BMW M5 E34 Convertible – The car that was never built

  • Posted on: 30.10.2009
  • Author: Horatiu B.
  • Comments: 7

Well, the BMW M5 E35 Cabrio was indeed built, but it never made it into production. In 1989, Motorsport engineers developed an M5 convertible, with two lengthened front doors and seating for four. It really did come very close to production – a price of 50,000 GBP was agreed, and space was even booked at the Geneva Motor Show. But one week before its intended debut, BMW “killed” it, believing it would have led to a demand for non-M 5 Series convertibles, which might have dented drop-top 3 Series sales.”

Yesterday, in front of numerous journalists, BMW unveiled for the first time the hidden gem: E34 M5 Convertible. To mark the 25th anniversary of the M5 models, European journalists were invited at Nurburgring track in Germany. Our sister blog, BimmerToday, attended the event and captured some exclusive photos of the M5 Cabriolet.

Live virtually all convertibles built at that time, the BMW M5 E34 Cabrio has a soft fabric roof top and it is quite a looker.

BMW-E34-M5-CONVERTIBLE-3Enjoy the exclusive photos and stay tuned for more photos from the event, including the BMW E39 M5 Touring.

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7 Responses to “BMW M5 E34 Convertible – The car that was never built”

  1. Kyle says:
    October 30, 2009 at 4:32 am

    I WANT ONE

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  2. M.Pertz says:
    October 30, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Thanks God that it was never released to production. The roof top looks like heck.

    Reply
  3. bob says:
    October 30, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    By the way, BMW also had a prototype of an E31 Cabrio. CAR published a picture of it for their January 1991 issue, p. 155.

    Reply
  4. Matt Stokes says:
    October 31, 2009 at 1:21 am

    I want it, and not just because I can’t have it!

    Reply
  5. Video: 25 years of BMW says:
    October 31, 2009 at 5:07 am

    [...] we briefly took a look at the BMW M5 E34 Convertible, the only M5 cabrio ever considered for production, a car that was nixed just days prior to the [...]

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  6. krarim salama says:
    October 31, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    Very beautiful car

    Reply
  7. viper says:
    October 31, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    shame….thats why I like mb now

    Reply

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