{"id":4080,"date":"2013-10-06T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T21:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davintosh.com\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2013-10-06T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2013-10-06T21:56:27","slug":"bmwotd-95-540i-m-sport-in-the-best-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/2013\/10\/06\/bmwotd-95-540i-m-sport-in-the-best-color\/bmw-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"BMWotD \u2014 &#8217;95 540i M-Sport In The Best Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The e34 M-Sport 540i pushes a lot of the right buttons for me (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mye28.com\/viewtopic.php?t=120641\">I&#8217;ve drooled over them before<\/a>) but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mye28.com\/viewtopic.php?t=120641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this one<\/a> is extra special, and the reason can be summed up in one word; Hellrot. Red cars just make me jiggy. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davintosh.com\/2009\/06\/26\/bmwotd-1991-dinan-535i\/\">&#8217;91 Dinan 535i Turbo<\/a> that caught my eye a while back was nice, but this one, with all the M-Sport goodies. Mmmmm! Unfortunately, and as usual, the asking price for this one is way outside my price range, but a guy can dream.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davintosh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/M-Sport-35.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davintosh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/M-Sport-35-e1381096034851-400x266.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" alt=\"\" title=\"M-Sport-35\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1995 BMW 540i M-Sport Hellrot Red\/M-Cloth Hurricane Manual Sedan<br \/>\nIn late 1995, just prior to switching to the E39 5-series body style for the 1997 model year (there is no such thing as a U.S. 1996 model year 5-series), BMW pumped one last breath of life into the V8 powered, E34-bodied, 540i for the U.S. market: The 1995 540i M Sport.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davintosh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/M-Sport-3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davintosh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/M-Sport-3-400x266.jpg?resize=400%2C266\" alt=\"\" title=\"M-Sport-3\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4082\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They did this by using almost all of the parts that went into the European 1995 6-cylinder E34 \/\/\/M5, except the engine and transmission. 200 of these 540i Sport models were sold in the U.S. 135 of them had the 6-speed manual transmission and the rest (65) had the automatic. Just 200 of these models were built, the majority of them having the 6-speed manual. This low mileage Hellrot Red M-sport for sale in California is one of those equipped. <\/p>\n<p>Year: 1995<br \/>\nModel: 540i M-Sport<br \/>\nEngine: 4.0 liter V8<br \/>\nTransmission: 6-speed manual<br \/>\nMileage: 83,650 miles<br \/>\nPrice: $19,800<br \/>\nExterior: Hellrot Red<br \/>\nInterior: M-Hurricane\/Alcantara<br \/>\nVIN: WBAHE5321SGA65528 <\/p>\n<p>Out of all 200 M-Sports that were made in 1995, BMW only made 5 of them in Hellrot Red. This is one of 5 in this exterior color, and is exclusive with its options bringing it to a one of a kind 540i M-Sport. Mint condition, Well-Maintained, Stock OE+! <\/p>\n<p>Factory Options Include: <\/p>\n<p>M5 EDC III Nurburgring Adaptive Suspension with control switch for Sport and Comfort Settings<br \/>\nSelf-leveling Suspension<br \/>\nM5 Servotronic Steering and M Leather Sports Steering Wheel with Air Bag<br \/>\nASC+T<br \/>\nShadowline Trim<br \/>\nAnthracite headliner<br \/>\nM Door Sill Cover<br \/>\nPower and Heated Front Sport Seats<br \/>\nPower Sliding Sunroof<br \/>\n6 Disc CD Changer<br \/>\nCruise Control <\/p>\n<p>This M Sport has been responsibly owned and properly maintained since new. The condition of this car is superb. 100% stock with no modifications aside from upgrades from the dealer when new listed below! Clean Vehicle History Report with No Accidents. Adult Owner, Non-Smoker. No warning lights and everything functions as it should, even the EDC which is very rare for M-Sport cars these days. Full trunk tool kit is present as well as a full sized E34 M parallel spare. This vehicle was truly pampered. I will include the Carfax as well, email me. VIN matching car. Factory Nikasil motor all original, this car was barely driven and purchased by a collector when it was new, and no bad gas (aka high sulfur gas) was ever used to deteriorate the Nikasil coating. <\/p>\n<p>Upgrades from dealer are as follows: <\/p>\n<p>Highly Desired M Hurricane Cloth \/ Alcantara Heated Sport Euro M5 Interior to replace the original Black Bison<br \/>\nAuthentic BMW E34 M5 Spec Staggered M Parallel Wheels in 18x8j and 18x9j (To replace original turbines)<br \/>\nRacing inspired 4 wheel floating independent disc brakes from the 1995 Euro M5. 345x32mm front floating rotors and 328x20mm rear fixed rotors. <\/p>\n<p>This here is &#8220;The Ultimate E34&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>For more info on the M-Sport, here are a few links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/faq\/540is_faq.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/faq\/540is_faq.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/brochure.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/brochure.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/roundel.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/roundel.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/m540_info.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kindel.com\/BMW\/m540_info.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For more information: <\/p>\n<p>C: 818 631-4686<br \/>\nE: narekisayan@gmail.com <\/p>\n<p>Text or E-mail Preferred <\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\nNarek <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The e34 M-Sport 540i pushes a lot of the right buttons for me (I&#8217;ve drooled over them before) but this one is extra special, and the reason can be summed up in one word; Hellrot. Red cars just make me jiggy. The &#8217;91 Dinan 535i Turbo that caught my eye a while back was nice, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[457,406,187,407],"class_list":["post-4080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bmw-of-the-day","tag-m","tag-540i","tag-e34","tag-m-sport"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}