[ryans65]

The e31 has aged really well from a design standpoint much like a lot of older bmw designs but these were unloved when they were new and aside from a individual car like the one cammisa owns they're still not all that great now. The engine was pretty ancient from the get go being derived from two M20 single cam engines. The interior quality was appalling like most bmws of that era as well and the despite the cars decent power it was a heavy lazy cruiser. The stick shift in my opinion makes it interesting but even when I was a die hard bmw guy I would see these at shows but never got excited about them. I don't know if it was mentioned or not but the M70 had the first drive by wire throttle body to ever be put on a production car. BMW used to have a lot of firsts to their name now they're just the ugliest piles of garbage on the road.