North American 8er Colors - Updated

After more than 7 years of data collection the fundamental milestone of archiving one quarter of the worldwide 8er production has been reached on February 29th, 2012.

Numerous 8er enthusiasts have contributed to the growth of the archive over the years, first and foremost Jud Spencer, who retired from his active duties for 8Coupe.com in August 2010. Most of the content of this website is a direct result of this enthusiasm and dedication which has continued to date.

Without the initial idea to…

Just ahead of Santa Claus the 8Coupe.com team has eventually managed to finish a project long in the making.

The Vehicle Build Sheet Report (VBS-R) is filled to the brim with VIN specific unique background information that puts every conceivable statistical aspect for any given 8-series vehicle into a perspective.
The information contained is not available elsewhere and by far surpasses what even the manufacturer would be able to offer.
You will find precise figures for your car in relation to the…

Nearing 7,000 cars in the 8Coupe.com registry archive in the following is an overview of how those cars are distributed amongst the different production variants.

On average more than 35% of each variant has been archived with the largest percentages for the cars with higher intrinsic values (Alpina, CSi), later model years and North American (NA) based cars. The lowest rates are assigned to the old M70 based cars, be it with manual or automatic gearbox of which many did not survive the tides of…