E28

E28 BMW: A History of the Classic 5 Series When it was launched in 1981, most folks were surprised that the new BMW E28 5 Series looked like a facelifted E12. The 1972 E12 5…

Fit for a king, a first-generation BMW M5 is listed on Bring A Trailer as a performance sedan first owned by none other than Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. It’s a 1987 car painted…

The BMW 5 Series G30 is going out with a proverbial bang as the limited-run B5 GT is the most powerful car ever launched by the Buchloe-based brand. The niche automaker is celebrating the illustrious…

The Cars: VW Golf GTI and BMW 520i Looking through some old photos the other day, I chanced upon one taken in December 1982, just before Christmas, in fact. In the picture, we see not…

Car design in the 1980s took a bit of a radical turn. We saw incredible vehicles like the Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Countach, and the DeLorean DMC-12. But for BMW, the 1980s represented a bit of…

The E28 is among the most beautiful BMW sedans ever made but this is no ordinary second-generation 5 Series. It started out in life as a 1986 535i equipped with an M30 engine making about…

They say you should always respect your elders, and Graham, our hero of the day, did just that with his venerable BMW M5 from the E28 era. He originally bought the car in 1989 at…

I had a bit of a brain hiccup recently that prompted me to think of cars I’ve driven that disappointed me and immediately thought of three cars. These are not necessarily cars I loathe, rather…

With all the talk about the new 7 Series with its 31-inch display, automatic doors, and door-mounted touchscreen, we figured a break from technology was in order. This 5 Series from the second generation is…

It was last November when we talked about an M3 conversion of the F31 3 Series and now we bring you another impressive transformation. Meet the E28 Touring aka the estate BMW never sold during…