The Registry Volunteer Team is pleased to announce that we have reached two milestones during the past month, namely passing the 6000 archived cars mark in November and the 20% milestone of cataloging the 30,621 8er's produced by BMW AG earlier this month.
As part of the Registry mission to collect information for future preservation efforts CC61020, a Switzerland based 840CiA was cataloged as the 6,124th 8er out of 30,621 produced thus marking the 20% threshold.
Brian Eales named new E31 Registry Contact for USA
Effective immediately Brian Eales will become the new USA E31 Registry Agent. Mr. Eales is assuming the USA responsibility from Jud Spencer, who is retiring after 8 years of service to the global BMW 8 Series community.
Mr. Eales is an active Kansas member of the 8 series scene since purchasing his BMW 840CiA 06/2001 and the overall BMW community since the late 1990’s. His positive energy for the E31 led to his current duties as a co-moderator…
Effective August 8, 2010, Reinhard Wolf will become the new Global E31 Registry Agent. Mr. Wolf is assuming this responsibility from Jud Spencer, who is retiring after 8 years of service to the global BMW 8 Series community.
Mr. Spencer began his E31 journey in the late 1990’s through the purchase of multiple BMW 8 Series, including a 1991 BMW 850i 6spd and a 1994 BMW 850CSi. He took over the E31 Registry from Mr. Bert Smith, the founder, August 1, 2002. Under his 8 years of Registry…
An accounting of the highly sought-after BMW M70 850Ci 6spd manuals was recently completed for the 1992 model year. Previously the 1993 850Ci 6spd model year was completed (see news). The North American 850i/Ci 6spd was produced for the 1991-1993 model years, including one special-ordered 1994 model for the Canadian market, for a total of 847 cars.
BMW carried over the 1991 model year to the 1992 model year relatively unchanged until late 08/1991 production. For the annual engineering change,…
Mr. Per Helmer joins the Inventory Project Team from Sweden. As the proud owner of a 1992 German-spec M70 850i since 04/2004, Mr. Helmer brings his life-long 8 Series passion to the E31 Registry by coordinating the catalog effort for E31's residing in Sweden (approaching 175 8's).
Mr. Helmer joins a growing global team of 8er enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation and cataloging effort of the E31 for future BMW fans. For more information about the BMW Inventory Project team, please visit here…
An accounting of the highly sought-after BMW M70 850Ci 6spd manuals was recently completed for the 1993 model year. The North American 850i/Ci 6spd was produced for the 1991-1993 model years, including one special-ordered 1994 model for the Canadian market, for a total of 847 cars.
BMW introduced many upgrades and changed the model name from BMW 850i to BMW 850Ci, however, BMW drastically cut production of the 6spd to only 106 6spd cars for the 1993 model year.
The Registry Volunteer Team is pleased to announce that we have reached the milestone of 5'000 8er's cataloged for the Registry archives. This means the archives now has at least one of the following on file: 1) photos; 2) sales ads; 3) online discussions; 4) owner-supplied information; or 5) salvage data (if applicable).
As part of the Registry mission to collect information for future preservation efforts, 5'000 8er's cataloged translates to 16.3% of the 30,621 8er's produced are now archived.…
Mr. Terje Nordhus joins the Inventory Project Team from Norway. As the recently proud owner of a 1994 S70 850CSi, Mr. Nordhus brings his newly acquired passion to the E31 Registry by coordinating the catalog effort for E31's residing in Norway (approaching 100 8's).
Mr. Nordhus joins a growing global team of 8er enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation and cataloging effort of the E31 for future BMW fans. For more information about the BMW Inventory Project team, please visit here. The team is…
