STUD or DUD: Should BMW Have Produced This Long-Kept Secret?

Looks really nice. Would have made a great "6-Series" back then.

— Wimmer (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 1:00:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

Uh, no.

Very good biz decision not to make it...

— BondMI6 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 1:31:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -6   

They should do some sort oe retro BMW car it would be a hit the design still looks good today.

— 1UAW (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 1:56:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Yes they should have. Beautiful car still today.

— Corsis (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 2:00:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

They made the right decision.

— PPower (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 4:02:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

A decade and a half ago, it would have been a winner. Today, it looks dated, because, well, it's a design from over a decade ago.

There is definitely a market for a "larger than 3-series" 4-place convertible. Small, but there.

— Steve (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 4:39:29 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Ahhhh, back when BMWs were gorgeous. This would have been wildly expensive, and only a few would have sold. Perhaps enough to trickle it down to the regular 5 series tho. Imagine how great these would b on the used car market. I would so snatch one up, no matter what engine. Hot Hot Hot

— thetruth01 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 4:54:12 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

I love the old design. No Chris Bangle booty on this baby!

— thstone (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 6:40:39 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Ironically, when I was in high school I actually did some drawings of my impression of what an E34 coupe looked like. I thought it rather strange then, that BMW didn't have an equivalent to the Mercedes W124 coupes/convertibles of the time. Should they have built it? Well, now I am not so sure. BMW has done very well with their decisions over the years, like it or not. Whatever BMW puts out their fans embrace almost without question.

— tango (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 7:29:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

they should have built a coupe. it would have been a classic. no doubt.

— 1995e34 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/29/2009 8:04:35 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Id buy one if they made one today with a more modern design and retro ques like GM did the Camaro!

— 1UAW (View Profile)

Posted on 10/30/2009 5:49:06 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

B7fan, you are wrong, how could they have scrapped the car back then, when they just showed it a few days ago.

I wouldn't care about this, they need to build that M5 CSL!

— Inline6 (View Profile)

Posted on 10/30/2009 8:23:30 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

looks amazing, glad they didnt scrap all of them because its definitely a treasure to have!

— 2ndbimmer (View Profile)

Posted on 10/30/2009 10:49:13 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I agree 1UAW. I miss the older designs. they had much more character and soul, just like the older Domestic cars did. What I would love is for them to come out with a retro E30 M3. the closest thing to an e30 we have is the 1 series, and despite the fact that it is a great performing car, it is still to fat and heavy for its small size. The old e30 3 series (1984 -1991) were and still are a blast to drive. Sure they arent straight line beast like mustangs and camaro's but they are a blast to throw around and perform very well for a car of that time.

— 85bmw745i (View Profile)

Posted on 10/31/2009 7:09:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1