E34 Touring info

[Nic_s]

Did we ever get the E34 Touring here in SA?? I can't recall ever seeing one :dunno:

If so were they Euro spec cars??

 

[P1000]

I've seen one or two on the gum, so there are a couple in SA... (don't know if they are official imports, though)

 

[whattingh]

I have seen on the other day o R300 road in the cape so I guess we did get it or special import

 

[Jandre]

A few doing the rounds yes. I think a forum member's dad has one as well.

 

[badaz87]

Hey Nic

My dad is currently in possession of one. Its a 1995 525i Manual, now with 312 000Km on the clock... shes still drives like a dream and is a full import from the UK, built to some weird UK-spec.

Apparently the UK tourings are either "tuned" or have a larger capacity 2700cc 6cyl, as we have been told by previous owners, and have around 20kw more than standard. (Sounds like an Alpina 2.7 conversion to me; power outputs seem to correspond)

However, I can find no proof of such claims, but can concur that it feels quite a bit more powerful than the pair of e36 325is my dad owned back in the late 90's.

Check out the link below for pics:
http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=9595/

http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=9595

 

[Nic_s]

OK, so here's the deal.

I was contacted by a random guy on the net and he has a friend on a UK forum who is looking for a SA Spec E34 touring. He has a E34 Sedan SA Spec and there are a few small differences and that's why his friend want's a SA Spec Touring.

I know some things on the cars are different: I have a factory steel sump guard and I think the S African market got them as standard. You wont get that in the UK or US While BMW messed about with the front top shock mount sizes throughout production on the 525i Euro, ZA stayed with the same ones. If you put the last 7 digits of your VIN in realoem it tells you what market it was built for and the body (HD)type like this:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?vin=ga11907
Just curious I couldnt find anything about the Touring. I am sure you have them dont you?

So the real question I guess is: Was there any E34 Touring built at the Rosslyn plant?? It doesn't seem like it? :dunno:

 

[Budleigh]

BMW imported a few on a trial basis, all 525i Tourings.

 

[P1000]

OK, so here's the deal.

I was contacted by a random guy on the net and he has a friend on a UK forum who is looking for a SA Spec E34 touring. He has a E34 Sedan SA Spec and there are a few small differences and that's why his friend want's a SA Spec Touring.

I know some things on the cars are different: I have a factory steel sump guard and I think the S African market got them as standard. You wont get that in the UK or US While BMW messed about with the front top shock mount sizes throughout production on the 525i Euro, ZA stayed with the same ones. If you put the last 7 digits of your VIN in realoem it tells you what market it was built for and the body (HD)type like this:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?vin=ga11907
Just curious I couldnt find anything about the Touring. I am sure you have them dont you?

So the real question I guess is: Was there any E34 Touring built at the Rosslyn plant?? It doesn't seem like it? :dunno:

Did the Rosslyn plant ever make anything other than 3-series BMWs? I know that since the E46 they only made 3s, not sure of what was going on before that, but I doubt that they did ever make anything other than 3s

 

[Nic_s]

OK, so here's the deal.

I was contacted by a random guy on the net and he has a friend on a UK forum who is looking for a SA Spec E34 touring. He has a E34 Sedan SA Spec and there are a few small differences and that's why his friend want's a SA Spec Touring.

I know some things on the cars are different: I have a factory steel sump guard and I think the S African market got them as standard. You wont get that in the UK or US While BMW messed about with the front top shock mount sizes throughout production on the 525i Euro, ZA stayed with the same ones. If you put the last 7 digits of your VIN in realoem it tells you what market it was built for and the body (HD)type like this:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do?vin=ga11907
Just curious I couldnt find anything about the Touring. I am sure you have them dont you?

So the real question I guess is: Was there any E34 Touring built at the Rosslyn plant?? It doesn't seem like it? :dunno:

Did the Rosslyn plant ever make anything other than 3-series BMWs? I know that since the E46 they only made 3s, not sure of what was going on before that, but I doubt that they did ever make anything other than 3s

From what I can gather they did build E34 sedan's. We probably would have never got the E34 540i M (6 speed) if they didn't.

 

[Raybimmer]

IMHO no e34 tourings were built at Rosslyn , also found no listing in CAR magazine price lists , so it was not a model sold here . Special imports were not listed , they were on application at dealers .

 

[Sith]

As far as I know, the Touring was not built in SA. They were certainly never advertised as available to purchase. There are a few rolling around, but I think these are imports. Maybe Rosslyn did manufacture some for export, but I doubt BMW would tool up for such a small run in a market the cars were'nt even sold in. The e34 was the last local manufactured 5. From the e39 onwards they are full imports.