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That must have been mentioned before though!
 
To stick with Mitsubishi, here's one pretty much nobody outside of Japan/New Zealand/Australia/Russia knew in the first place, the Galant based Emeraud Super Touring R. I've always been fascinated by JDM only hardtop variants of ordinary models, and this is one of them. Basically a 2nd gen Galant VR4 in a more obscure version.
 

 
This is probably going a bit beyond the original scope of the thread though...

Believe it or not, this is one of the rarest E34 ever. It's rarer than the M5 Touring. It's not on Wikipedia and I doubt many Western E34 literature have featured it.
 
It's just a normal fucking E34, I hear you chant. And it is. But the badge 520is on the back doesn't exist anywhere else in the world. Only here in the weird and wonderful place. And it is not just a badge on a slightly sporty trim either. Under the bonnet there is not the expected M20B20 engine producing measly 129 horsepower.
 
The history goes that the M20B20 was so naff that BMW Thailand had to do something about it. So what to do?
 
They basically come to the future and look at hot rod M20. They took the M20B27 block of the 325e and put freer flowing head of the B20 engine on. The end result was 160 horsepower. Combined with 4.5 something diff ratio this thing was quite spritely back in the day. It would have top speed of only about 200km/h but it's been said that not many people do that anyway so the point is moot. Acceleration is where it's at.
 
This would have been that had BMW Thailand not thought to do it even better. They improved the B20 head further by increasing port size and polish. Another, even rarer version was badged simply with a gold "S5" font. 190 horsepower was on offer. All of these engine was hand assembled and modified.
 
But after 1991 all of this point was mooted. BMW launched the M50 DOHC engine that produce just about the same amount of horsepower.
 
Only a few hundred of these 520is and S5 were produced. And a lot of them survived better than the 520i because that was too naff. 520is was also the last 5-Series you could've gotten with manual transmission here.
 
BMW then later debore the 525i down to 2.4-litre for tax reason. But this ad hoc situation just isn't as meaningful as the 520is debacle.
 
It's not really forgotten, is it? More like it's never existed in the first place.

Knowing these cars fairly well, that looks like a cracker. Prices for these are firming up now (and I gave mine away for free right before they surged in value, go me). Yours is in a nice colour combo as well. But you have to pronounce "XJ Sport" like Terry Thomas, perhaps with a devilish twitch of the eyebrows.

Welcome to the Pleasure Dome, in that case. You're one of us now. Your brown and beige robes are in the post, embroidered with "Champagne Motoring for Lemonade Money Section" insignia.
 
Keep us updated, I'd genuinely like to hear how this turns out/have the chance the buy when I'm not swimming with PSA shite and a random Mercedes.

My "funding" comes from me being able justify shite by having few other big expenses, other than general living costs. I don't take holidays, have new tech or go out clubbing and drink very little and don't smoke.
 
When I see how much money some people spend on crap like tattoos, vape machines, designer clothes and iPhones, a few hundred quid for something that you can drive and actually do actual things with, and cruicially, own, seems pretty harmless.

It is now a Castros-Bro production! Top rated buyer, and all round decent chap. A very pleasant transaction.
A nice little car stays on the road and out of the scrapyard. Thank you Castros-Bro, and thank you Autoshite

It is now a Castros-Bro production! Top rated buyer, and all round decent chap. A very pleasant transaction.
A nice little car stays on the road and out of the scrapyard. Thank you Castros-Bro, and thank you Autoshite

It is now a Castros-Bro production! Top rated buyer, and all round decent chap. A very pleasant transaction.
A nice little car stays on the road and out of the scrapyard. Thank you Castros-Bro, and thank you Autoshite

It is now a Castros-Bro production! Top rated buyer, and all round decent chap. A very pleasant transaction.
A nice little car stays on the road and out of the scrapyard. Thank you Castros-Bro, and thank you Autoshite

BMW M5/Escort RS/T5-R/MG-ZT/Type R/ etc etc etc "Lookalike" - Has a really shit bodykit.

Agreed. It really needs some disgusting after market items from a caravaning shop to complete the 90's bog spec rancidness.
 
(That's a compliment, by the way)

Agreed. It really needs some disgusting after market items from a caravaning shop to complete the 90's bog spec rancidness.
 
(That's a compliment, by the way)

Now sold, pending collection. Thanks to everyone who commented and stopped this thread sinking without a trace!

Yes it has, so it will be staying in the community for a while.

Yes it has, so it will be staying in the community for a while.

Now sold, pending collection. Thanks to everyone who commented and stopped this thread sinking without a trace!

Now sold, pending collection. Thanks to everyone who commented and stopped this thread sinking without a trace!

Phew. This was winking at me in quite a lascivious way. Has it gone to another shidder?

Gosh, wouldn't mind the BMW. I really fancy and need an estate. Sadly, as always, finances say no. If only I hadn't invested in a tonne of ready-burned fire wood, they really got me a time my guard was down.
 
The Renault should sell for a bit more I would have thought. I remember my Newcastle-based uncle had come over to Belgium and bought a Black Renault 11 for the journey.

Even so, I don't get why he needs a head unit so quickly, as if it's some weird do or die situation.

Now sold, pending collection. Thanks to everyone who commented and stopped this thread sinking without a trace!

Now sold, pending collection. Thanks to everyone who commented and stopped this thread sinking without a trace!

Now sold, pending collection. Thanks to everyone who commented and stopped this thread sinking without a trace!