What's the most ridiculous yet cool BMW you can think of?

[MrDazzle]

Stock or modified...vaguely stupid, yet desirable cars none the less.

I start with 2 simple ones:

Batmobile: I mean, WTF?



And the first M Coupe
It's a Z3.

Touring.

[toby]

I think these are two of my faves. Would have to change the front of the z3m - it looks awful.

The new 6 series looks like a z3 on acid and comes with a free set of golf clubs

[binxy69]

I like the batmobile, its crazy, kinda like the lambo countach (spelt wrong i know) of bmw's. I talked my mate out of buying a z3 and bought a heavily modified e30 instead. Best decision he's ever made me thinx.

[Chris-W]

2002 Turbo!

[Rosc0PColtrane]

ditto

z1?

Obsessively geeky?

[fozzymandeus]

Love the reverse decals on the front splitter on the '02.

[maxfield]

M1.

[320Touring]

2002 turbo as stated, and e34 M5

hubcaps and a 520i badge FTW

[Tom944]

I mean, WTF!

[fuzzy]

what about an e30 'estate' with a ford engine? how silly would that be?

[riklusby]

An e30 with a ford engine !!!!! sacrilage almost as bad as an e30 with a nissan or lexus engine

Hows about an aerodynamic e21

[tire]

1990 320i with 3.5litre alloy rover v8 + rover tranny. Not jaw dropping but pretty bloody cool, and I bet it goes.

[wiledw]

M1, Z8, 6 series bi-turbo. less ridiculas more just flipping

[StuBeeDoo]

Batmobile: I mean, WTF?

Ah, the nostalgia! I remember when the Batmobile first hit the tracks. It was just so different. It just happened to coincide with the beginning of my lust for the BMW's of the era (E3 and E9).

And the first M Coupe. It's a Z3...... Touring.

I thought the 2002 Touring was pretty cool too.....



IIRC, the first time BMW had used the "Touring" name.
It's never occurred to me before, but the Z3 Coupe would be a far more logical candidate for the continuation of the Touring name-line than for it to have been the E30 sports-estate (and all subsequent models of 3- and 5-series with that body-shape). Just goes to prove that in some senses BMW did lose the plot with E30, just as they have more recently.
Sorry, I'm rambling.
I'll get my coat............

[o22ie]

That rover engine bay is just screaming out for a Strut Brace

[320Touring]

IIRC, the first time BMW had used the "Touring" name.
It's never occurred to me before, but the Z3 Coupe would be a far more logical candidate for the continuation of the Touring name-line than for it to have been the E30 sports-estate (and all subsequent models of 3- and 5-series with that body-shape). Just goes to prove that in some senses BMW did lose the plot with E30, just as they have more recently.
Sorry, I'm rambling.
I'll get my coat............

I take it you mean as in a 3 dr estate? Thats the reason e30 tourings exist- the boys doing pre facelift conversions on 2 dr shells with mk1 golf hatches.

IMO- BMW GOT THE PLOT by making it 5 door instead of 3door

[StuBeeDoo]

IMO- BMW GOT THE PLOT by making it 5 door instead of 3door

I know that Neil!

What I was getting at is IMO, BMW should have stuck to the theme they created with the '02 Touring (ie the hatchback type), and call the sports-estate something else.
I'm imagining an E30 hatch, along the same lines as the '02 Touring (but not as gash as the E36/E46 Compacts - now they really are plot-loss victims).

Oh! ....And can you imagine a 4-door E21?

[gareth]

how have you all missed the isetta?!!!

[tire]

[oze30]

E28 M5 or any of the Alpina version of the M535/M5
M1 Procar
the motorcycle cum car C1
The Hartge 150i


My fav, the Z3M coupe. With a nice body kit.. It looks the nuts (BMW mag a few months ago had a red-ish one and that looked

[kam-325i]

That Rover V8 looks lost in that engine bay !!!!