Production Numbers - US E28s

[328dabi]

I found this I'd saved:

Phil Marx got this info just prior to 5er Fest and forgot to share it. He has the totals by calendar year but it doesn't break out by model-year so these are total by model for the entire run:
528e 27,078
528eA 52,622
524tdA 3,635
533i 7,848
533iA 2,514
535i 10,252
535iA 7,357
535is 3,634
535isA 2,714
M5 1,236

so this is Total american production from 9/1981-8/1988?

The 524td numbers are 1,847 for ‘85 and 1,759 for 86. These numbers indicate an additional 29 cars. I know at least 1 84 exists. I wonder if this means BMW built 29 84’s.

[BMWCCA2]

so this is Total american production from 9/1981-8/1988?

The 524td numbers are 1,847 for ‘85 and 1,759 for 86. These numbers indicate an additional 29 cars. I know at least 1 84 exists. I wonder if this means BMW built 29 84’s.

Just a suggestion, but those numbers may include EPA test cars, other "pre-production" press cars, crash cars, etc. Honestly a few could have been totaled in company use, too. We'll likely never know. Assuming sequential VINs, you could always punch the low and high numbers in RealOEM and then go one-more, or one-less and see what you get.

[328dabi]

The 524td numbers are 1,847 for ‘85 and 1,759 for 86. These numbers indicate an additional 29 cars. I know at least 1 84 exists. I wonder if this means BMW built 29 84’s.

Just a suggestion, but those numbers may include EPA test cars, other "pre-production" press cars, crash cars, etc. Honestly a few could have been totaled in company use, too. We'll likely never know. Assuming sequential VINs, you could always punch the low and high numbers in RealOEM and then go one-more, or one-less and see what you get.

I have a us spec 84. It was a euro delivery car. I wasn’t sure if the vins for td’s were sequential, but I guess it’s a good idea to start checking + and - from mine and see if there are any more. I’m trying to figure out if this is a 1 of 1 as it shouldn’t exist, and if not, how many other 84’s were made.

[328dabi]

So I have an 84 Td and found 1 other 84 us spec car that was parted out, but was unable to confirm if it were in fact an 84 my. Running vins through real oem shows the very next car as being an 85 MY and 30 total us spec 84’s.

How many of those 30 were actually sold to clients vs used as press cars, etc. I don’t know. But at least 1

[JohnH]

Checking realoem suggests there were
11 manual 524td (prod code 4214) built between 1983/03 - 1984/02, Vin range 0525001-0525011, and
3773 auto 524td (prod code 4224) built between 1983/03 - 1985/12, Vin range 0530001-0533773.

These are NA VINs, not just US.

[328dabi]

Checking realoem suggests there were
11 manual 524td (prod code 4214) built between 1983/03 - 1984/02, Vin range 0525001-0525011, and
3773 auto 524td (prod code 4224) built between 1983/03 - 1985/12, Vin range 0530001-0533773.

These are NA VINs, not just US.

Makes one wonder if those first 11 were test vehicles. I wonder how many MY 84’s made it into public hands. I guess I could hypothetically run a carfax on all 30 Vins. There is a 5 month gap between my car 03/84 and the first 1985 MY car 08/84.

[stuartinmn]

Makes one wonder if those first 11 were test vehicles. I wonder how many MY 84’s made it into public hands. I guess I could hypothetically run a carfax on all 30 Vins. There is a 5 month gap between my car 03/84 and the first 1985 MY car 08/84.

Not really the same thing but some cars may have gone to other manufacturers, they sometimes buy cars from their competitors for evaluation. My first 325iX had this sticker on the underside of the hood, apparently Chrysler Corporation was the first owner and they used it for some sort of emissions testing.

[kojo96]

Here is the list for all to enjoy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20041101081 ... umbers.htm

[328dabi]

Here is the list for all to enjoy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20041101081 ... umbers.htm

This is a great list but not accurate in regard to td models. 525000-530000 listed as 84 model year do not exist. For 85 model year it lists 530001+ as being 85 model year cars.

Vins 530001-530030 are 1984 model year cars. First ‘85 is 530031. I own 030 and it has 2 option codes, one being 910-research car with special controls without prior inspection.

The other 29 vins show on realoem but not on any vin decoder I’ve tried to check option codes. The first 29’pop up as invalid vins on any vin check I’ve tried. there is only 1 North American 1984.