I am the proud owner of a 1996 BMW 840CI for the last 16 years. I have kept the car in all original condition ,except for the tinted windows...which made the car stand out twice as much. The car gets a lot of attention and is a head turner. I have noticed an uptick in the amount of attention the car is getting once I got it back on the road after a 4 year stint of sitting in the garage to what I thought was a blown head gasket ,luckily it was just a few blown hoses. But ever since I got it back on the road, I have noticed the car is getting double the attention it used to before I garaged it. The car is a pleasure to drive and it never gets old driving it.
@@itsabigchungus ha! Look who's talking. The 8 series follows the line if the M1, one of the most beautiful BMWs ever made. And both the 850 and 840 are no exception.
I have a a friend who owned the V-8 version. LOVED the car, but it didn't love him back. He spent a fortune keeping it running. Lots of problems, especially electrical, A/C, water pumps...just endless. BUT he still loved it.
It always makes me laugh and shake my head when people are complaining about performance and the lack of horsepower autos had 20+ years ago comparing to cars today. It's not necessary to critique or mention facts and figures from yesteryear people! It's called innovation!!!
@@V8_screw_electric_cars LOL no. Both power and aerodynamics work together to allow a certain top speed. But as @Tuukka Simonen said, this car will probably just about hit around 160mph with that engine, but like all BMWs it had a standard 155mph limiter. The 850CSi with 380hp would probably hit 180mph if de-limited and if you're refering to the video I'm thinking of, that was an 850CSi.
Didn't know Gus Fring worked for MW back in the 90's. Maybe its the glasses lol. As for those saying this 840i was slow, I would have to agree, at least through the quarter mile. The rear drive ratio and transmission were geared to turn low RPM at autobahn speeds. A 1994 Z28 Camaro would smoke this thing, stock vs stock. Guarantee you wouldn't want to drive that Camaro at 150mph for more than a minute or two, darty, feels like its going to fly apart. The BMW would do that speed for 8 hours straight and feel rock solid doing it. As for its competition, I always thought the Lexus SC line was king of the 90's big coupes. The base model SC300 posted similar performance numbers despite having just 225hp from its inline six. And it costs half a much new and isn't an unreliable money pit like the BMW.
These can be had pretty cheap today if you can find one. What is crazy is to think, adjusted for inflation, this would be equivalent to a $120K car in today's money.
Back in the day when BMW built cool looking cars. Not blisteringly fast but a good handler for the day. A buddy of mine picked one of these up a couple of years ago with about 50k on the odometer in perfect garage kept shape. I think he paid 6k for it but the engine had some major issues so out the 4.0 came and in when an LS7 with the 6 speed manual trans. Blasphemous for any purist sure but the money he was paid for the 4.0 and trans covered the cost of the LS swap. It's now a real performer and he prefers driving it over his 17' 735 with the 4.4.
OH BOY OH BOY! Motorweek, I've been asking for the GM U-Body review and I saw a glimpse of a blue Chevy Lumina APV at the opening of this video! Does that mean you've heard my cries and are about to upload the 1990 U-Body "Dustbuster" minivans video(s)?
I remember reading an article in The Source magazine back in the 90s where Eazy E was showing off his 8 series. It was white with some tight chrome rims.
0-60 in 7 seconds is surprisingly slower than I would have guessed for this car. I would have thought a 6 second time would have been a little more accurate.
I owned one of them back in the day. Fun little car. Sadly, for the BMW, which would be nearly $150K in today's money, the 02 Sentra SE-R was actually faster, even in stock form. Put a few mods on them like CAI, exhaust, headers, and they could get real quick.
A friend had a 2004 SE-R and the engine seized up after 8 years. I don't know if it was him not keeping up on the maintenance or just bad quality engineering
Hie thangs again nice movie nice car. Idid once be close to a white one a 850i remember in southafrica wedid getit as such ihave still note been inside one maybe once if i have mo money mo cash ican buy it? There is note many for sale we didnote receive the 840i result whatis the point? Here we say gobig ot gohome. I went home.
For $68K in '94, or $115K today, you'd better be getting me to 60mph a Hell of a lot faster than 7 secs. I want to say the '94 Mustang GT or Camaro SS's were pulling that or quicker for $20K. MW was acting like this was no big deal..for that money. Really? And don't tell me the car is a Grand Tourer, and therefore its not expected to get up to speed quickly. That thing should be doing sub 6 secs runs all day long for that money. On a side note, is that Arthur Ashe modeling the review?
