Classic: BMW 524 td (E28)
Posted on 25-06-2016 to 18:00 by larssb – 61 Comments”
Not the first, but immediately the best. Leave that to those Wissenschaftler from Munich: the BMW 524 td.
It’s the beginning of years 80 and diesel is still a smell. Not only on your hands after refueling, and if you have bad luck the whole day on your ribbroek, but this brandstofvariant than would have been not as sophisticated as they are today. The overall opinion on mr. burgermans was still a little that such a zelfontbrander rattling, walmend and smelly always too little horsepower for each other rochelde. However, wear-proof, therefore, particularly suitable for the tractor of farmer Gezienus or the truck of sphere Henkie. But of course, that was not so.
Certainly not in the case of this 524 td. Long had the BMW dieselboot deducted (the competitor from Stuttgart, there had already been about for centuries with success because of their carefully maintained sporty image. Until then, it was a no-go area. Imagine you say; with your Bimmer to the same pump as a chubby Bubby. That later, even with a Jaguar reality was, was totally unthinkable. But the dieseltechniek evolved quickly and, more importantly: the demand was greater. Especially in the business market, where diesel is traditional though an advantage had been zelfontbranders more sophisticated, and therefore increasingly attractive. Also in the higher segments was this cheap peut is becoming negotiable. So, BMW could not afford to bring the boat to miss. Which is also diesel-ran, by the way. In 1983 they came up with their first dieselvariant, in the E28 5-series of that period. And it was a blast. The 5-series was already an institution in its field, and the diesel version did actually in no way affect. Handsome. Freude am Fahren, even on tractorsap.
But there was hard work in the laboratories of BMW. It should, of course, no nagelende catastrophe, that could be the perfectionist, the Bavarian’t afford to. Especially considering the high expectations and especially because of the skeptical competition, always ready for a good flop away. That didn’t happen. On the basis of the existing M20 six-in-line benzineversie went the engineers to work and came out with a self-igniting, feat. Out of the six cylinders with a capacity of 2.4 litres ontfutselden the Techniker with the help of a Garrett turbo in a total of 115 often, which, of course, the rear wheels aandreven, The 2-series was thankfully still very far away. No straatsteenophopende value, but this block had even more grunt and flexibility than are benzinebroertje. Especially at the bottom. That gave this 524 a confident and powerful character, and moreover, he was the fastest turbodieselaar of that time. And there early-ie not much in return.
A lot of money, though. You bought more than four Pandaatjes 34 before, but that was not useful. And so ran your consumption is still out of hand. The 524 td itself was fairly modest. An average of 1 in 14 was quite possible with this eco-athlete. Because a peak of slightly more than 180 km/h was no more spectacular for a dieselaar. The automatic version was at the end of his rope at 174 km/h. The standard sprint to 100 was completed in just over twelve seconds. That was just fast. Point. Because place it in the context of Gezienus and chubby Bubby.
Even more impressive was the calm and peace that this relative violence. The dedicated men of the Bavarian Motor Works had serious work made of the sound – and vibration isolation. Extra insulation under the hood, and under the floor, around the dashboard and the isolation of larger sheet metal parts had a huge calming effect. This Bimmer was zen. In all the rest did the dieselbeul his work, in the automatic version further aided by the controlled gearbox with lock-up. This also worked in the 525eta and had the same function: rest, cleanliness and regularity. Still, it was definitely no softy.
Far from even. That performance potential could still BMW-worthy to be used. Its driving performance did nothing to that of the benzinevarianten. The road-holding and handling characteristics were effortless high speeds, only the sound was different. And the consumption. And that was perhaps the most brilliant of the first dieselende Fünfer: BMW came late with his share in this dieselmarkt, but put immediately in the standard. We become almost used to it. Always win in the last minutes, those Germans.
Gallery: BMW 524 TD
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