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  • BMW M535i

    29 63.04%
  • Lancia Thema 8.32

    17 36.96%
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Thread: BMW M535i v Lancia Thema 8.32

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    Quote Originally Posted by PerfAdv
    hat might not be Thema's best angle, but it looks like a Chevy Corsica + Saab 9000
    The 2nd of two you related the car Thema to has a good reason to look similar, they share the same platform.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyco
    The 2nd of two you related the car Thema to has a good reason to look similar, they share the same platform.
    The 9000 CD is actually nice looking, it's the wavy body paneled look of the Thema that makes it seem thrown together.

    Saab and Lancia, how? GM hadn't fiddled with Saab that far back, had it? I thought the 9-3 was the first, in '93.
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    This is a tricky one... but I'd love an E28 M5, so I'd take that one every time! They're very, very cheap in the classifieds and on eBay.

    Still... a V8... hmmm...

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    Quote Originally Posted by PerfAdv
    The 9000 CD is actually nice looking, it's the wavy body paneled look of the Thema that makes it seem thrown together.

    Saab and Lancia, how? GM hadn't fiddled with Saab that far back, had it? I thought the 9-3 was the first, in '93.
    the platform was also used by the Fiat Croma....
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    ...and Alfa 164

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    I'd take the Lancia. Simply because its rarer, more unusual (not many FWD V8s around) and I'd prefer to take the unconventional approach anyway.
    Having said, if I can take both - I'd always take a M535 or even better the full-house M5 as well.
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    it might be also nice to know that the Lancia at its time (1986-1989) was about 50% more expensive than the BMW (at least in Holland)
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    Quote Originally Posted by motorsportnerd
    I'd always take a M535 or even better the full-house M5 as well.
    Wait a minute- I thought they were one and the same?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IWantAnAudiRS6
    Wait a minute- I thought they were one and the same?
    The M535 or it may be 535M, is a manual version of a 535. M5 is the factory hot-rod. Both use the 3.5l inline 6, where the regular 5 does with 218 the M gets 256 hp.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PerfAdv
    The M535 or it may be 535M, is a manual version of a 535. M5 is the factory hot-rod. Both use the 3.5l inline 6, where the regular 5 does with 218 the M gets 256 hp.
    So there's a regular 535 and then there's an M5?

    Why would they make it so confusing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R
    So there's a regular 535 and then there's an M5?

    Why would they make it so confusing?
    The BMW featured here isn't the M5. It rather is a kind of M-enhanced 535i. It features the same engine as the regular 535i, but it has an aerodynamic package and some suspension changes. Think of it like a 80's BMW 550i with the M-sportpack. And it was available with as a manual and as an auto, but not available in the US.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R
    So there's a regular 535 and then there's an M5?

    Why would they make it so confusing?
    It's the position and pairing of the letter 'M' in the nomenclature that I was pointing out. M535 (535M) aren't M-cars, and, they're just using the M to differentiate from the auto-shifted 535. Not confusing but if someone didn't know, just clarifying...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer
    The BMW featured here isn't the M5. It rather is a kind of M-enhanced 535i. It features the same engine as the regular 535i, but it has an aerodynamic package and some suspension changes. Think of it like a 80's BMW 550i with the M-sportpack. And it was available with as a manual and as an auto, but not available in the US.
    Oh, I see. The M535 I've seen for sale here did have a 5-speed but didn't look any different, at least AFAICT.
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    Ahh ok. Thanks Ferrer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PerfAdv
    The M535 or it may be 535M, is a manual version of a 535. M5 is the factory hot-rod. Both use the 3.5l inline 6, where the regular 5 does with 218 the M gets 256 hp.
    Also worth noting the M5 had a 24-valve head (4-valve/cylinder) for its 3.5 litre six, whereas the M535i retained the standard 12-valve (2-valve/cylinder) arrangement.
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