Worldwide Shipping S70

Background

The BMW S70B56 V12 engine is, despite its deviations from the philosophy of the M-GmbH, a true BMW Motorsport engine and hence the 850CSi is a true BMW M car. This is also reflected in the VIN of the CSi.

Ordinary BMW cars share the first three letters of the VIN – WBA – whereas the VIN´s for all cars manufactured under the reigns of the Motorsport division start with WBS beginnen.

This does not make the CSi an M8, at least not in the way the original M8 was devised. The CSi is a compromise between what racing engineers dreamt about and common sense and marketing demands to fulfill the needs of the accounting department. Nevertheless, in German registration documents the pedigree shows in a fashion that the official model name is jotted down as M8/E for the CSi.

With a cubical displacement of 5.6L and a power output of 380HP the CSi was the largest capacity and most powerful series production BMW to that date and for a long time to come. Unrestricted the 850CSi is capable of running close to 300kph (185mph). The CSI derived Alpina B12 5.7 (1993-1996) with slightly increased cubical capacity and 416HP inched above this barrier and was registered with an official top speed of 301kph (188mph).

The S70 850CSi was built in three type codes:

TypcodeSteering sideMarket versionCount
EG91LeftECE1`125
EG92RightECE160
EG93LeftNorth America225

The S70 engine is the lowest production volume engine manufactured by BMW. It was only ever used for the 850CSi. The 850CSi also was the most expensive BMW in the then current lineup and adding in the lot of offerings through the BMW Individual department the sales price in Germany could climb to almost a quarter million Deutsch Marks. This was near twice the initial sales price of a 1990 850iA (129.000 DM).

The last produced BMW 850CSi - CC02181 painted in Ägäischblau and with an interior by BMW Individual left the Dingolfing factory on October 30th, 1996


Type and country code

Typ CodeOption CodeMarket Version
EG91L801Germany
EG91L804Switzerland
EG91L809Denmark
EG91L811Belgium
EG92L812UK United Kingdom
EG91L813France
EG91L814Italy
EG91L819Spain
EG91L822Middle East
EG91/92NoneNone
EG93NoneUSA


Regional distribution


Country of origin

Total

%

Germany

787

52.1

Middle East

3

0.2

Oceania

3

0.2

Northern Europe

8

0.5

Latin America/Caribbean

18

1.2

Eastern Europe

21

1.4

Far East

22

1.5

Southern Europe

119

7.9

Western Europe (excluding Germany and the UK)

153

10.1

UK United Kingdom

154

10.2

North America

222

14.7

1510

100.0


Global distribution

Country of originTypcodeMarket CodeMarket Version

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Total

%

ArgentinaEG91 none



1

1


2

0.1

AustraliaEG92 UK United Kingdom




3


3

0.2

AustriaEG91804Switzerland


5

6



11

0.7

BahrainEG91 none



1



1

0.1

BelgiumEG91811Belgium

10

22

8

1

5

46

3.0

BelgiumEG91 none



1



1

0.1

BrazilEG91 none



1

5

1

7

0.5

BulgariaEG91 none

1

2

3



6

0.4

ChileEG91804Switzerland


2




2

0.1

Czech RepublicEG91 none


2


1


3

0.2

DenmarkEG91809Denmark



4

2


6

0.4

EcuadorEG91 none


2




2

0.1

FranceEG91813France

7

39

10

4

1

61

4.0

GermanyEG91801Germany

156

369

149

63

48

785

52.0

GermanyEG91804Switzerland





1

1

0.1

GermanyEG93 USA



1



1

0.1

GreeceEG91 none


1




1

0.1

Hong KongEG92 UK United Kingdom



2



2

0.1

HungaryEG91 none


1




1

0.1

ItalyEG91814Italy

10

32

15

6

4

67

4.4

JapanEG91 none


5

11



16

1.1

JapanEG91807Japan



1

1


2

0.1

KazakhstanEG91 none


1




1

0.1

LithuaniaEG91 none


1


2


3

0.2

LuxembourgEG91 none


2


1


3

0.2

MexicoEG91 none




1


1

0.1

MexicoEG93 USA



1

1


2

0.1

NetherlandsEG91 none

1



4


5

0.3

PeruEG91 none



1



1

0.1

PolenEG91 none


1




1

0.1

QatarEG91822Middle East





1

1

0.1

RussiaEG91 none


1

1

1

1

4

0.3

SingaporeEG92 UK United Kingdom



1


1

2

0.1

SlovakiaEG91 none


1




1

0.1

SloveniaEG91 none




1


1

0.1

SpainEG91819Spain

39

5

1

3

1

49

3.2

SwedenEG91 none



2



2

0.1

SwitzerlandEG91804Switzerland


8

11

4

3

26

1.7

TurkeyEG91 none



1


1

2

0.1

UAEEG91 none


1




1

0.1

UK United KingdomEG92 United Kingdom

1

41

75

27

9

153

10.1

UK United Kingdom LHDEG91 none



1



1

0.1

USAEG93 USA


41

107

74


222

14.7

VenezuelaEG91 none



1



1

0.1

Total 850CSi

225

585

417

206

77

1510

100.0

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