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      01-17-2017, 01:00 PM   #7
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Drives: E90 M3 6MT
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2011.5 BMW M3  [10.00]
2004 BMW M3  [10.00]
Let's see, as far as BMW M's back-catalogue is concerned, the E34 M5 has all the following traits:
• Last hand-assembled M5 & last M-car that wasn't "mass produced" in the contemporary sense of the word.
• Assembled at the BMW Motorsport GmbH facility in Garching, not on the 5-series assembly line.
• S38 inline-six ('Big Six') bloodline descends directly from the BMW M1's M88 and E9 CSL's M49 racing engines. Last M-car that has direct lineage to the original 1970s motorsport programs.
• 6-speed manual only.
• Looks & sounds great.

It's a special car indeed. So OP, you're not crazy.
The only problem is finding one in good shape now that they are almost a few decades old.

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