Faux Craig Singhaus BMW is in a different league. 90’s American cars had nasty interiors, stone age leaf spring suspension, drum brakes... I could go on. The BMW had none of these things. And was a LOT safer to crash in, and it still looks good today. Which is why they are collectible and going up in value.
You have smooth DOHC engines as opposed to pushrod trash, fantastic design, fit and finish inside and out a much more modern suspension system as stated above. A timeless look that is truly a masterpiece of late 80s design 7 seconds for the day was pretty damn good even if a godawful ugly SN-95 with a crown vic engine could do a little better. this had a 5 speed auto in 1994 this had everything that was cutting edge at the time a clean one of these will go for 12k-20k a clean SN-95 GT will go for 5k and they are some of the worst eye sores on the road one of the ugliest generations of mustangs by far perhaps even the ugliest dare I say.
Yes, yes for that price. That piece of shit SN-95 gt had a 3.27 axle ratio this had a 2.81 so this is a cruiser that is designed for comfortable sustained high speed travel with design, build quality, character, and all the cutting edge tech of the 90s independent suspension, 5 speed auto, DOHC engine, disc brakes and once again a look unlike anything of the day. I think you would be better presenting your argument to the point a to point b crowd as you seriously don't understand why one of these would cost much more than one of those horrid looking ancient technology plastic dinosaurs all SN-95s should be scrapped! Your argument correlates to a point where American cars were total shit and german cars where fantastically built with ingenious engineering, you would be better off comparing a new mustang a s550 gt to a 650i but even then you would make the same points that don't really apply when you compare the two and what purpose they are built for. I mean fuck you could take a 1994 civic and throw a turbo on it and run a 5 second 0-60 do I give a fuck? NO! Premium has a price!!
HotGritz910....you'd be better off lighting it on fire and pushin it off a cliff, cuz it'd ruin it the same as puttin a Garbage Motors piece of shit engine under the hood....
Mark 8 doesn’t handle as well, nor did it ever achieve the prestige that’s comes with owning an 8 series..ford automatics during that time were horrible too.
So for half the price you could've got a Corvette that would've destroyed it, or for around the same price you could've got a viper or zr-1 and obliterated it.
My 1993 has the current air springs. My last 1993 MArk I had to replace the fronts.. Very easy to do. I would never change out the air springs for coil. NEVER !!
funny , those almost super sedans of those years , my 2014 ford fusion 2.0 turbo 4 cly..is faster...., some common mini vans are faster today, than 1960 mussle cars
Still one of the best looking BMWs ever
That was the BMW that got me hooked onto BMWs.
Early ‘70s 3.0 CSi would be that.
Strongly agree 👍
Best looking cars ever
That's true. Absolutely beautiful BMW.
I am the proud owner of a 1996 BMW 840CI for the last 16 years. I have kept the car in all original condition ,except for the tinted windows...which made the car stand out twice as much. The car gets a lot of attention and is a head turner. I have noticed an uptick in the amount of attention the car is getting once I got it back on the road after a 4 year stint of sitting in the garage to what I thought was a blown head gasket ,luckily it was just a few blown hoses. But ever since I got it back on the road, I have noticed the car is getting double the attention it used to before I garaged it. The car is a pleasure to drive and it never gets old driving it.
Nearly 30 years old and still better looking than most of the current BMW lineup IMO! Only those stingy wheels let it down.
I actually kinda like the wheels
Even if I didn't like it, for me I can overlook that
2019 and this still is a beautiful looking car.
King Zak You got no taste then 🤷🏻♂️
@@itsabigchungus ha! Look who's talking. The 8 series follows the line if the M1, one of the most beautiful BMWs ever made. And both the 850 and 840 are no exception.
Best styling od BMW 1980s ans 1990s
I have a a friend who owned the V-8 version. LOVED the car, but it didn't love him back. He spent a fortune keeping it running. Lots of problems, especially electrical, A/C, water pumps...just endless. BUT he still loved it.
Pop up lights and a sexy rear. Change those rims and the car is beautiful even today...
It always makes me laugh and shake my head when people are complaining about performance and the lack of horsepower autos had 20+ years ago comparing to cars today. It's not necessary to critique or mention facts and figures from yesteryear people! It's called innovation!!!
This car is actually faster than new ones because it doesn't have electronic limiter and can do 180mph.
It’s how it drives that makes the difference. A creamy BMW V8 or sublime V12 are above reproach.
@@V8_screw_electric_cars a 286 PS car does not have top speed of 180mph. And 840Ci does have an electronic limiter so it is restricted to 155mph.
@@tuukkasimonen2417 It has nothing to do with HP more with aerodynamics, go look on youtube there's video of guy doing 300kph on autobahn.
