internal design, it looks modern and classy still, very recognizable as an E with its' 4 separate headlamps. It is a much better solution than the one C/S class employ.
Silver car is an Avantgarde, with sports lowered suspension, bigger wheels, BiXenon headlights and diode rear clusters as standard. This one has this all-black sunroof, similar to SL's panoramic roof I think. The silver is great, it is very light,
close to white under bright light.
Two other cars are Elegance, with different trim, wheels and other details. One was dark gray metallic and the other dark blue/black metallic, both colours suited the car well, made it look smaller.
Overall the car has a lot in common with the new SL, it is very streamlined, it has a sharper nose than an outgoing model, rakish windscreen and C pillar pushed far back to give the profile the sporty and light appearance.
The Lamborghini Gallardo came out when I was ten years old. Right then and there I knew I needed to do everything in my power to own one. Ten years of saving, working and dreaming later, I bought myself one :biggrinbounce:. Here's my new beauty next to the E39. I think they look great together.
Cheers,
Check out this E60 535D reprogrammed to develop 353HP...
http://www.speed-factor.net/news.php3
This is probably the world's fastest BMW diesel up to now. :M5thumbs:
Best Regards.
NSMG
I have always thought the Bracq 1972 Gullwing was a nice looking and more interesting car, than the later Giugiaro e26 M1. With an uprated 2002 Turbo engine (200 hp) BMW said it could do 0-60 mph in 6.6 seconds and 155 mph. So not much slower than the M1. It also introduced the raised hood...
Some shared history between these two Motorsport cars was that they never got the 24 valve 3.5 liter. The super valuable CSL never even got the 3.5 motor, the best it had was the 206 hp 3.2 liter to help homologate the racing CSL engine.
Even later with the e12, BMW didn't make the M88 in...
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