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    Default Dakar yellow?

    In Staples car park today I saw a dakar yellow E34, at first I thought Dakar was only available for the E36 and Z3, but after a quick search on AutoTrader they have two 840's and an E46.

    I searched on Google and only found 1 picture, was it available on the E34 as an individual option?


    p.s. It looked awesome.

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    could have been a repaint?

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    dakargelb is a beautiful color but i don't remember it was available for e34...

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    Quote Originally Posted by repenttokyo
    could have been a repaint?
    I was in a rush, it looked original... but i can't say for sure.

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    I know that there's 5 E34 M5's (that's total worldwide production) that were factory Dakar Yellow paint jobs. And yes, I think that was a BMW Individual color option. So it was something that could be done, just wasn't done very often.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bubba966
    I know that there's 5 E34 M5's (that's total worldwide production) that were factory Dakar Yellow paint jobs. And yes, I think that was a BMW Individual color option. So it was something that could be done, just wasn't done very often.
    I grabbed this model kit a while back off ebay. I had always wondered if this is how the japanese liked their M5s. The yellow def struck me as unique (although not my cup of tea personally). I can imagine it was pretty striking in real life though.

    Safe bet the double decker "WING" this kit is so proud of was not a standard option though...



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    Cheers for the info guys, i don't think it was an M5 I saw, so it must have been an individual option.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BadAss95-530i
    The yellow def struck me as unique (although not my cup of tea personally). I can imagine it was pretty striking in real life though.
    x1 'Striking' sums it up perfectly

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    I saw a lot more of it today, I was going one way and it was coming towards me, the M5 bodykit , it was H-reg (hopefully it was a 3.6)...it carried on coming towards me... I saw a spoiler , and then the blacked out rear lights.


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    The vehicle details for H18 UCE are:

    Date of Liability 01 09 2008
    Date of First Registration 31 01 1992
    Year of Manufacture 1992
    Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2494CC
    CO2 Emissions Not Available
    Fuel Type Petrol
    Export Marker Not Applicable
    Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
    Vehicle Colour YELLOW
    Vehicle Type Approval null
    The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.
    Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
    6 Months Rate £101.75
    12 Months Rate £185.00

    At least it wasn't a 518.

    So problem solved. *Hangs self.

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    Where did you see this?

    I can go look up where the 5 M5's are (or were last know to be) when I've got a chance.
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