Hallo fellow 8er's;
Because of Ralf's hospitality in welcoming me into ClubE31.de, I exclusively offer to the German 8er owner community the
first preliminary 840Ci inventory results. In the past 7 days, I have completed the worldwide inventory of each 840Ci ever produced from December 1992 through May 1999 as part of the 2005 BMW 8 Series Inventory Project. The 840's took nearly 5 months to catalog.
Note: these numbers are subject to audit.
In summary:
-> There were 87 colors used for the 840Ci worldwide (this includes special bi-color cars)
-> The top five 840Ci worldwide colors:
--- #1 - ORIENTBLAU METALLIC (317) - 1.038 produced
--- #2 - COSMOSSCHWARZ METALLIC (303) - 892 built
--- #3 - ARKTISSILBER METALLIC (309) - 842 built
--- #4 - SCHWARZ 2 (668) - 792 produced (primarily North America)
--- #5 - OXFORDGRUEN METALLIC (324) - 764 produced
-> These five colors comprise 55.4% of all 7,803 840Ci's built
-> Regarding SONDERLACKIERUNG (490), special order exterior colors:
--- For ECE/Rest of World - 942 were ordered; 932 are identified (missing 10)
--- These ECE 840Ci special orders comprise 17.6% of all 5,353 ECE 840's built
--- For North America - only 6 were special ordered; all identified
--- North America BMW dealers discouraged special orders for 8er's; therefore, special orders are only .24% of all 2,450 North American 840's built (less than 1%)
Special thanks to Reinhard for his assistance.
The 2005 BMW 8 Series Inventory Project is now halfway through completion. To read about the latest status report on this project, go here:
www.8-fest.com/about/news_detail.cfm?NewsID=103
Cheers,
