Last 2002s Factory production numbers

[Napes]

Ran across this info in one of those huge BMW books covering every mechanical conveyence they've made (I think).

Factory production numbers:

1975s 24,333

1976s 10,081

These #s do not exactly jibe with the US VIN tables which indicate 10,442 1975s came to the US and 18,876 1976 models came to the US. The #s above may well be calendar year production, not model production.

I think the production #s went down on the '76s because they were ramping up for the 320i production.

I wonder how many of these cars are still around, at least in driveable condition.

Bob Napier

[jgerry2002]

Did this include the 1502? Of course that production ran through 1977.

Not sure about the numbers on the '76s. There were two different VIN number runs. The late '75s (MY '76), and the later (last) batch of the 274xxxx cars.

[Napes]

Acording to the spread sheet these numbers were for 2002s only. All the other versions were listed also (such as 1502s, etc.) but the numbers I listed said "2002".

Bob Napier

[visionaut]

My 02 was born on May 11, 1976 (delivered USA in July 28) - and is a 239xxxx VIN. Likely one of those 10,000 last 2002s made...

Tom

[02Les]

The figures in your book are correct.

They include cars manufactured in a calendar year at the factory which also includes the Euro models, not just the US cars.

[BillWilliams]

The grammar hat is off to you sir. Seldom do we see "jibe" used correctly.

[Koblenz]

Mine is a 76 with 237xxxx. How do I trace that and previous ownership?

['76mintgrün'02]

Mine is also a '76 with VIN # 237xxxx

Oct. 1975, I believe.

[ziff73]

I had a 76' for a good while and I think my vin was 274.....does that make sense?

[tlapham]

Sorry to hijack here, but i used the above link and this is what i keep getting: (can't change my server settings due to location)

Reason : Request was rejected from this IP address ( 67.188.xxx.xx )

May be you are using anonymous proxy server.

Can someone look it up for me? i can't figure out why it's not working...

2763645

Thanks,

Trevor

['76mintgrün'02]

Sorry for the screwy link Trevor, it didn't like my computer either. I emailed the link to my cousin and it worked fine for him, so I figured it was okay... I have removed it from my previous reply to avoid further confusion. Tom

[roadhog0]

I have 237xxxx and it has a March date painted on it. Manufacture date or date it got to the US I dont truly know.

[Mike Self]

calendar years (1 Jan-31 Dec) vs us model years (generally 1 Sept-31 Aug), which causes all sorts of headaches for those of us who try to track production numbers.

This is what causes people with early production, say tii's, who write to BMW Classic for their car's production date to be told, "your 1971 tii was assembled on 6 October 1971..." when we all know that US tii's weret introduced for the 1972 model year.

According to the figures in the BMW shop manual, the only 2002s that were built in calendar year 1976 were for the US market: 7896 4 speeds and 2185 automatics (10081 total. However, those figures don't include 1976 model year cars that were built between 1 Sept and 31 Dec 1975; that's probably the discrepancy.

The only other 02 cars that were built worldwide in 1976 were 21,530 1502s; all other E114 variants were discontinued at the end of 1975 prduction because the first 3 series cars were introduced in 1976--everywhere but the US.

cheers

mike

PS: E114= coupe body style; E10= Touring body style