The touring capability of these superb coupes still impresses today. An excellently appointed cabin with the trademark 70’ & 80’s BMW ‘acres of glass’ for first rate vision, a lavish array of creature comforts such as full leather, sports seats, air conditioning, sunroof, on-board computer and of course, four ‘proper’ seats and a commodious boot all add to the practicality.

The much-revered M88, 3.5 litre, 24-valve, 286bhp engine delivers the excitement that BMW had demonstrated with the M1.

This sporting thoroughbred will sprint to sixty in six seconds and in an awesome display of torque, pulls smoothly and increasingly rapidly from 25mph to 158mph in fifth gear. Overtaking ability is equally impressive with 30-70mph taking a mere 5.5 seconds.

A Getrag sport gearbox, limited slip differential, Bilstein gas-filled dampers, Motorsport springs, larger diameter roll bars, larger wheels and bigger ventilated discs with M1-spec 4-pot calipers,  are all testimony to a proud racing heritage and the bespoke nature of this Garching product

The M635 must surely rank as the ultimate 80s GT.  A blend of classic GT styling, blindingly quick, satisfying on the twisty bits, effortlessly refined as a motorway mile-eater and just as easy to simply totter around to the supermarket.

A Diamond black example with only 17,000 miles was sourced through Sytner BMW. This car survives to this day. Now one would have thought that Peter was now happy having succeeded in his quest – but no. This car simply made Peter’s obsession for a brand new M635 even greater but now the car was 6 years out of production.

Peter started to nag dealers and in 2000 a tip off from Frank Sytner himself about a new M635 Highline owned by Drambuie and part of their very impressive Glenvarigill Collection.  Peter made it his business to pursue the car weekly and after two years of chasing managed to persuade them to part with the collections 761 Mile Highline M635 CSI.  Finally Peter was satisfied.

Since the purchase in 2002, Peter has covered just 20,000 miles in this awesome M635 and ensured his pride and joy has wanted for nothing.

It is with great sadness that Peter now aged 92, has decided that it is time for an automatic transmission. The very difficult decision has been made and I have been asked to find this extraordinary car a new home. I have strict instructions from Peter to personally vet any potential new owner to ensure that they have the same level of passion.

Unlike most owners who decide to sell, Peter has insisted that his car pass through our workshop for a full programme of mechanical age-related maintenance before being handed over to the new owner, stating “this car must want for nothing and be presented fully future proofed”. The following has been agreed:

Inspection II service, all 30-year-old rubber replaced, suspension bushes, ball joints, coolant hoses, fuel hoses, brake hoses, differential seals, gearbox seals, belts, wiper blades, gaskets and Bilstein dampers.

All wheel arch liners and splash shields removed. Underside of the car cleaned and detailed.  Clear cavity wax applied and injected as necessary.

The car will be presented to the new owner with all original manuals, handbooks, fully stamped service book, original service wallet, lovely document file, all original tools and a collection of magazines this car has featured in during Peter’s ownership.