Update: After dropping down to $45,000 for a day, the seller of the customized BMW 6er has reinstated the initial 'Starting Price' on eBay at $250,000. Here's what "I decided today that it is not worth parting with my baby for less than $250,000. So the price starts here, regardless of any logic. It's mine and when someone wants it they have to pay my price to get it, period. Otherwise one shall build his/her own."
Yes, you read correctly; up until today, the asking price on eBay for this customized 1988 BMW 6-Series Coupe was a mouth-dropping quarter of a million dollars. Almost as insane as the $950,000 for the pipe-dream Plymouth Road Runner Concept we told you about in a recent posting. However, after a truckload of questions and suggestions but not a single offer, the seller decided to change tune and reset the auction setting a starting bid of $45,000.
So what's so special about this Bavarian 'shark', we hear you ask?Well, aside from the obvious (rims, bodywork, special bodykit, full leather interior etc), the 1988 635 CSi Automatic has been completely overhauled mechanically with a 315HP 3.5-liter inline six-cylinder engine from the 1992 M5 E45 and a manual gearbox.
Overall, the seller claims to have spent over $20,000 in parts and more than five years of his life in building this project which he says comes to a total net cost of more than $92,000.
And while we truly admire his dedication to the project (read the detailed description on the eBay page), somehow we find it extremely hard that he'll even come close to breaking even.
On a side note, we couldn't help ourselves from looking at the pictures of the classic 6-Series again and again, thinking how well the coupe's "aggressively-elegant" design has aged and wondering if we'll be saying the same for its current day descendant in 30 years from now...
Link: eBay , Hat Tip to Greg!
25 Comments:
beautiful, but those headlights need a major upgrade.
WOW!!!!!!!!My dream car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The person who bus this car with this price must be insane
Shit, it isn't worth $100K. Heck, no car from the 1988 model year is valued at a quarter of a million dollars considering that cars (even from the late 80's) seldom ever apperciate UNLESS they have a long storied history or a world famous past owner.
So unless this car was once owned, maintained, and driven reguarly by the only man to have ever visited Pluto and to have come back from there in less than a week, then this (I think) is the end result of a mad project that someone had half thought out the ramifications and thought that a quick sale on ebay would be his answer for all the labour, time, and money wasted on this car.
The car would have been worth more if he kept it stock. Non-factory car modifications hardly every increase the residual value of a car - especally to such an grossly inflated level.
Maybe a two tone interior would have looked better, less annoying. Great car though but a little to pricey. Have a nice day !
Seems as if the seller had some problems rearranging the buttons on the center concole "air condition" shows the rearwindow defroster and vice versa.
what an idot
When it said M5 engine, I was thinking the current M5 500HP engine..and when it wasn't, I went back to sleep again.
Update: (11/18/2009)
I decided today that it is not worth parting with my baby for less than $250,000
So the price starts here, regardless of any logic. It's mine and when someone wants it they have to pay my price to get it, period. Otherwise one shall build his/her own.
And why would someone prefer this over a new Beemer? It would be lucky to fetch $4,500 where I live.
For 250k I take it you don't want to sell it.
Why bother putting a price on it? Pretty sure for $250k you could build this car and buy a house to put it in.
This ridiculous auction brings to mind a previous auction in which a man was told by his wife to sell his prized sports car, and he followed her command, except, he priced it at an unreasonable and exorbitant price. Kind of like his way of getting back at his wife.
I would NOT be surprised if there were some similar back story involved with this BMW.
For $250k you can buy a much better, ready made car! ...or even 2 of them!
bodykit looks cheap, reinstate the side bump strips. I like the colour, but I'd get better paintwork done overall. and sort out those lights, they look unbelievably halfords.
Then.... you will have a very special car.
still, good effort.
why bother even posting it on ebay at all? at that price someone would have to be SUPREMELY high (or maybe the seller is) to consider buying this car. this seller needs to wake up and get rid of the KB.
Beautiful! But not flawless and not exactly completely professionally done. The bumpers really aren't and the interior switchgear looks worn. The owner overspent. I see this as a $30k car.
He-she obviously doesn't want to sell it, just want to get some attention, if you that much time, blood and soul into a project, you either sell it at a reasonable price because you have to (Family, kids, etc) or you don't want to do it a put stupid price to it... just to want to get some attention.
its not a e45 its e34 m5....
looks nice but with that money,i could make a beast!!
The car looks very nicely done but my dear friend with this price better stick it in your .... and if you need attention try something else.
Get real I would rather buy the new M5, and still have money to get Dinan upgrades. Good Luck Dreamer of the Beamer.
This is better: http://pprz.planet.ee/gallery/carshoots/silwer635/index.htm
I have one ,schnitzer Special one off built to order for a record producer in the mid 80s.i love it but jeeeeeeeez this is crazy!
FAIL. Stock is much more beautiful. This one suck....
It is nice ... I will give you $20,000 if the motor is up to spec.
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