@@V8_screw_electric_cars LOL no. Both power and aerodynamics work together to allow a certain top speed. But as @Tuukka Simonen said, this car will probably just about hit around 160mph with that engine, but like all BMWs it had a standard 155mph limiter. The 850CSi with 380hp would probably hit 180mph if de-limited and if you're refering to the video I'm thinking of, that was an 850CSi.
love john davies' incessant desire for complete gauges!! no matter how hard he tried, gauge packages got smaller and smaller as time wore on.
Naren V maybe he’s a bit near-sighted lol. I was quite surprised when he didn’t didn’t mention the never-present volt meter or oil pressure gauge
Naren V I always think about that, all we could ask for was a voltmeter and oil pressure gauge
Naren V car companies don’t give a damn about what MW says. Nor should they.
Back when BMW was actually the ultimate driving machine.
M2 CS.
This was back when BMW was still concerned with building cars that were actually awesome!
I love my 840ci - even just looking at it. Yes, it is a demanding child sometimes but once sorted, a true joy.
Most beautiful BMW ever made.
I drove the 850 6 Speed V-12 in 1995 and it was the Ultimate Driving Machine.
Love the bmw retro reviews
2021 and its still a looker!
Thank you so much for posting this!!! :D
Didn't know Gus Fring worked for MW back in the 90's. Maybe its the glasses lol.
As for those saying this 840i was slow, I would have to agree, at least through the quarter mile. The rear drive ratio and transmission were geared to turn low RPM at autobahn speeds. A 1994 Z28 Camaro would smoke this thing, stock vs stock. Guarantee you wouldn't want to drive that Camaro at 150mph for more than a minute or two, darty, feels like its going to fly apart. The BMW would do that speed for 8 hours straight and feel rock solid doing it.
As for its competition, I always thought the Lexus SC line was king of the 90's big coupes. The base model SC300 posted similar performance numbers despite having just 225hp from its inline six. And it costs half a much new and isn't an unreliable money pit like the BMW.
Cool as the V12 was, the V8 was probably the better engine anyway.
But was only fitted to an automatic which is outdated today.
Probably one of my favourite BMWs. It’s just a shame that they never made the M version of it.
850 CSI came pretty close
850csi is an ///M product
IMO they look best with 5 spoke or bbs style wheels, I hate the "ninja star" wheels on this one
Yeah they don't look good. The "Throwing Star" wheels fitted to the 850CSi at the beginning of the video are much nicer and look good on this car
These can be had pretty cheap today if you can find one. What is crazy is to think, adjusted for inflation, this would be equivalent to a $120K car in today's money.
2020 and bmw seats still feel like rocks
$68k wow high price air bags good speed love it
Remember how I used to like this car watching Cliff Barnes from Dallas drove one
Can somebody show this to Hoovie?
He has the V12 which is two inline sixes taped together.
I'm pretty sure he watches every motorweek retro review 😂
Tool0GT92 No, I think BMW used JB Weld to hold them together... ;-)
he's a tool
Sweet ride
Wen dual air bad were standard, and CD players were optional. The good old days!!!
Damn 68k is still a lot of money even today
$68,000 in 1994 equals $117,909.80 in 2020. You're absolutely correct lol
I'm surprised that this video doesn't have more views!
I had a hotwheel of this car, always wanted one.
It’s beautiful in every sense of the word.
Simply Grand Tourer.
Im glad the brought the 8 series back but this is still a sexy coupe besides the Lexus SC 300 and Buick Riviera 90s model.
Caraca esse carro é um arraso sensacional que bonito cor vermelha interior por dentro é mais bonito 👍😁😁😁
Back in the day when BMW built cool looking cars. Not blisteringly fast but a good handler for the day. A buddy of mine picked one of these up a couple of years ago with about 50k on the odometer in perfect garage kept shape. I think he paid 6k for it but the engine had some major issues so out the 4.0 came and in when an LS7 with the 6 speed manual trans. Blasphemous for any purist sure but the money he was paid for the 4.0 and trans covered the cost of the LS swap. It's now a real performer and he prefers driving it over his 17' 735 with the 4.4.
When BMW made beautiful cars......
Cadillac Seville (STS) started making the back end of their cars look like this as well.
Still looks good!
Used to be one of my dream cars...
And I thought the Powerstroke Diesel engine option was expensive
Such a cool car. It wasn't very reliable, though, but the V8 models were supposedly a bit better.
Bmw is bringing this kind of face back with the upcoming 7 series.
