Friday 29th May 2015

BMW M5 collection goes to auction

One man's many M5s, from E28 to E60, are being sold next weekend - get that bidding finger ready!

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As you are probably aware by now, 2015 marks 30 years since the BMW M5 was first seen and introduced to the world the idea of the supersaloon. BMW celebration comes in the form of the 30 Years Edition which, while a fitting tribute, is a rather costly way to mark the original supersaloon entering its fourth decade.

Ooooof.

So how about an alternative? Next Saturday (June 6) is Classic Cars Auctions' June sale where six M5s, from E28 to E60, are being auctioned. They have all been sourced from a single collection, built up over just four years.

Highlights? Well there's hardly a bad M5 but the E34 Touring certainly appeals on rarity value. It has been in the UK since 1998 and has a very detailed history up to 2008. It will probably require some light fettling to return it to full health, and the pictures hardly show it off that well, but what a cool car! It goes to auction without a reserve or, as yet, any estimate.

For those who believe the original is best, CCA's red E28 M5 will cause a frenzy. A magazine-featured car with a 105/135 condition report from the auction house, it looks a fine example. Values of the first M5 have been rising recently so it will be interesting to see what this car makes. It too enters the auction room without reserve.

And for something a little more modern

Also in the collection are 3.6 and 3.8 E34s, an Imola Red E39 and a 25th anniversary E60. The latter is #7 of, you've guessed it, 25 produced and in a very nice spec of Frozen Grey paint with black leather and piano black wood. Its estimate is £25-28,000.

Away from the M5s for just a second, the auction is full of other tempting lots. Like an M3. An E36 Evolution saloon is already an interesting car, but this is the very one featured on that motoring show we can't discuss when three middle-aged men took three sports saloons to Germany. There's an Alpina E36 Touring too...

Right, enough BMW. Keep a look out as well for a Lancia Fulvia with an estimate of £5-6,000, a Mini Cooper built by Marcos, a fantastic Maserati Ghibli Cup and a Mercedes 500E. Anything BMW can do...

See the full lot list here.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

E34 Touring for me please, looks lovely even in its apparently unloved state
Looking at those pictures makes the e60 seem infinitely unappealing to me in comparison to its predecessors

[Amirhussain]

E3 M54 for me please My all time favourite

Wouldn't say no to the E28 or E60 though!

[Nuppy]

E36 for me :-)

[Leins]

E34 M5 values seem to have been rising, and numbers available for sale dropping, in recent times, so I'll be interested to see what they all make. Not sure I could bring myself to sell my 3.8 though, so maybe I shouldn't check again

I do like that E36 B3 Touring too

[0a]

The E28 is still the daddy for me!

[dc2rr07]

Interesting to see what the auctioneers judge as classic cars, Rover MGF I do not think so and the BMW330Ci another no and I cannot believe anyone would leave the sheepskin covers on the BMW when selling.
Nice Integrale in there, not quite sure on the green interior though.

[Gruber]

l gladly confirm the old red one goes well up a snowy mountain.

Edited by Gruber on Saturday 30th May 21:53

[405dogvan]

For a while, earlier this year, I passed an E28 on the dog walk - no M5, just a regular model.

It was badged 520, painted red (not as shiny as that one but the paint was good) and seemed tidy apart from missing it's rear chrome bumper (I'm guessing they cost a fortune and aren't legally required?) which actually looks OK - a bit "German Stock Car" even...

It was SO SO desirable - it's a fantastically handsome car which, if anything, looks BETTER in the light of more recent, less elegant cars...

Of course the current M5 makes ANY car look less elephantine - hell, the current M3 makes an E28 look svelte but this was one of those cars you just want to own - it looked eminently usable with few signs of rust (tho it could have had no engine for all I know!!)

It disappeared recently - I miss it already...

[aeropilot]

0a said:

The E28 is still the daddy for me!

E39 would be 2nd choice.

There wouldn't be a 3rd choice.

[Leins]

aeropilot said:

0a said:

The E28 is still the daddy for me!

E39 would be 2nd choice.

There wouldn't be a 3rd choice.

Just out of interest, why would you dismiss the E34?

Although the E28 will always be top of the tree for me too

[J4CKO]

When I see a red E28 I just think of Wayne from Auf Weidershehen Pet.

[aeropilot]

Leins said:

aeropilot said:

0a said:

The E28 is still the daddy for me!

E39 would be 2nd choice.

There wouldn't be a 3rd choice.

Just out of interest, why would you dismiss the E34?

Can't give you an logical reason whatsoever......

[Legacywr]

I hate E34's

E28 for me please!

[loose cannon]

I'll take all of them apart from the v10

[g3org3y]

WANT!

[/fanboy]

[si_xsi]

Well that's my Saturday taken up, I will report back with what they went for.. Got my Beady eye on something British, first auction, excited!

[Gruber]

si_xsi said:

Well that's my Saturday taken up, I will report back with what they went for.. Got my Beady eye on something British, first auction, excited!

I'll be interested to hear what the old red one goes for.

Much missed. Probably a good job I'm unavoidably elsewhere on Saturday afternoon.

[Wilseus]

loose cannon said:

I'll take all of them apart from the v10

Agreed.

[si_xsi]

So the red e28 m5 with 176k miles went for £18,500, the e34 m5 touring £5,800, the e34 3.8 m5 £6,000, e39 m5 £9,000, e34 3.6 £5,100 a steal if you ask me, the top gear e36 m3 £5,500.

There were two 635csi high lines which crept in at the last minute and the old L reg RAnge ROver I was interested in got withdrawn

If anyone wants to know what the others went for let me know as ive got the full sale prices, the auction will probay put this up themselves..?

[rallycross]

si_xsi said:

So the red e28 m5 with 176k miles went for £18,500, the e34 m5 touring £5,800, the e34 3.8 m5 £6,000, e39 m5 £9,000, e34 3.6 £5,100 a steal if you ask me, the top gear e36 m3 £5,500.

There were two 635csi high lines which crept in at the last minute and the old L reg RAnge ROver I was interested in got withdrawn

If anyone wants to know what the others went for let me know as ive got the full sale prices, the auction will probay put this up themselves..?

Wow E28's have gone up in value!
I miss my old M5 3.5 E34 that was a great car to throw around it never felt like a big heavy saloon was more like a big hot hatch, how much did the 635's make?