520i?

[digitaldragon03]

Today i was driving back from school, and i spotted an E34 520i. WTF? I think i know my E34 models pretty well, and i dont think a 520i was offered in the US. Heres the kicker, it was a wide grill, and had painted lowers, so it must have been a 95 model. Only 1 exhaust tip also. Was this car imported?

[Analog]

I think those were in austrailia? Makes me want to bagde me car as a 518.

[LJSE34]

probably imported, I remember a long time reading about a guy who moved here from europe and took his car (e34 520i) with him and then found out the kind of hassle it turned out to be.

[moroza]

I have no idea why someone would import a 520i. I seem to recall a figure of something like 12 grand to import and federalize a car. 12 grand can get you an M5, a really nice 540i/6, or a mint-condition 525i and several 525i parts cars. Even if you were really attached to the...M20B20? (not sure what's in a 520i), it'd be cheaper to get another E34 with a trashed engine, and swap in the 2-liter from some 3-series.

A 518i badge belongs on something like a supercharged 540i/6 with bottlecaps.

[SC David]

I have no idea why someone would import a 520i. I seem to recall a figure of something like 12 grand to import and federalize a car. 12 grand can get you an M5, a really nice 540i/6, or a mint-condition 525i and several 525i parts cars. Even if you were really attached to the...M20B20? M50B20 in this case I guess. Could have been brought here back in the mid 90's when the car was worth much more :dunno

Most likely though it's just a rebadged 525/530/540 though. Single exhaust pipe though...

[digitaldragon03]

That was my first thought, that the car was rebadged, or badged incorrectly. But the fact that it only had one pipe, made me wonder.

[S14]

i see 10 520i's a day, they are awful. no power out of a good motor (M50 based) they only have one exhaust tip so it could be a real 520i. they aren't worth a second look though

[moroza]

Do any aftermarket mufflers have one non-huge tip?

[5271990]

Yes, lol. I've got a skinny supersprint oval exhaust.

Looks kinda stupid coming out of the big hole in the fibreglass bodykit :shifty

But PO claimed it put out the right back pressure, thats my excuse for being too lazy to change it anyway.

Thats probably a stock 520i. M50 in them puts out a mega slow 150bhp, they still look good though. They're probably the most common e34's we get here in the UK.