
BMW M535i E28 Alpine White AUTOart 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- BMW
- Manufacturer
- AUTOart
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 75161
- Year
- 1985
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- Sedan
- Vehicle Class
- Performance Sedans
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 674110751611
About the BMW M535i E28 Alpine White AUTOart 1:18
TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW M535i E28 in Alpine White opens at the doors, hood and trunk. Dating to 1985, it reproduces the E28-generation sedan that took BMW's M1 supercar engine and put it into a practical family car body.
The M535i represented an early chapter in BMW's approach to performance sedans, wrapping serious mechanical upgrades in a body that looked, at a glance, like any other 5 Series on the road.
AUTOart's Diecast Build of the M535i
This casting opens fully, letting a collector view the cabin and engine bay that housed BMW's inline-six performance upgrade over the standard 5 Series. Alpine White paint suits the M535i's understated character, a color choice that lets the subtle front spoiler and side skirt additions read as intentional rather than decorative. AUTOart holds the E28's clean, boxy 1980s BMW lines accurately, with the greenhouse and trunk proportions matching the era's design language rather than a smoothed-over modern reinterpretation. Panel gaps run typical for the diecast tier, an honest tradeoff for a body engineered to open repeatedly without wear.
The M535i in a BMW Performance Sedan Progression
This E28 sits at an early point in BMW's performance sedan lineage, before the M5 nameplate became the brand's dedicated high-performance flagship. Displayed alongside later M5 generations, it shows how the formula matured from a modified standard car into a purpose-built halo model. At roughly 21 centimeters, it fits comfortably into a shelf tracing 1980s German sedan performance.














