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Year:2003
Mileage:95575
Location:
tiny, Ontario, Canada
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If you are looking
for a minivan, you have come to the wrong page. This is no
ordinary car. This is the
car “the little old lady from Pasadena” would have loved to own. The
“Ultimate Granny Wagon” a BMW 540I Sportwagon (or “Touring”) in Europe.. A 2003
model, the last year of this series known as E39, and the best year. BMW stopped
building station wagons for the next two years as there was little demand for this type of car outside of
Europe. The North
American consumer equated the term “station wagon” with “mini van”, something
for the wife to take the kids to school, and could not understand why anyone
would want to own a superb high performance car like the BMW 540I, with
anything other than the conventional sedan shape and styling. Especially with a
price tag of over $ 60,000 ! Only about
500 cars made it to the US and a few to
Canada, this being one of them. If you are
interested in owning a very special and unique BMW, read on to find out more
about this car, in particular. You probably
know that it powered by a 4.4 litre V8
with 292 HP, enough for comfortable cruising and enough acceleration to
put most Sports cars to shame. The handling is superb and the comfort amazing. Fully
equipped with leather interior, memory seats, heated, with lumbar support, that
lets you drive 800 highway kms in 8 hours and step out feeling fresh. The winter
package has the ski bag pass-thru and heated steering wheel to get you there on
a cold day. Sun/moon
roof, steptronic 5 speed automatic transmission that is shiftable, window
curtains for the back windows, etc. This is a
two owner car and has been in our family for the past 9 years. Imported from
the US, properly documented and registered. Maintained
at the highest level at a BMW dealer, with all service records available. Mileage
just under 96000 miles (152921 km). Owned by Non-smokers. Colour is
Black Safire Metallic outside and tan coloured leather interior. Keys, books,
extra floor mats are all there, as well. Cosmetically,
it has a couple of flaws, as per the pictures. The hood has a small dent from a
flying rubber cone flipped up on the highway, the sides have a couple of dings
from runaway shopping trolleys, (or people who hate Bimmers), and a couple of scratches , a “kiss’” from a
parking garage post. Only reason
for selling is that the grandchildren are getting bigger, and we need an all-wheel drive
vehicle for the upcoming winter. The car has
spent most winters garaged, however it gets tru the snow quite well with snow
tires. We do have a set, mounted on very smart looking
rims, that we will include with the sale, if the buyer wants them.
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Wed, 05 Mar 2014If you're in the market for a high-performance BMW and you live in Europe, you've typically had two range of options at your disposal: you could go for one of BMW's own M models, or turn to Alpina. Though technically independent of BMW, Alpina is about as close to the manufacturer as a tuner can get, and many of its models are offered through BMW's own dealer network.
That's overseas, but in the North American market, BMW has typically taken a different approach, offering just one Alpina model - the B7 - to fill in for a lack of M7 performance sedan. That all changes, however, with the debut of the BMW Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe.
Slotting in alongside the M6 Gran Coupe, the Alpina B6 xDrive Gran Coupe is marginally more expensive and slightly less powerful, but makes up for those relative (and negligible) shortcomings in spades. Both are based on the 6 Series Gran Coupe and both pack a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, but with key differences. Where the M6 produces 560 horsepower, the Alpina offers 'only' 540. But where the M6 channels 500 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, the Alpina drives 540 lb-ft to all four wheels through an eight-speed automatic.
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While the press in attendance seemed determined to nail every product expert to the wall for having been even tangentially associated with the larger 5 Series Gran Turismo, it seemed that BMW decided ahead of time to not introduce such a sensitive discussion topic. That strategy would do little to smooth things over as everyone started digging for dirt on BMW's so far clumsy Gran Turismo franchise.
BMW debuts 435i ZHP edition coupe [UPDATE]
Thu, May 21 2015Performance enthusiasts enamored of the BMW 4 Series but not quite ready to step up to the M4 will be excited at the arrival of the new ZHP edition. Reviving a code last seen on a package for the E46 series a decade ago, the 2016 BMW 435i ZHP Edition boasts a series of performance upgrades aimed not only at "improved optics and aerodynamics; it is also notably quicker with more precise handling." The special 4 Series packs a series of BMW M Performance accessories to give it a more aggressive attitude, including a new Track Handling Package, M Sport Package, limited slip differential and a range of M Performance parts. The Track Handling Package alone includes 18-inch alloys, M Sport Brakes with four-piston calipers up front and two pistons in the back and incorporates the Active M Suspension with variable dampers and steering. With revised software and a new air intake, the M Performance Engine Kit kicks in an extra 35 horsepower for a total of 335 hp and either 32 more pound-feet (with the automatic transmission) for a total of 332 lb-ft or a 17-lb-ft boost (with the manual) for a total of 317 lb-ft. That's enough to drop 0.2 seconds off the 435i's 0-60 time and 0.5 seconds off the run from 50 miles per hour to 75. BMW also promises better accelerator response and engine note. There's a sport exhaust that sheds 8.8 pounds of weight, a full carbon-fiber aero kit and visual enhancements inside, out and under the hood. The German automaker will only be offering 100 examples of the enhanced coupe starting in July, with pricing to be announced closer to the launch date. UPDATE: Of course, if you miss out on one of these special editions, you can always spec out your own from the M catalog with parts installed at BMW's Vehicle Distribution Center. And, as BMW points out in correspondence with Autoblog, you could even order one up with all-wheel drive and in convertible or four-door Gran Coupe body-styles if that's more your pace. Related Video: BMW UNVEILS THE SPECIAL EDITION BMW 435i ZHP COUPE Woodcliff Lake, NJ – May 19, 2015... Paying tribute to the iconic ZHP Performance Package, BMW today released details for a 2016 BMW 435i ZHP Coupe Edition.