E28 M5 auto?

[apache]

Neighbour says he knows of an immaculate one for sale with 110k on the clock, only thing is, he says it's an auto, did such an animal exist?

[mustard]

Nope!... sure its not an M535i?

[shortshiftin]

just over 2500 units buit for the world market 186 were made right hand drive and not a single one was fitted with an auto box, nor did they have the dogleg 1st box as seen in the E30 M3, they couldnt handle the torque.

[800]

Yup, it'll be an M535i. Still a cool car though, if its in good condition

[pentoman]

They did do an E36 M3 auto though.

[800]

eh, don't think so.

[shortshiftin]

I think he might be refering to the SMG?? definatly NO autos though... thats what Alpina were for

[dtmpower]

pentoman said:

They did do an E36 M3 auto though.

yes they did for US market and iron?!? 240hp detuned engine...

[pentoman]

I'm not wrong!

www.bmwworld.com/reviews/m3_automatic.htm

But yes, US only. Along with what I believe to be a tuned 'normal' BMW engine as opposed to a detuned 'M' engine.

[rich_b]

Yeh it was basically a 332i, not a proper M engine.