E28 colours

[dan101smith]

Long shot this - anyone know the sales stats for the different colour e28s in the UK (or worldwide)?

[mustard]

cant give you volume, but while i've god my mid to late eightes colour chart out for silverback

avaiable colours

146 Alpine White
128 Gazelle Beige
138 Zinnober Red
172 Carmine Red
176 Saturn Blue
173 Lapis Blue
086 Black

139 Bronze Metallic
219 Luxor Beige Met
214 Burgundy II Met
203 Lachssilber Met
189 Cirrus Blue Met
198 Royal Blue Met
182 Emerald Green Met
205 Malachite Green Met
212 Mink Brown Met
184 Dolphin Grey Met
181 Diamond Black Met

[Belleair302]

Post your question on www.m5board.com under the E 28 section of the messageboard. You will get an answer and a good one too. There were only 2241 cars ever made so the breakdown will not be so hard to work out.

The only colours used were I believe

Alpine White I CC 146
Black CC 086 US Models
Cinnabar Red CC 218
Diamond Black M CC 181
Dolphin Grey M CC 184
Lachs Silver M CC 203

CC = BMW Colour Code.
M = Metallic

Edited by Belleair302 on Wednesday 7th March 23:34

Edited by Belleair302 on Wednesday 7th March 23:39

[dan101smith]

I assume 2241 is the number of M5s made, not E28s?

Where do you find the paint code on an E28? I was under the impression that mine is Opalgrun, not seen it listed, and not seen any others that colour.

[Belleair302]

That is correct, it is the number of M5's produced. It is possible that one or two cars were 'custom' ordered from BMW with unique paint colours as an optional extra. My data comes form a a book titled Original BMW M-Series, written by James Taylor and published by MBI. You can but it on Amazon.co.uk for around £25.00