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BMW 540s in three new flavors: sporty naughty and rorty.

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MWs 5series car is seven years into its model life and in a few months its replacement will appear on these shores. So it must be time to freshen the lame ducks appeal with a little added spice ...

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MWs 5series car is seven years into its model life and in a few months its replacement will appear on these shores. So it must be time to freshen the lame ducks appeal with a little added spice right! Ja narrrrlich. Thus the 540i Sport has appeared a more athletic version of the midsized model. Having decided that the power from the 4.0liter V8 was adequate BMWs engineers went to work on the cars chassis instead evidently believing that the stock 540i was merely the penultimate driving machine and it could stand some improvement. Weve never complained about the chassis manners of the standard 540i but we admit the Sport package we test. here further enhances the sporting flav or of the car. Is it worth an additional S8360? For about the same money you could take your base 540i to Steve Dinans shop near San Jose for a supercharger conversion.          He can boost the power to 402 hp outshining the 540i Sport in no uncertain fashion. But with that much performance you*ll be forced to consider some suspension brake and tire upgrades to harness the action. Choose the good stuff from Dinans catalog and youre looking at another ei ht grand. Hey its money well spent. The third car in our BMW 540i trilogy isnt for sale. At least not in the conventional sense. Its Dinans World Challenge race car. World Challenge is the SCCAs version of Le Mans type sportscar racing. Yeah we know the 540i isnt a sports car but Dinan doesnt seem to care. Hes been racing the car against Corvettes and factorybuilt Porsche GT2 race cars for two seasons. Brave? Certainly. Crazy! Maybe. Successful: Read on for the answer to that one. B Fast Fives BMW 540s in three new flavors: sporty naughty and rorty. One look at the front spoiler proves that this car means business simply    reduce airflow under the car this one on the BMW 540i Sport uses the air to increase braking performance.  Specifically   &n ...

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