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Originally Posted by Three Pedal Steve
I hope to have another one some day. There's not any new car that offers everything you can get in one of these big girls.
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I had an E39 540i wagon, superb car. I'm now in an F11 535i wagon, very similar performance to the 540i V8. I never thought the newer 5-series would in anyway match the E39. I'm enjoying the F11 as much as the E39, in some ways its a better vehicle to use, due to the technology of our current time. My specification certainly has the E39 feel to it, is more of a natural progression from the E39 than the E60/1, IMO.
E39 has to hold a special place in motoring history, even be the pinnacle of BMW models, everything about it was right. As UK's AutoCar headlined in its first full road test and review of the 528i in 1996, "New 5-series so close to perfect". Proved to be the right headline. In the UK the 530i made most sense through the E39's life cycle.
For me the E39 has happy memories.