Special versions
Cecotto Edition — A total of 22 Cecotto E34 M5s were produced with options of having either Lagoon Green metallic (266) and Mauritius Blue metallic paint (287).
Winkelhock Edition — A total of 51 Winkelhock E34 M5s were produced with the options of having Jet Black (668) with contrasting lower body panels in Sterling Silver metallic paint (244), no fog lights and manual rear windows helped to lower the weight.
20 Jahre Motorsport Edition — To celebrate BMW Motorsport 20th anniversary, BMW had built 20 specially equipped Euro-spec M5s in late 1992.
UK Limited Edition — To commemorate the end of right-hand drive E34 M5 production, 50 examples of the E34 M5 Limited Edition were assembled between March and June 1995.
Elekta - 20 M5 Tourings were assembled for distribution in Italy. These were finished in either Sterling Silver over Marine Blue leather, or British Racing Green over Tobacco leather. All were made in 1995. It is debated as to whether or not these cars constitute a true special edition as they were ordered directly by a group of Italian BMW dealers.
GTC- The most controversial of all is the existence of 3 Jet Black (668) E34 M5s that were pilot cars used by BMW in the E34 M5 development with some factory racing modifications not found on other E34 M5s, and one is in the possession of a private collector in Bavaria. One was raced professionally and totaled and the whereabouts of the other is unknown.
Source: BMW M Registry wwww.bmwmregistry.com
BMW Collector - The GTCs, better known as the Hessler pilot cars were hand assembled like all the E34 M5s by a team of two or three led by Master M Assembler H. Hessler, but only one is known to still exist. For more got to www.BMWE34GTC.html2
ReplyDeletePilot cars are not considered special versions by most automobile organizations. That one or two M5 GTCs exist is still questionable.
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