F10 530d Manual - how many made?

[RobM77]

I found this yesterday:

https://www.imperialcarsupermarkets.co.uk/used-car...

Before I saw this car I had wrongly assumed BMW only made the F10 520d with a manual gearbox. Does anyone know how many 530d models left the factory with manual boxes?

[JakeT]

It wasn't very common, and was dropped after the facelift, but all models of F1x 5 series bar the 535d, 550i and M5 were available with a manual gearbox. The rarest being a 2012 only 530i with a manual box.

After the facelift, only the smaller engined models came with a manual gearbox.

[SteBrown91]

It wasn’t very popular, most were bought by police forces new (so if white and moon mileage with a cloth interior it’s likely ex plod)

[Runes]

Might be a bit tedious and imprecise, but you could get an idea by looking at the "New Registrations" tab on the relevant models on here: https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/browse/bmw/bmw_5_ser...