Easily the fastest family wagon of its era

Unless somebody out there knows any different, the car that you see here is the only running BMW E3 estate in existence.

A what? A BMW E3 estate: a coachbuilt, load-hauling variant of the 3-litre ’70s sedan, just a dozen of which are believed to have been built.

Of those twelve, at least three have since been scrapped, two have been transformed into wagons and the rest remain unaccounted for – making JGT 587N probably the only roadgoing example there is.

Here’s the story of this most remarkable of family wagons.