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colino Rank: Citroen Ami

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Wasn't the 525e the BMW stalking horse for them being an economy car maker?  I'm pretty sure the e was detuned and had taller overall gearing to make it unusually economical with a huge hit in performance.

NorfolkNWeigh Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Wasn't the 525e the BMW stalking horse for them being an economy car maker?  I'm pretty sure the e was detuned and had taller overall gearing to make it unusually economical with a huge hit in performance.

Yes it was a 2.7 with the same power as a 520 and only available with the 4 speed auto , in the UK anyway. I drove a few when new and Mrs N had one when it was about 10 years old. They seemed like slugs compared to a brand new 528i when new and someone else was paying for the petrol but in real life as a relaxed cruiser for Mrs and kids when I was footing the fuel bill it suddenly seemed a much better idea!

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cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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You can supposedly fit the 325i head to the 525e 2.7 for OMGZDRIFT mega performance although you're still stuck with that autobox.

320touring Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

320touring

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You can supposedly fit the 325i head to the 525e 2.7 for OMGZDRIFT mega performance although you're still stuck with that autobox.

The m20b25 gearbox bolts right up to-easy manual conversion should you get a pedalbox.

 

A decent 2.7 build does 200bhp and mid 30s mpg on a manual

Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Yes it was a 2.7 with the same power as a 520 and only available with the 4 speed auto , in the UK anyway. I drove a few when new and Mrs N had one when it was about 10 years old. They seemed like slugs compared to a brand new 528i when new and someone else was paying for the petrol but in real life as a relaxed cruiser for Mrs and kids when I was footing the fuel bill it suddenly seemed a much better idea!

 

I was still at BMW when it was launched. In .de it was also available with a wide ratio 5-speed sourced from Getrag. It had a vacuum gauge, Econometer in newspeak.

The 'e' (note lower case) stands for the Greek letter 'Eta', which in Physics is the coefficient for efficiency, hence the correct pronounciation of the car's model designation is "525 eta".

BMW internally, the car was referred to as "The Greek". Back then, we already had a realistic, if nowadays somewhat politically incorrect, perception of Greek efficiency, which in our opinion was matched by the Eta's rather phlegmatic performance, so you can imagine the running jokes that made the round.

The 525e was complemented with a 323e and both models never attained the effeciency that was hoped for, so they got nixed in favour of the turbodiesel.

beko1987 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

beko1987

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High spec ZX Volcane needing a bit of work.

 

Lots of background tat!

 

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Jesus if I had £250 and was close to Stoke I would buy that and fit everything into my ZX! Didnt know you could get ZX's with leather!

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cort16 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

cort16

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I was still at BMW when it was launched. In .de it was also available with a wide ratio 5-speed sourced from Getrag. It had a vacuum gauge, Econometer in newspeak.

The 'e' (note lower case) stands for the Greek letter 'Eta', which in Physics is the coefficient for efficiency, hence the correct pronounciation of the car's model designation is "525 eta".

BMW internally, the car was referred to as "The Greek". Back then, we already had a realistic, if nowadays somewhat politically incorrect, perception of Greek efficiency, which in our opinion was matched by the Eta's rather phlegmatic performance, so you can imagine the running jokes that made the round.

The 525e was complemented with a 323e and both models never attained the effeciency that was hoped for, so they got nixed in favour of the turbodiesel.

 

 

It's a pity it didn't work out we could have avoided being lumbered with diesels as the acceptable efficient car for the next 30 years.

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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It's a pity it didn't work out we could have avoided being lumbered with diesels as the acceptable efficient car for the next 30 years.

 

The main reason it didn't work out is that the eta models deeply disappointed aspiring BMW clients (traditional BMW clients had a good laugh and bought an M535i)

and thus became a total sales flop. However, everyone rightfully expects a diesel to be miserable. The diesel BMWs met these expectations and thus became a rousing success.

 

Let me explain a law of nature, that seems to be very difficult to grasp for the human brain:

 

If you want a car to shift, you need petrol. Lots of it. Because performance doesn't come from warm water.

If you want a car to save petrol, it will not shift. Because it will not burn enough petrol to make it shift.

 

I know, this is not easy to understand. But it's not exactly rocket science either.

 

Then there is Junkman's law of physics:

 

The more fuel and air you can get into an engine, the more power it generates.

If much is good, more is better, and too much is still not enough.

xtriple Rank: Renault 16

xtriple

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Thumbs up to all the above but you also need revs.... diesels don't rev!

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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Within spitting distance of our Messerschmit Owner, a Heinkel seller.

 

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"requires new floor pan and other small repairs"

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heinkel-1959-barn-find-for-restoration-/321722886006?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4ae82da776

 

Many Winters ago a friend of mine had one of these and we went skiing with it.

There was snow on the road and the front wheels ran in the grooves other dual tracked vehicles had made in the snow, while the single powered* rear wheel ran on the snow hump between the grooves. Needless to say that the trajectory was therefore less than linear and the inevitable happened, we ran head first into a snow pile at the side of the road, which was detrimental for opening the front door. We were unable to reverse, due to lack of traction. We also couldn't use the escape hatch in the roof, since it was blocked by the roofrack with our skis on it.

So we had to sit and wait until some passers by pushed us back into the road.

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