BMW showed 5-Series E39 with a mileage of 940 thousand kilometers

In the official account of the Classic division, pictures of the Five, Finn Jukhi Bekmand, appeared. The car went off the assembly line on June 10, 1996 and still has not changed the owner. Although the odometer is 940 503 kilometers, the BMW press service claims that only consumables have changed: the engine, gearbox and interior casing are original, the chipping coating of the body is mostly too.

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Since the car spent all her life in Finland, it happened to work in harsh conditions: once the engine was launched at -37.5 degrees Celsius, and in the final picture in the row the thermometer shows -34.5 degrees Celsius. The BMW Classic division claims that the story is not finished, and Yukhi Bekmand continues to use the “five”.

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There are no visible traces of wear on the pictures in social networks, although the photos are taken at different times, and the author avoids close -up. It is known that an outstanding mileage is reached in the early E39 in modification 523i with a in-line six-cylinder 2.5-liter gasoline engine M52. The unit gives out 170 horsepower and 245 Nm of torque, the thrust is transmitted to the rear axle through the 5-speed “mechanics”.

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Nearly a million kilometers in 29 years are equivalent to a run of 35 thousand a year, and the secret of “longevity” is explained by regular maintenance by official dealers. And history confirms the exceptional quality of cars from the 1990s. They promise to make more details about the Finnish BMW 5-Series during the year.

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