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

What's New?

March 1974 – Competition Car
BMW 525

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

Giant Test

December 1976 – CAR
Mercedes Benz 250 v BMW 525 v Audi GL5E

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

Giant Test

November 1980 – CAR
Alfa Romeo Alfa 6 v Opel Senator 3.0CD v BMW 528i