Highlights Handsome and well-engineered '90s GT car Australian import 282bhp, 4.4-litre V8 engine Good history folder BMW main dealer and specialist service history Lots of recent restoration work Overview The E31 8 Series holds a special place in many people's hearts.

Not only does it come equipped with a choice of BMW's venerable V8 and V12 engines but it was also a much sleeker design than previous models, taking more inspiration from the M1 than most anything else.

It was certainly a looker and as far as polished grand tourers go it ticked a lot of boxes and it's a car that still very much holds up today.

With a boom in popularity for '90s youngtimers that is still going strong, now could very well be the time to pick up such a machine and this particular 1994 example might be just the ticket.

Having been manufactured a few years into the E31's nine-year production run it comes with the later, larger capacity 4.4-litre V8, which means more torque, better fuel economy, and lower...