Subject: I put together the document he pulled the list from. Author: keitht as Keith : member since February, 2006 : 191 posts Posted on: 2009-06-08 16:47:18

I extracted the data from various sources such as the TIS cd. These sources did not differentiate between the m62 and the m62tu, but they did for the m52/m52tu. If there's interest, I may be able to get the m62 & m62tu numbers broken out if someone can tell me what month/year (of manufacture, not model year) BMW started using the m62tu instead of the m62 - assuming it was a clean break.

I only did general categories because there were a lot of different combinations. I have a rough "beta" which would allow you to punch in the last seven of a VIN and it will tell you how many cars were made with the same chassis type, motor, transmission, right/left hand drive and market. Unfortunately, I've not seen any way to reliably map manufacture dates to model years across the board.

The full document is available on my e30 cabrio website,
www.e30ic.com.

Keith

• e38 Production Totals & Percentages - how 'rare' was yours..? (url) - RobinK 2009-06-08 14:26:34 (2047 views)
  • 750i with a stick. No that would be some ride!!! (nt) - zapperjoe 2009-06-09 15:46:14 (89 views)
  • They break out the M52tu vs M52 but no listing for the M62tu? - Shled℠ 2009-06-08 16:17:36 (61 views)
    • I put together the document he pulled the list from. (url) - Keith 2009-06-08 16:47:18 (90 views)
      • Hi Keith - excellent document! M62TU went into e38's Sept. 98. (nt) - RobinK 2009-06-08 18:26:25 (68 views)
    • No, they seem to have grouped both M62's together for some reason. (nt) - RobinK 2009-06-08 16:34:55 (53 views)
  • what, no info on the number of Royal/Tan built in 1/99? - sdmike 2009-06-08 15:47:11 (57 views)
    • I'll keep looking. You got two #1's sales though - M62 and 740iL.... - RobinK 2009-06-08 15:51:34 (65 views)