I remember MotorWeek Testing a RED 850CSI in 1995
Uau que legal amigo lindo essa BMW 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍😁
Sensacional 👏👏👏
OH BOY OH BOY! Motorweek, I've been asking for the GM U-Body review and I saw a glimpse of a blue Chevy Lumina APV at the opening of this video! Does that mean you've heard my cries and are about to upload the 1990 U-Body "Dustbuster" minivans video(s)?
Motorweek staff. Could you please upload and do a retro review of your 1997 Test drive of the BMW E39 528i? Please and thanks!!
Eazy E
yeah, Always into something
Mel Laknanurak he had the 850csi
I remember reading an article in The Source magazine back in the 90s where Eazy E was showing off his 8 series. It was white with some tight chrome rims.
travisp11 yeah one of the first in the country to own one. Bought it after his girl friend Tracy wrecked his 7 series.
dreammatch2000 oh yeah! I forgot about that!! Can't help but wonder where the car is now!!
0-60 in 7 seconds is surprisingly slower than I would have guessed for this car. I would have thought a 6 second time would have been a little more accurate.
Ryan Lange heavy car remember
A Ford Raptor goes to 60 in 5.3 seconds and thats a truck!
It was fast for back then
The car weight 2 ton
It’s a beautiful car with unimpressive numbers
Those are some expensive cylinders.
Wow that's something when a V8 is the small engine option in a sports car. V8 is more than enough power in the pickup trucks I've driven!
So many cars, so wenig Zeit.
Acura Legend coupes were emulating this
Does anyone have the 850 review?
The base price of $68,100 USD is $114,000 in today’s money!
Tika1 if they made them now, I’d pay that money with a huge smile on my face!
Back when BMW cared about making a great car.
Can you post the 2002 Sentra SE-R SpecV video please
I owned one of them back in the day. Fun little car. Sadly, for the BMW, which would be nearly $150K in today's money, the 02 Sentra SE-R was actually faster, even in stock form. Put a few mods on them like CAI, exhaust, headers, and they could get real quick.
My ex had one of those cars, while it was a fun car to drive she had nothing but problems with it and they are known for breaking down.
A friend had a 2004 SE-R and the engine seized up after 8 years. I don't know if it was him not keeping up on the maintenance or just bad quality engineering
Give me an old school 635csi stick
Yes!!!! Loved that car as a kid. Thanks to the TV show Hawk.
Crazy to see a $68k car come with 16 inch rims.
BCJDM 68k back then
BCJDM Bigger tire sidewall and good handling and ride with it. W220 had 16s.
It's not like 17's weren't around then. This car was just way overpriced for what you got and what it delivered.
Ual que da hora 👍👍👍👍🇧🇷🇧🇷
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Anyone tempted to blow $100k on the latest upscale sports sedan should watch these videos.
THIS is an 8 SERIES. I do not know what this current 8 series is, but it looks like a longer wheel base version of the 6 series...
Now they live on Craigslist for 5% of the cost.
hey Motorweek, could you do the 1993 Dodge Ram?
'94 was the first year of the "Big Rig" styling or did you specifically mean to reference the last year of the D series?
Where do that music came from?
Mario Torrez Quant I believe it's Vivaldi, but I'm not certain.
Thank you Jason, it is, it just surprised me :D
Where does that music come from?
Way prettier than the new 8 series
Hie thangs again nice movie nice car. Idid once be close to a white one a 850i remember in southafrica wedid getit as such ihave still note been inside one maybe once if i have mo money mo cash ican buy it? There is note many for sale we didnote receive the 840i result whatis the point? Here we say gobig ot gohome. I went home.
68K in 1994 what a bargain! I would have bought 2. Over 117K in today's dollars. Lol
that interior though..dark as a coal hole
does it do anything better than the 540i of the same time? dont think so honestly.
On Instagram it's a coyote swap one of these
Will BMW ever do a "retro design" car like the big 3 has?
They make the new Minis...
My uncle still has this car. I think is a 97 850Ci?
KingPrince We are very happy for you and your uncle
HA! --- ME Too
Man, Herbie Hancock looked young in this!
Geez..really??
It’s kinda crazy how you can get a way nicer car for way less
Oh, and way more powerful.
Algum BR por aqui?
For $68K in '94, or $115K today, you'd better be getting me to 60mph a Hell of a lot faster than 7 secs. I want to say the '94 Mustang GT or Camaro SS's were pulling that or quicker for $20K. MW was acting like this was no big deal..for that money. Really? And don't tell me the car is a Grand Tourer, and therefore its not expected to get up to speed quickly. That thing should be doing sub 6 secs runs all day long for that money.
On a side note, is that Arthur Ashe modeling the review?
