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(2024) BMW 520i vs BMW 535i (1998)

AH, AN E39. THE BEST EXECUTIVE SALOON THERE’S EVER BEEN?

You’d certainly face fierce debate dare you disagree, and not least from us. See, we retrospectively named it our 1995 Car of the Year when we celebrated three decades of mag by bringing together our 30 CotY champions in Issue 376,

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