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I didnt no that BMW had made these, but they were just concepts they decided against producing them, i think they shot themselves in the foot!





the coupe is just amazing beautiful they should have defiently had made them!!!

I want to say yank market trash.
















But I like them.

the coupe would of been a deffinate winner could of taken on the merc

Wow the coupe looks really smart. The cab doesn't work though, look at the fat arse on that!

BMW were in need of a big cabrio to sell a long side the 3er, and had developed a cabrio version of the 8er. However, for some reason BMW pulled the plug at the 11th hour.

This one is registered.

The way they're talked about on the e34 website, I reckon they were more than just a concept car.

i want one

a certain bmw big wig pulled the plug on the and an M8

And again

Gravy wrote:Wow the coupe looks really smart. The cab doesn't work though, look at the fat arse on that!

imagine what it would av been like if bootyman got hold of it

the coupe loooks nice though

No pics from the front of the coupe. Reckon it would have been fairly bland and indestinguishable from a regular e34.

ohh that looks nice, i always liked the merc 300ce, hmm but a e34 2dr sounds pimp

3er, 5er, 8er, etc. is BMW speak for 3 series, 5 series, 8 series....etc.

I've never heard my car say that!!

Kos wrote:a certain bmw big wig pulled the plug on the and an * I tried to use text speak but the text speak filter stopped me *

i didnt use text speak, why the hell did the filter cut me out ??? kunting thing filter

the car was stopped from production together with the so called M 8 ( thats what i think the filter cut out )

i would give my left arm for the e34 coupe its growing on me more and more

KOs, you're probably right the m plus 8 minus space would give you text speak. How long was the coupe run for?

i want a 540i cab "i like big butts and i cannot lie"

I'd love a 3.8ltr E34 M5 cabriolet or coupe, now wouldn't that just be the dogs B*****KS!

Rosc0PColtrane wrote: How long was the coupe run for?

they built a proto type, but it had no lights and wasnt very street legal,

here's info

BMW M8
1990, V12 (S70/1), about 6.0l displacement, 550 hp, prototype, number: 1

The BMW 850CSi is a detuned version of the M8 which has never been produced and remained a prototype only. The M8 should have been built in a consequently lightweight manner in order to be a 'Ferrari-Killer'. The specially developed 550 hp engine has never been used except in the prototype - of which only one exists. But with the support of McLaren the M8 engine was transformed into the power plant of the McLaren F1 super sports car. At the time of development of the M8 there was virtually no market for such a car, so the BMW manager cancelled the project.

The M8-Prototype is perhaps the best-kept secret of BMW. Absolutely no one must see it or can get information, by order from the general manager himself. Questions from motorsport magazines remain unanswered as well. The car is locked away in the so-called Giftschrank, which could be translated as 'poison-storage'. According to BMW it is hidden behind lots of boxes anyway and will be destroyed in the near future as the 8 series doesn't exist any more and neither a successor.
The Prototype has never been road safe (even the headlights were missing as you can see in the picture) and was only loosely patched together, which is the reason why it is not presented in their museum. It's not even good for that ...says BMW.

Yes, the papers of an 850CSi say, it's an M8, but that's not of much use if you know what it could have been. What the S70 engine is capable of speaks for itself. See the world record run of the McLaren F1. The guys at McLaren say they could get 1000 hp at 9500 or 10000 rpm from the engine.

The different versions of the S70 engine:

S70 5576 ccm 380 hp, 24V, 850CSi 1992
S70/1 about 6000 ccm 550 hp, 48V(?), M8 prototype 1990
S70/2 6064 ccm 627 hp, 48V, McLaren F1 1993
S70/3 6064 ccm 635 hp, 48V, McLaren F1 1996

all info and pictures here

Kos wrote:all info and pictures here

I want that car!

that is feckin georgeous might even tempt me out of an e30

Both photoshopped but interesting again (the e34's in the original post).

edit: Second thoughts on the convertible. Might be sold there.

Amazing. Thanks for digging up the information Kos. Any on the e34 coupe?

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:

And again

sorry but that roofline/doorline is huge and fugly.

that door must weigh a fair bit. bet its sagging badly off the hinges.

M5 convertable

"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 (pound symbol) 50,000 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."

And a coupe would have a c pillar buttress in the glass because ?

Get glasses lol

looooooook you can more or less see the rear door shut line on that green one. Wtf lol wake up!

edit: I'm kinda buying the black M5 convertible visually tho and the history. If it's written on tiniternet. But that green one is not right I tells ya.

Headshot

i think i just shat myself!

lol

I must be getting old, but that is one fine beast

Andy

Ok. Look at the right side rear window, through the rear glass. You will see the original window divide pillar there. Look how on the left side it isn't there. Look also at the distance between the A pillar and B pillar both sides. There's other stuff but the rear pillar is the most obvious.

I would say was a fine beast till it got photoshopped.