On the last journey with the breeze: BMW M5 hearse from Athens (4 photos)
There are many unusual hearses in the world, but not many of them have with enough power to compare with the model shown in the photo based on BMW M5.
People buy BMW just like BMW, i.e. they want to have charismatic car with outstanding driving characteristics to enjoy the process of driving and the very fact of owning famous car. Transportation of dead and heavy bags is unlikely fit into such a scenario.
On the roads of Athens, an ex-sedan BMW M5 Touring of the E60 generation was spotted, from which they made ... a hearse. The scope of work in this case turned out to be even on a larger scale, since the body itself had to be lengthened, intensively reshape the roof, sidewalls with racks and change the glazing from the luggage door for the sake of aesthetics and convenient loading of the coffin. Increased at the same time weight and degraded aerodynamics are unlikely to reach the previous 100 km / h in 4.4 seconds with a factory 500-horsepower V10 aspirated. But you should never rush to the cemetery, don't you think?
It is worth noting that for hearses, the driving speed has the most the latter value, the smoothness of the ride and the ability to move as long as possible in low gear, literally crawl into walking mode. It is possible that the conversion of the Bavarian trotter into a carriage for the journey of the deceased on their last journey happened involuntarily: BMW landed in severe accident, after which he gained a chance for a second life. People would like that.