BMW : E12 5-Series
Model Introduction
The BMW E12, introduced in 1972, was the first model to carry the 5 Series name and marked a turning point in BMW’s executive car lineup. Styled by Paul Bracq, it combined sharp looks with rear-wheel drive handling and smooth straight-four or straight-six engines.
Magazine Articles
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Scoop: New 2 litre BMW
Crunch ...and a BMW 2004 prototype bites the dust - right under the nose of Hans Lehmann's Nikon
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BMW 520
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
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What's New?
BMW 525
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BMW like the one you always dreamt of
Hottest of the hot-shoe BMWs (GS BMW tuning of Freiburg)
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Oracle
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
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Giant Test
Mercedes Benz 250 v BMW 525 v Audi GL5E
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Five full of fight
Those old shoe-horn specialists in Munich are at it again. And this time it's the Five that learns to fly
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Giant Test
Alfa Romeo Alfa 6 v Opel Senator 3.0CD v BMW 528i
