BMW E12 5-Series
Scoop: New 2 litre BMW
February 1972 – CAR
Crunch ...and a BMW 2004 prototype bites the dust - right under the nose of Hans Lehmann's Nikon
BMW 520
October 1972 – CAR
Made by Bavarians (and Turks and Greeks) under the shadow of the Olympic towers, the new middle-sized BMW is cast in that familiar mould
BMW like the one you always dreamt of
February 1976 – CAR
Hottest of the hot-shoe BMWs (GS BMW tuning of Freiburg)
Oracle
October 1976 – CAR
BMW claim to have made 41 changes on their Five Series cars including the face-lifted nose and improved engines for the 525/528. The bonnet was lowered slightly while the grille's kidney was raised, it juts up in a rectangular bulge now, as on the Three and Six series cars. The rear lights have been enlarged considerably and sport ribbed glasses like those Mercedes introduced three years ago. The tank cap, which was located between the number plate and the rear light is now incorporated in the right rear wing to follow the latest impact safety regulations
Five full of fight
January 1980 – CAR
Those old shoe-horn specialists in Munich are at it again. And this time it's the Five that learns to fly