The original version of BMW's 6-series grand touring coupe debuted as a 1977 model and continued in production all the way through the 1989 model year before being supplanted by the V12-powered 850i coupe.
While the E24 6-series was launched in the U.S. as the 630CSi with the 176 horsepower 3.0L SOHC inline six, the best known variant was the 635CSi, which came along in 1985. Featuring the bored and stroked 3430cc M30B35 SOHC six, the North American version had an 8.0:1 compression ratio and was rated at 182 SAE net horsepower. (Euro motors sported a 10.0:1 compression ratio and put out 215hp.)
In 1985, Car and Driver magazine put a 5-speed 635CSi through its paces and recorded an 8.2 zero-to-sixty time and a quarter in sixteen seconds flat at 85 miles per hour. Top speed was 132 mph, while the four wheel discs would haul the 3,375 pound luxocoupe down from 70 to a stop in 189 feet, braking performance equivalent to the contemporary Corvette and only a few feet short of the Porsche 928S.
Like now, it was definitely a premium set of wheels. Base price was $41,315 and the only option on C/D's test car was a limited-slip diff, which brought the total sticker to $41,705, which is the equivalent of $122,000 in today's dough.
The 1985 635CSi in the picture was snapped with a Nikon Coolpix P7000 in December of 2015.
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