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稍稍了解車的人一定聽過BMW M3的傳奇故事

也知道BMW M-POWER 一詞，代表了性能與豪華並存的可能

除了M3之外，M家族更有M5 ，M6等性能車款

面對各種不同客戶層的需要而降臨在這世上

掛上M字樣的BMW車款，無疑是性能與個性化的表徵

今天的這台是比較特別的一款，亦可以說只有這一台

在80-90年代所誕生的BMW E-34 5系列車款

同樣的有M家族的加持而出現的E-34 M5系列

現今在市面上我們仍可以看到的多為4門房車的款式

且外型較樸素，與一般房車無異，唯有從小細節才能一窺其性能精神

其實當時的M-POWER，曾經準備推出一款較具獨特性的M5敞篷車型

除了敞篷的特點之外，車門也由四門一改為雙門

成為名符其實的雙門敞篷跑車~

就在一切就緒，準備進入量產階段，也已準備好參加1989年的日內瓦車展時

BMW原廠卻突然的中止了計畫，理由是為了保護自家的3系列敞篷跑車

避免市場重疊性太大，因此這款M5 CAB計畫就這樣結束了

相當可惜呢，若是能順利推出，相信這款車的確會是20年後今天

BIMMER車迷爭相收藏的好車呢~

還好有當時的圖片留著，就看照片來欣賞這位未出世的英雄吧~

雙門式樣

蓋起蓬的英姿

銷魂的車尾造型

經典M格紋絨布賽車椅組

是不是很棒呢，20年後再來看這部車，依舊是經典阿

以下是原文，參考出處為AUTOBLOG

These days BMW's M division is pretty busy, cranking out all manner of sport-tuned models in every form.

You can get an M3 as a coupe, convertible or sedan, the M5 in sedan or wagon form,

and the M6 as either a coupe or a convertible, in addition to M versions of the Z4.

But back in the late '80s, the selection of M cars was much more limited.

Not that the engineers in the sporting division weren't trying, though.

Case in point is this M5 cabrio prototype that almost made it into production, but was canceled at the last minute.

Starting with an E34-generation M5 sedan, engineers in Munich chopped off the roof,

strengthened the chassis and replaced the four doors with two longer ones.

(If you think the idea is entirely absurd, just look at the Audi A4 cabrio and its quattro GmbH-tuned versions.)

The resulting M5 convertible prototype was actually scheduled to debut at the 1989 Geneva Motor Show

and even priced at ￡50k for the British market, but fearing that its addition to the

BMW line-up would create demand for a conventional 5-series convertible and subsequently harm sales

of the existing 3-series cabrio, BMW executives decided to kill the project. Only one prototype of the

M5 convertible was made bearing ZS license plates from the

BMW Individual program, as you can see in the gallery below.