One of my dream cars

[KingKong8247]

Oh man I would love to own this baby The BMW 8 series E31
http://www.dinanbmw.com/html/graphics/850_red_400.jpg
http://www.ultimategarage.com/bmw8b12.jpg

Oooooh perty.

Anyone ever driven in one of these?? How was it?

[SR240DET]

i thought there was a dicusion about this car... and it was a photochop... i may be wrong.. but dont quote me on that..

[KiDyNomiTe]

Originally posted by SR240DET
i thought there was a dicusion about this car... and it was a photochop... i may be wrong.. but dont quote me on that..

Zuh, i dont think its a chop, I know there is a BMW that does look like that though. I used to see it all the time, looks kinda odd at first but this is a unique BMW, no angel eyes.

Yet again retractable headlights rule :D :p

[Cthulhu]

They're pretty uncommon, but it's no photochop.
It's a nice car. I rode in one some time ago and it was quite nice, can't say I've ever driven one though. It had all sorts of high tech amenities for its time (I think they were made from 91 to 96 or so). If I remember correctly, the entire side window, b pillar and all, can be lowered. They were pretty heavy, but then again they weren't exactly built to be the sportiest of the bmw line.

[SilviaDriver]

if i remember correctly they stop making the 8 series an while back

my friends older cousins drives one. looks pretty nice. for me id take a 95 M3 or 02 M3

[mrmephistopheles]

The BMW 8 series! Both my wife and myself have a thing for this model. They have both 840 and 850 in different trim levels (i, ci, etc) and some even came with a 6 speed. The 840 was a V8, the 850 was a V10. Very nice cars, with an original sticker of over $120k, you can pick up a VERY nice example for ~$25k. Production years were as Cthulu said, somewhere around '91-96.
These are AWESOME cars.

[mrmephistopheles]

I think the next car my wife & I buy will be a BMW 540i.. '99-01 or thereabouts.. I love the styling & they're just such an awesome car. We'd love to get an 8 series, but we're forced to be realistic.

[-E-]

yaeh I use to see them all the time its a fuc king sweet car

[Cthulhu]

Just to clarify, the 850 was a V12, around 5.5L. It had 322hp, but the ultra rare 850csi had more, around 380.

[mrmephistopheles]

DURRRRR... Thanks, dude. When I was posting I had the mental image of the M-B SL500 with it's 'V10' badge on the side. Thanks for unfscking me.

[Cthulhu]

I think the s/sl 500's have v8's, and the 600 models have v12's (with a "v12" badge). Whatever, sorry to nitpick over little facts.

[xLSTONEx]

personally I wouldn't drive it. A BMW with pop up head lights, thats just not right. They the lines do look pretty good, just don't like the front end.

[the head]

There was one at a dealership locally last summer i went in and testdrove it the thing was seriously sweet too bad they wanted 40k for it
and for clarification
850ci V12
SL500 V8
SL600 V12

M-B powerplants
320 V6
430 V8
500 V8
600 V12

I left out the 230 engine because i am not sure on it's layout

[Apparition]

http://www.zeemax.com/7e31wb.htm

Widebody kits for the 850csi. Its a UK site, obviously with the bmw plant in Germany, a lot were made over there. Car looks pretty amazing.

[ca18guy]

I been seeing a black one for sale here all the time. Those pictures don't do the car justice. The car looks fairly heavy though :( Anyone know what it wieghs?

[ruf]

Back when I was a punk college kid, I came up to a stoplight heel-toe-ing into second then first behind an 850csi. I guess I spooked him because he took off like a bat out of hell. No tire squeal, no exhaust note, just ridiculous acceleration. Looked like it was being towed on a rubber band. Most reviews describe the engine as locomotive-like, it just keeps on pulling. The 850 engine is the basis of the engine in the McLaren F1 supercar.

[MorganS13]

we had a 91 850 at a dealer i worked at for $14,500 :) it had some electrical gremlins but was in mint condition and had around 123k miles.. people were flying in from across the country to look at it

[AKADriver]

Originally posted by xLSTONEx
personally I wouldn't drive it. A BMW with pop up head lights, thats just not right. They the lines do look pretty good, just don't like the front end.

It wasn't the first:
http://thor.prohosting.com/~abmw/m1/M1-profi.jpg
The front end styling was taken from the BMW M1 from the late '70s.

The 8-series oozes class, it was built to complete with the Benz SL. They're very big, very heavy, and the V12 versions are very fast.

An 840i or 850i can be had for not much money today, considering what they cost new, but they're very expensive to maintain, like the similar vintage 7-series but even more complicated.

[boro240]

ive only ever seen like 2 on the road, which i supose is something cause i live in hawaii.

[-E-]

man them widebody kits are fuc king hot
http://www.zeemax.com/Images/ZM8WB/7e31wb5.jpg

[whateverjames]

I think they are nice looking cars. I always mistake them for the older Toyota Supras for a second, if one is coming toward me, or I only see the front of one in a parking lot.

http://graham.talkes.net/pictures/suprapic/mkiv/dscf0095.jpg