Faux Craig Singhaus BMW is in a different league. 90’s American cars had nasty interiors, stone age leaf spring suspension, drum brakes... I could go on. The BMW had none of these things. And was a LOT safer to crash in, and it still looks good today. Which is why they are collectible and going up in value.
Yeah, I get all that. Not $48K or 2.5 times better though to a comparable Mustang GT
You have smooth DOHC engines as opposed to pushrod trash, fantastic design, fit and finish inside and out a much more modern suspension system as stated above. A timeless look that is truly a masterpiece of late 80s design 7 seconds for the day was pretty damn good even if a godawful ugly SN-95 with a crown vic engine could do a little better. this had a 5 speed auto in 1994 this had everything that was cutting edge at the time a clean one of these will go for 12k-20k a clean SN-95 GT will go for 5k and they are some of the worst eye sores on the road one of the ugliest generations of mustangs by far perhaps even the ugliest dare I say.
Nope, still not for that price and performance
Yes, yes for that price. That piece of shit SN-95 gt had a 3.27 axle ratio this had a 2.81 so this is a cruiser that is designed for comfortable sustained high speed travel with design, build quality, character, and all the cutting edge tech of the 90s independent suspension, 5 speed auto, DOHC engine, disc brakes and once again a look unlike anything of the day. I think you would be better presenting your argument to the point a to point b crowd as you seriously don't understand why one of these would cost much more than one of those horrid looking ancient technology plastic dinosaurs all SN-95s should be scrapped! Your argument correlates to a point where American cars were total shit and german cars where fantastically built with ingenious engineering, you would be better off comparing a new mustang a s550 gt to a 650i but even then you would make the same points that don't really apply when you compare the two and what purpose they are built for. I mean fuck you could take a 1994 civic and throw a turbo on it and run a 5 second 0-60 do I give a fuck? NO! Premium has a price!!
Needs a turbo ls swap
HotGritz910....you'd be better off lighting it on fire and pushin it off a cliff, cuz it'd ruin it the same as puttin a Garbage Motors piece of shit engine under the hood....
The thing that made the 8 series so cool was the fact that it had a V12. I'd probably just rather have an old 3 or 5 series than have a V8 8 series.
yeah but V8 had same power and it was better engine dohc vs sohc and so much simpler cause v12 was like to straight 6 joined together.
The '94 BMW 840Ci made the ultra expensive 8-Series a touch more attainable by using a V8
instead of the 850's V12.
This is the same price as a current BMW.
Not perfect but better than the new 8-series!
The M60 cars (840, 740, 540) are not 0-60 cars
But 60 and above these cars pull like a freight train
My old 2002 honda accord does 0 to 60 in seven seconds
Hmm, surprisingly Firebird Firehawk from 91 was quicker while being 2 times cheaper.
Mark 8 doesn’t handle as well, nor did it ever achieve the prestige that’s comes with owning an 8 series..ford automatics during that time were horrible too.
Good car ruined by a primitive steering system,if only they borrowed the rack from the E36.
This looks like a supra
So for half the price you could've got a Corvette that would've destroyed it, or for around the same price you could've got a viper or zr-1 and obliterated it.
yeah but it was GT you know what that means luxury cruiser not ass shattering sports car.
yyeah broooooooo
Doctor wherever pop condition unlike drift where smoke better.
Lincoln Mark VIII is faster, way more reliable. Stops as good, handles better. And is not a maintenance nightmare..
I totally agree, although one point here is that most people switch out the air struts for standard.
My 1993 has the current air springs. My last 1993 MArk I had to replace the fronts.. Very easy to do. I would never change out the air springs for coil. NEVER !!
It's the 850ci that's a nightmare because of the hot mess that was the V12. The V8's require a bit of work but they're not a nightmare.
and looks ghetto as shit
But it's still a Lincoln
Fuck yeah
Drug Dealer's car
The start for BMW complicated crap.
Price is not a difference in look of the car.
Looks like Mk3 Supra.
Fuzz Ball not even
Pretty slow for a BMW in comparison to many other cars of the time.
Those wheels are hideous
those wheels were hideous.
But a genius desgin with turbine effect for better brake cooling
those wheels were hideous.
those wheels look like they belong on a 318i. cheap cheap and cheap
funny , those almost super sedans of those years , my 2014 ford fusion 2.0 turbo 4 cly..is faster...., some common mini vans are faster today, than 1960 mussle cars
Iraq auto!
You have an idea what kind of man drives that BMW? Let me tell you. Closers. Closers drive that car.
You know why mister? Cause I drove an $80,000 bmw to get here and you drove a Hyundai, that why!