Used Car of the Day: 2003 BMW 540i M Sport

by Tim Healey

Published: September 19th, 2024

used car of the day 2003 bmw 540i m sport

Today we bring you a 2003 BMW 540i M Sport that's an oldie, but apparently, also a goody.

There's a long list of service and repair that's been done, and mods include the shocks, a struts kit, and the radio.

The seller says there's no rust and has never been in an accident. It's been summer-driven only and has a clean title with no fault codes.

It is over 157K miles, though.

This is a rare car, just one of 1,190 ever built.

It's a Michigan-based car -- which makes the lack of rust that much more impressive -- and you can see the list of service and a few more pics by clicking here. This one has a manual transmission.

The asking price is $15,540.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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MaintenanceCosts 3 hours ago
These are amazing but I'd rather have an E34 535i. I'm more and more convinced that a BMW just isn't a BMW without an inline six.

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ToolGuy 2 hours ago
"I have way more into the car than I’m selling it for." • Yes, you are the only individual in history in this situation.

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