Like your rare colors? This humble 5-Series might interest you.
The surviving E39s in Singapore might just be the last classic model with an explosion of colors still gleaming around the country.
I believe this shade is factory paint, which while definitely not preserved to the very best that it should, the non-enthusiast parts and trim doesn't tell me that this is pampered. The color in question is a Canyon Red Metallic, a wine-red-esque color that doesn't literally pop, but is super reminiscent (or reeks if you don't like it) of old-money taste.
SDF is a plenty old plate, which could also be carried over from another car for all I know. If this is a period-correct registration, it is a 2000-model year car. I don't know much about the E39 generation and my knowledge pool with these are nowhere as big as what I know with Civics, so do fill me in on what exactly stands out with this unit that should confirm it to be what it is.
If it is a 2000s model year, it uses a 2.2-litre M54 engine, a bigger displacement variant of the 2.0-litre M52 that would have been inside it if it was manufactured a few years earlier. Everything else should roughly be identical to the pre-facelifts, driving the rear-wheels via a 5-speed automatic transmission, just with that bigger capacity engine.
This is probably owned by someone none-the-wiser, given most of these would have underwent sporty cosmetic changes, starting with a M-Sport bodykit. This doesn't have it, the original Style 48 OEM wheels still intact as well - which would more often always be swapped out to something bigger and cooler.
In any case. look at it. This is a sufficient blast-to-the-past, a humdrum executive saloon on original plates just going around like this. You literally cannot hate it.
Edit in December:
This car is owned by @e39.sg, which has undergone much restoration past the time I saw it. New set of Michelin Primacy 5s, respray to original paint, angel eye conversion, Apple Carplay, paint correction and ceramic coating, among other TLC. Quite a few humble updates to this 520i, which you should see for yourself.
~Efini
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(Photographed 20 October 2025)
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