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From the era when BMW was an exclusive brand of car owned by solicitors and yuppies before it became popular as the chariots of arrogant office workers.
E12 - the first 5 series. Loved by police forces because they were powerful and more reliable than the Rover P6 and the Triumph 2500 were.
E21 - the first 3 series. Only available in 2 doors from a time when BMW was a marginal, and somewhat obscure, brand like Lancia or Saab were.
E23 - the first 7 series. An uncommon, expensive, and slightly exotic executive car.
E24 - the 6 series coupe. Highly prized by BMW enthusiasts with equally high prices for good examples today. A true 1980s classic.
E30 - the second 'classic' 3 series. Now available with 4 doors as well as 2. The 'yuppiemobile' of the 1980s.
E28 - the second 'sharknose' 5 series associated with crooked businessmen and police motorway patrols in the 1980s.
E32 - the second 7 series. Elegant and refined competitor to Mercedes and Jaguar for high fliers in the boom years of the Thatcher decade.
E34 - the third 5 series. More modern and refined than the E28. Bought by bank managers and successful people in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
E36 - the third 3 series. The car that made BMW a mainstream brand in the 1990s for people who previously bought Vauxhall Cavaliers.
E12 - the first 5 series. Loved by police forces because they were powerful and more reliable than the Rover P6 and the Triumph 2500 were.
E21 - the first 3 series. Only available in 2 doors from a time when BMW was a marginal, and somewhat obscure, brand like Lancia or Saab were.
E23 - the first 7 series. An uncommon, expensive, and slightly exotic executive car.
E24 - the 6 series coupe. Highly prized by BMW enthusiasts with equally high prices for good examples today. A true 1980s classic.
E30 - the second 'classic' 3 series. Now available with 4 doors as well as 2. The 'yuppiemobile' of the 1980s.
E28 - the second 'sharknose' 5 series associated with crooked businessmen and police motorway patrols in the 1980s.
E32 - the second 7 series. Elegant and refined competitor to Mercedes and Jaguar for high fliers in the boom years of the Thatcher decade.
E34 - the third 5 series. More modern and refined than the E28. Bought by bank managers and successful people in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
E36 - the third 3 series. The car that made BMW a mainstream brand in the 1990s for people who previously bought Vauxhall Cavaliers.
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