Exterior Color Summary 1990-1999

Color Overview

Welcome to the first of many data-rich pages from the Inventory Project. This section represents the aggregated color data for the model years 1990-1999 BMW 8 Series.

The majority of 8er production (95.7% or 29`309 cars) came from a catalog of only 25 colors.
The remaining production (4.3% or 1`312 cars) came from 100 colors.

Exterior Color Summary 1990-1999

(All 8 Series Models built from 1989 through 1999)

TypeColorCode

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

Total

BlueÄGÄISCHBLAU METALLIC336







X

X

X

X

X

45

BlueALASKABLAU METALLIC367







X


X

X


3

BlueALPINA BLAU METALLIC IIFQ 95-3965







X

X




4

WhiteALPINWEISS 2218

X

X

X

X

X







968

WhiteALPINWEISS 3300





X

X

X

X

X

X

X

396

PurpleAMETHYST METALLIC452



X

X

X

X

X



X

X

22

BlackANTHRAZIT METALLIC397










X

X

10

BlueAQUA METALLICFE 86-50AK





X

X

X

X

X

X


16

BlueARKTISBLAU METALLIC045





X







1

GreyARKTISGRAU METALLIC269






X

X

X




71

SilverARKTISSILBER METALLIC309






X

X

X

X

X

X

1`197

GreenASCOTGRÜN METALLIC353






X

X





4

SilverASPENSILBER METALLIC339







X

X

X



4

GreenATLANTIS METALLIC399









X

X

X

35

BlueATLANTISBLAU207

X

X

X

X








108

BlueAVUSBLAU METALLIC276




X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

238

GreenBARBADOSGRUEN METALLIC247



X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

396

BlueBIARRITZBLAU METALLIC363








X

X

X

X

13

BlueBLAU METALLIC (Alpina)FE-86-5489



X

X

X

X






34

PurpleBLAUVIOLETT METALLIC514




X

X

X

X





11

PurpleBORNIT METALLIC498



X

X








6

GreenBOSTONGRUEN METALLIC275





X


X


X

X


4

RedBRILLANTROT308

X

X

X

X

X







1`679

GreenBRITISH RACING GREEN05-209-6852








X

X

X

X

6

RedBROKATROT METALLIC259


X

X

X

X

X

X





300

BeigeBRONZITBEIGE METALLIC139




X








1

RedBYZANZ METALLIC355










X


1

RedCALYPSOROT METALLIC252

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3`828

RedCANYONROT METALLIC343







X

X

X

X


43

BlackCARBONSCHWARZ METALLIC416











X

1

BlueCHAMAELEON METALLICFQ 95-3767







X





1

BlueCIRRUSBLAU METALLIC189



X









1

RedCORDOBAROT METALLIC286







X

X




2

BlackCOSMOSSCHWARZ METALLIC303





X

X

X

X

X

X

X

1`240

YellowDAKARGELB267





X

X

X





18

YellowDAKARGELB 2337








X

X

X

X

38

PurpleDAYTONAVIOLETT METALLIC283




X

X

X

X

X

X

X


85

GreyDELPHIN METALLIC184





X

X






2

BlackDIAMANTSCHWARZ METALLIC181

X

X

X

X

X

X






4`980

BlueDUNKELBLAU METALLIC263



X

X

X

X






9

GreenDUNKELGRUEN289





X







1

GreenDUNKELGRUEN 2307









X



1

BlueESTORILBLAU METALLIC335








X

X

X

X

139

GreenFARNGRUEN METALLIC386










X

X

3

RedFASHIONROT549






X






1

RedFASHIONROT 2402











X

1

RedFERRARIROT05-407-3513




X

X

X

X





14

GreyFJORDGRAU METALLIC310





X

X

X

X

X

X


132

YellowGELB05-407-1007



X









1

YellowGIALLO05-407-1801




X

X

X






14

GreenGLACIERGRUEN METALLIC334








X


X

X

3

BlueGLETSCHERBLAU METALLIC280

X

X

X

X

X



X




265

SilverGRANITSILBER METALLIC237


X

X

X

X

X






427

GreyGRIGIO METALLICFQ 95-2978




X








2

GreenGRUN METALLICFE 86-60R3




X

X







2

RedHELLROT314





X

X

X

X

X

X

X

689

RedHENNAROT052



X

X





X



3

RedHIMBEERROT05-407-3505



X









1

RedIMOLA RED405










X

X

3

GreenISLANDGRUN METALLIC273



X

X

X







13

BeigeKASCHMIRBEIGE METALLIC301


X

X

X

X

X

X


X



80

PurpleKIRUNAVIOLETT METALLIC398









X



1

BlueKOPENHAGENBLAU METALLICFQ 95-2970





X







1

SilverLACHSSILBER METALLIC203



X







X


2

GreenLAGUNENGRUEN METALLIC266

X

X

X

X

X

X






1`325

BlueLAZURBLAU METALLIC294



X









2

PurpleLILA METALLICFQ 95-2915





X

X

X

X


X


15

GreenLIMONIT METALLIC352










X

X

3

BlueMACAOBLAU METALLIC250



X

X

X

X






84

PurpleMADEIRAVIOLETT METALLIC302





X

X






10

GreenMALACHITGRUN METALLIC205



