Exact e30 production numbers

[SickFinga]

You seem to know what you are talking about, where did you get that info? And thanks for the breakdown.

By pulling build sheets.

Had no clue they did any sort of knock-down with E30s. South Africa I imagine?

About 90% of those CKD cars are in fact South African. However, some were built in Malaysia and France.

ok, i'll play. what is semi knockdown kit?

Some countries have high taxes on foreign cars. To avoid being taxed, some manufacturers set up assembling factories in those countries. Manufacturer ships parts and then local workers assemble a car for the local market. BMW does/did it in a number of countries.(Egypt, Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Brazil) Most of the time manufacturers don't even own the factory, but outsource it to another company. For example, some BMWs for the Russian market are built at the same factory as Chevrolets, Kias and Hyundais.

[Stanley Rockafella]

here "knowck down kit" as it relates to BMW and other car makers:

http://automotivelogistics.media/intelligence/packing-a-knockdown-punch

Most of these kits were in relation to the boycott of South African made products due to apartheid.
As I understand it, there were companies who didn't wan't anything to do with BMW in the Apartheid years.
SA sourced a company who would provide them with an Italian made body (Glas) and then use the
powertrain from BMW and marry the two together for the SA market. Only SA was the only country
to build BMW's and MB's outside of Germany.

Volvo was another company who withdrew
from SA during these years, but nobody wanted anything from a Volvo lol

Here's some leisure reading for those interested in BMW's place in SA

http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips-article/1001190_mandela-and-bmw

Here's what a BMW 1800SA and 2000SA looked like.

http://hooniverse.com/2010/08/24/rare-bmw-glas-so-rare-its-practically-nonexistent/

Really homely looking things!

[Vincent Brick]

ok, i'll play. what is semi knockdown kit?

This is a better explanation of the whole thing than I could summarize:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit

Actually kinda surprised there is an article on this.

I thought a lot of South African BMWs were assembled in such a manner, but they have had a plant there since '68, so I'm not really sure.

[AwakenNoMore]

There were also 448 automatic Sports for the US market.

I have one of these '91 autos (3/91) with full sport goodies! Used to be Laguna.
Loving all this info.

[flyboyx]

ok, i'll play. what is semi knockdown kit?

[Vincent Brick]

You seem to know what you are talking about, where did you get that info? And thanks for the breakdown.

Had no clue they did any sort of knock-down with E30s. South Africa I imagine?

[SickFinga]

BTW I think these are production years, not model years.

Yes, they are.

1989 318is?!?

who's hiding these rare unicorns?

Keep in mind, this is a breakdown by production dates, not model years.
There were 9 US-spec 318is that were built in 1989. 4 were sold to the public. 2 to Canada, 2 to US. Out of those 4 cars, only 1 car is still on the road in Canada.

Yeah - the chart makes way more sense after you shift it right. Was there continuous 318i production though? I'm guessing that column has M10s and M42s in there? Possibly M40s and M43s? This thing could get complicated...

M10 powered 318 was in production until mid 1987. After that, M40 engine took over.

And on that note, only 1603 '91-build 325i? Divide that by coupe and having Sport package, and Calypso, it seems my car is a tad more rare than I than I would have expected. I keep forgetting E36 was already available in Yurp for '91 MY.

There were 128 325i Sport manuals built for the US market. 10 are Calypso.There were also 448 automatic Sports for the US market. 37 are Calypso.

What does SKD stand for on the far right of the first chart?

Semi-knockdown kit.

[UlrichFennec]

92 verts aren't a plenty, so that's pretty neat. I have something "sorta" uncommon.

[e30onBBSs]

Exact e30 production numbers

Updated first post for correct pic so there won't be any more confusion.

And there are definitely some years/ makes that are unicorn! Can probably be used to barter prices for the better or worse. "Well they made 45600 of these it's not THAT special"

[Vincent Brick]

Cabrio and touring were on the second chart, I see no breakdown between 4dr/2dr or any other options.

What does SKD stand for on the far right of the first chart?

[LounsRacingInc]

Do they consider the convertibles a package/option? It would be cool to see the distribution of auto's, manual's, Convertibles, 4 doors, coupes, etc.

[Vincent Brick]

And on that note, only 1603 '91-build 325i? Divide that by coupe and having Sport package, and Calypso, it seems my car is a tad more rare than I than I would have expected. I keep forgetting E36 was already available in Yurp for '91 MY.

[Vincent Brick]

Major formatting fuckup on the publisher's part. In case some of you aren't getting it still, this is the corrected chart, makes much more sense:

This is how it should be

[UlrichFennec]

That's pretty rad!

[ThatOneEuroE30]

yea the fact it doesnt have any 320i until 89 but yet I have a 84 in me garage.