A 2001 BMW 530i sedan, an example of the E39 5-Series car, found in a Colorado self-service wrecking yard.
In 2001, Americans could get a new 5-Series as a four-door sedan or as a station wagon. There were four engine choices, starting with the 2.5-liter I6 with 184 horsepower in the 525i and working all the way up to the monstrous 394-horsepower V8 in theWhile you could get the 525i and 540i in longroof form, the 530i was sedan-only on our shores .
This engine made 225 horsepower, quite a leap over the 193 horses in the 2000 528i that this car replaced. While the overwhelming majority of American BMW buyers were insisting on automatic transmissions by the dawn of our current century, this car has the base five-speed manual. If you wanted a-speed manual in a 2001 BMW, you had to spend $69,400 for the M5 . The five-speed automatic with Steptronic shifting added $1,275 to the price of the 530i.The MSRP on this car was $39,400, which comes to about $66,666 after inflation.
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