This E31 BMW 850i looks like something out of The Fast and the Furious
We don't know what would prompt someone to make such a modification to a classic 8 Series go through Brad Anderson December 22, 2024 19:12 This heavily modified 1990 BMW 850i is listed at a British dealer for nearly $20,000. The E31's body kit, black and yellow interior, and oversized wings clash with the classic design. Its 296-horsepower 5.0-liter V12 engine is paired with a six-speed manual transmission. The first-generation 8 Series is one of BMW's most timeless designs, a quintessential example of 1990s elegance, and despite being 34 years old, its styling still looks brilliant today. But what about this? This manual 1990 BMW 850i Coupe was taken apart and reassembled into what can only be described as a tuning experiment inspired by a misguided era. 2 Fast and Furious 2 Something went terribly wrong. More info: Manhart makes E31 BMW 8 Series great again with E39 M5 V8 manual swap The German coupe with a 5.0-liter V12 engine…
Moose crashes BMW workshop, wages war on restored E31 850i
The shop owner had to make a rather embarrassing call to the owner of the BMW that was being restored at the time. go through Brad Anderson November 19, 2024 15:09 It's unclear how the moose ended up at Schmidmann's facility in Sweden. A BMW 850i was being restored in a garage when the animal attacked. Another E31 850i and an E36 3-Series were also damaged. A freshly painted E31 BMW 850i is in need of some pretty major bodywork in Sweden, but not because it was involved in some kind of accident. Instead, the prized two-door coupe was trampled by an out-of-control moose and caused serious damage to a Swedish mechanic shop earlier this month. The bizarre incident occurred at Swedish company Schmidmann, a BMW and Mini parts specialist. According to an employee at the factory, the company's CEO Viktor Örtegren was visiting the factory over the weekend and started hearing some knocking sounds coming from the workshop. He…