X









2

BlueMALEDIVENBLAU METALLIC290





X

X

X


X

X


80

BlueMARINEBLAU METALLICFQ 95-2699



X









1

BlueMAURITIUSBLAU METALLIC287

X

X

X

X

X

X

X





3`244

GreenMEERGRUEN METALLIC393











X

1

GreenMINTGRUEN079






X






1

BlackMONTEGOSCHWARZ METALLICFE 86-9424



X

X

X







5

BlueMONTREALBLAU METALLIC297






X

X

X

X

X

X

11

PurpleMORA METALLIC359









X

X

X

28

GreenMOREAGRUEN METALLIC288






X

X

X

X



4

RedMUGELLOROT274





X

X






11

BlueNACHTBLAU METALLIC453



X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

48

GreenNAUTICGRUEN322

X

X

X

X








57

GreenNEONGRUN METALLIC262




X








3

ZmiscNICHT VORHANDENN/A


X

X









5

GreenOAKGRUN METALLICFE 86-60SH



X









2

ZmiscOHNE LACK000



X

X

X







15

BlueORIENTBLAU METALLIC317





X

X

X

X

X

X

X

1`395

BeigeORIENTBRAUN METALLICFE 68-800X





X







2

GreenORINOCO METALLIC406







X


X

X

X

8

GreenOXFORDGRUEN METALLIC324





X

X

X

X

X

X

X

962

SilverPERLMUTTSILBER METALLICFQ 95-2649






X






1

GreenPETROL MICA METALLIC305






X

X

X

X

X

X

16

BluePETROLBLAU METALLICFE 86-60M1






X






1

RedROMANTICROT METALLIC369








X

X

X

X

33

PurpleROSEWOOD METALLICFQ 95-2919




X

X







2

PurpleROTVIOLETT METALLICFQ 95-2973




X








1

BlueROYALBLAU METALLIC198



X









1

RedROYALROT METALLIC390










X

X

23

BeigeSAMANABEIGE METALLIC282





X







1

BlueSANTORINBLAU318





X

X

X





11

BlueSANTORINBLAU 2327








X

X

X

X

17

BlackSCHWARZ086

X

X

X

X








1`138

BlackSCHWARZ 2668



X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

1`442

BlackSCHWARZ MICA METALLIC347




X

X

X

X





7

GreySEBRINGGRAU METALLIC229



X

X








8

GreenSEIDENGRUEN METALLIC500






X






1

RedSIENAROT METALLIC281









X



1

RedSIENAROT METALLIC362










X


1

ZmiscSONDERLACKIERUNG (Unidentified)490


X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X



18

BlueSORRENTBLAU METALLIC360







X





2

BlueSTAHLBLAU METALLIC372










X

X

5

SilverSTERLINGSILBER METALLIC244

X

X

X

X

X

X

X





2`231

GreenTANNENGRUEN METALLIC454



X

X

X

X

X

X



X

15

PurpleTECHNOVIOLETT METALLIC299






X

X

X


X

X

13

SilverTITANSILBER METALLIC354










X

X

51

BlueTOBAGOBLAU METALLIC256



X

X

X

X

X

X




508

BlueVEILCHENBLAU METALLICFQ 95-2302



X

X

X

X


X

X

X

X

35

BlueVELVETBLAU METALLIC379








X

X

X

X

69

SilverVIOLETTSILBER METALLICFQ 95-2976








X




1

GreyVULKANGRAU329


X

X

X








19

YellowZ1-GELB05-407-1804




X








1

GreenZ1-GRUN METALLICFQ 95-3155




X








1

RedZINNOBERROT138



X



X






2

RedZYCLAMROT METALLICFE 68-300A



X









1

TypeColorCode

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

Total

  • X = signifies color was produced in a given year
  • Models covered in this summary: M60 830Ci/840Ci, M62 840Ci, M70 850Ci, M73 850Ci, and S70 850CSi


Special Order Color - Code 490

BMW AG employs code 490 for non-standard exterior colours (Farbe) ordered by its customers through its BMW Individual program. The table below represents the number of 8er cars assigned code 490. The Inventory Project identified 1`641 8er vehicles produced with code 490. Of those vehicles, 1`623 were identified with their color codes and are reflected in the colour totals in the above table. There are 18 8er vehicles remaining unidentified; the research continues!

Model

Code 490

% of Model

Unidentified

Total Model

M70 850i/Ci

329

1.6%

9

20`072

M60/M62 840Ci

957

12.3%

3

7`803

M73 850Ci

152

12.5%

2

1`218

S70 850CSi

203

13.4%

4

1`510

M60 830Ci

0

0.0%

0

18

All 8er

1`641

5.4%

18

30`621

  • Note 1: There were no Special Order colors for M60 830Ci's
  • Note 2: ALL North American 8er's, except for chassis CB72004, are identified with a color code
  • Unidentified (definition): Information currently unavailble in the build sheet "individual Data" comments section.

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