Finished in Polaris Silver with Charcoal leather and Alcantara trim, it features electric seats, steering wheel, and mirrors with memory function. Inside are Recaro style 18-way heated front and rear seats, and a wide screen sat nav with rear TV outputs. 

Finished in Polaris Silver with Charcoal leather and Alcantara trim, it features electric seats, steering wheel, and mirrors with memory function. Inside are Recaro style 18-way heated front and rear seats, and a wide screen sat nav with rear TV outputs. 

There are powerfold mirrors, climate control, an unused full-size spare wheel and full BMW toolkit. It has had just two owners from new, and also comes with a full service history. A MPH speedo has been fitted, along with full size number plate plinths.

It appears to be in totally original condition, the vendor citing zero corrosion and near unmarked new Bridgestone Tyres. It comes with a full handbook pack and we’re assured that the engine, gearbox brakes and suspension all perform without fault. 

​The exterior condition of this 735i, finished in Polaris Silver metallic paint, is fabulous. We’d hesitate to claim that it’s perfect, but it’s pretty close and one of the best looking 7s that we’ve seen. The only blemishes we could find were a few small marks within the colour-coded door handle apertures – Yes: we’re clutching at straws.

Even the very front of the car, where you’d expect a bit of stone chipping, looks unmarked. Naturally, the panel alignment is as you would expect from BMWs of this era, with tight and even shutlines, and the various external trims are all well aligned.

The glazing appears unblemished, as are the light lenses and badges. And the black rubbing strip and bumper trims have all survived the last 23 years without incident, it seems.

The car sits on lovely looking 18-inch M-Sport Parallel alloy wheels. All are shod in matching Bridgestone tyres. Regular readers of our listings will know we have a thing for good quality matching rubber on a car. While it’s not infallible, it is a good indicator that a car has had a mechanically sympathetic owner who doesn’t take short cuts where it matters most.

While the majority of the interior trim surfaces are black vinyl, the seats are upholstered in black nappa leather with anthracite Alcantara panels and there are also Alcantara inserts in the door cards. The dash, centre console and doors are inlaid with what looks like anthracite birch wood finish. The M-Sport multifunction steering wheel rim is also trimmed in leather. The black carpets and the rest of the upholstery and trim are all in magnificent condition. with only some very light wear on the driver’s seat bolster to indicate the car’s age, and no undue wear or damage. This car has also clearly been valeted and detailed to the highest standard, with barely a speck of dirt anywhere inside it, including around all the door shuts and We understand that all equipment works as it should, including air conditioning, windows, power-fold mirrors, front and rear heated seats, stereo, sat nav and the tilt and slide sunroof. The centre armrest contains preparation and cabling for an unknown model of mobile phone, neatly concealed under a rare-to-find fitted blanking cover With modern materials, corrosion protection and paint coatings, cars that are nearly 20 years old can easily still look like new on the outside and the interior, but often the less visible parts of the car will tell a different story. With this example, however, the good news continues. Under the bonnet, the engine bay is incredibly clean and tidy – looking very well cared for. Nothing is out of place or standing out as needing to be renewed or replaced, and there are no signs of corrosion anywhere. This 7 Series comes with a UK V5, full service history (in Japanese) and its original handbooks. Drives like a dream, it is a 9 out of 10 car, no rot, rust, mechanically 100%, will also come with a full years MOT.