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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ALIAS" data-source="post: 723111" data-attributes="member: 9054">Look-wise, E38 is sleeker. E39 is chubbier. But both aged very well.Interior. Both feel the same to me. Same generation after all.Engine-wise, E38 was never given the M54 engine, which is partly why it feels less responsive than the E39. If you try the pre-facelift E39 which has the M52 engine with the more restricted intakes, it will feel kind of sluggish too.Price-wise, you probably get the E38 cheaper. 7 tends to depreciate faster than 5, like 5 depreciates faster than 3. But both are good value for money. As the saying goes ...  a lot of car for the money !!</blockquote>