Chris Harris is selling his beloved 1996 BMW ‘M5’ Touring and while it didn’t roll out of the factory as an M5, it has been lovingly modified and essentially turned into one.
The British journo notes in the listing at Collecting Cars that he purchased the car shortly after his lease on a Mercedes-AMG E 63 S ended. It is technically a BMW 525i SE that has been fitted with a 3.6-liter six-cylinder engine and a five-speed manual transmission from an E34 M5 driving the rear wheels. Harris doesn’t know how many miles the engine has done but suggests it is probably around the 100,000-mile (160,000 km) mark.
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The car sits lower than a standard BMW M5 Touring but as it doesn’t have the same trick suspension, it has a softer ride and less body control. Harris adds that from the outside, the 525i is virtually indistinguishable from an E34 M5.
As for the cabin, it features seats from an M5 but doesn’t feature air conditioning or a stereo. The headliner isn’t in particularly good condition with Harris explaining it reminds him of a pet snake he used to own that couldn’t shed its skin properly. The car recently underwent a £4,729 ($8,708) service.
Harris says he is selling the car for a number of reasons. For one, he has too many cars and not enough places to store them. In addition, his old dog passed away just a few months after he bought the car, so he no longer needs an estate to carry a pet.
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