BMW Ex Michael Jordan Car Auctioned, Will Sell More Than IDR 1 Billion

This BMW 850i 1991 was once owned by the legendary basketball player, Michael Jordan. (Doc. Bring A Trailer)

JAKARTA - Basketball fans must know one of Michael Jordan's iconic athletes. The basketball player with a height of almost two meters earned a myriad of achievements in the NBA competition with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. However, who would have thought that the athlete who was born in New York, USA, also liked to collect vehicles.

One of them is the car he once owned, namely the 1991 BMW 850i which entered the buying and selling market.

The man who is familiarly called MJ' bought this car while it was still new to the Motor Werks of Barrington in Illinois, and from the owner who is currently selling it, it is known that the figure of the 30,000 km odometer since he bought it from the MJ in 1995. Uniquely, the vehicle number plate is still the same as when MJ owned it.

According to the alert of the Bring A Trailer page, Friday, January 5, this sedan-style car has Mauritius Blue Metallic colors, featuring pop-up headlights, fog lights, and sunscreens, and black side trim bodies.

The car received additional body components from AC Schnitzer from previous owners with front bumper covers, engine hoods, and front bikes have been smoothed like new vehicles.

The legs are equipped with 17-inch AC Schnitzer rims wrapped in the Continental Extreme 235/45 tires up front and 275/40 behind. Then, the brakes are equipped with a disc ventilated with ABS.

For the interior, the interior looks well maintained with a front chair covered with Light Parchment skin along with a door panel and carpet with matching colors. Other equipment consists of an onboard computer, dual zone automatic temperature controller, AM/FM/chaset stereo with a CD changer mounted in the trunk, driver position memory, driver steering column that can be powered, and AC.

The wheel is still wrapped in a four-barreled pattern that is installed in front of a 305 km/h speedometer, a tachyon, and a cooling liquid temperature gauge, and an indicator of refueling.

Behind the neat maintenance, BMW 850i carries a large capacity engine with 5.0 liters M70B50 V12 which produces up to 296 dk of power and 450 Nm of torque. This force is channeled through manual transmission of six accelerations to rear wheels.

The offering period from this car will expire in a few days and the highest offer currently reaches USD 71,000 or approximately IDR 1.1 billion. It is likely that the offer will increase over time.