Listing snapshot
| Spotted | November 2022 |
| Asking price | Not recorded |
| Location | Walden, New York |
| Listed on | Craigslist, private seller |
| Status | Ad expired. This page is our archive of the listing. |
We spotted this 1985 BMW 635CSi in November 2022, listed by its owner in Walden, New York, in the Hudson Valley. We did not record the asking price or mileage, and the ad has expired. We keep the record anyway: the photo and the details are a useful reference for anyone looking at an E24.
What this car was
A two-door E24 coupe in a light champagne colour, photographed on a leaf-covered lot in the fall. Our earlier write-up called it white, which the photo does not support. It sits on cross-spoke alloy wheels and has a light interior visible through the side glass. The chrome trim, side rubbing strip and bumpers all appear to be in place.
Our original post kept little from the ad beyond the photo, so we can’t speak to its mechanical condition, service history or rust. On any E24 the usual places to check are the sills, the front wings, the jacking points and the bottoms of the doors, along with the condition of the electrics and the cooling system.
BMW 6 Series price history
Every BMW 6 Series we’ve spotted for sale, oldest first. These are asking prices, not sale prices.
| Spotted | Car | Asking price | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2022 | 1985 635CSi (this car) | Not recorded | — |
| Jun 2023 | 1984 633CSi | $19,995 | 44,000 |
A little 6 Series history
The E24 was BMW’s first 6 Series, built from 1976 to 1989 as a successor to the E9 coupe, and styled under Paul Bracq. It was only ever a two-door coupe. Early bodies were built by Karmann before production moved to BMW’s own plant at Dingolfing. Most cars used the M30 straight-six, and the 635CSi was the main US model from 1985. The E24 won the European Touring Car Championship more than once in the 1980s. A total of 86,216 were built, not the “3 million” our old version of this page claimed.
The M635CSi, sold in the US as the M6, used a version of the M1’s twin-cam six and sits at the top of the range. A regular 635CSi like this one is the more affordable way into one of BMW’s best-looking coupes.
More cars from the archive
- Every BMW 6 Series we’ve spotted, with asking prices
- 1984 BMW 633CSi, another BMW
- 1982 BMW 320i E21, another BMW
- 1992 BMW 318i, another BMW
- 1990 BMW 525i, another BMW
