Worldwide Shipping M60

Background

The BMW 8-series started out with one type of engine only, the V12 M70B50. Almost three years into the production BMW expanded the choice by offering the S70B56 marking the top end of the line complemented by the then new M60B40 V8 engine. Initial plans to offer the less powerful M60B30 3.0L V8 engine were scrapped after only 18 prototype units.

The 840Ci henceforth was the entry model of the 8-series and soon surpassed the sales figures for the aging M70B50 and also its successor the M73B54 5.4L V12. A total of 4728 840Ci with the 4.0L engine were produced until this type of engine was replaced with the 4.4L M62B44 in 1996.

The 840Ci with M60 engine was built using 5 different type codes

Type CodeSteering sideTransmission

Count

EF51LeftManual

329

EF52RightManual

54

EF61LeftAutomatic

1780

EF62RightAutomatic

916

EF63Left USAutomatic

1`649


The best selling market for the 840Ci with M60 engine was North America (1622) followed by Germany (1079) and the UK (787).
The production of the M60 840Ci in Dingolfing ended on February 16th, 1996 with one car for France (CC78345) and one for the UK (CB97968).


Type and Country Code

Type Code - ManualType Code- AutomaticOption CodeMarket Version
EF51EF61L801Germany
EF51EF61L804Switzerland
EF52EF62L806New Zealand
EF61L807Japan
EF61L809Denmark
EF62L810Australia
EF51EF61L811Belgium
EF52EF62L812United Kingdom
EF51EF61L813France
EF51EF61L814Italy
EF51EF61L819Spain
EF61L822Middle East
EF51/EF52EF61/EF62NoneNone
EF63NoneUSA
EF63L838Canada


Regional distribution


Destination

Total

%

Germany

923

21.2

Middle East

39

0.9

Oceania

121

2.8

Northern Europe

10

0.2

Latin America/Caribbean

13

0.3

Eastern Europe

9

0.2

Far East

292

6.7

Southern Europe

132

3.0

Western Europe (excluding Germany and the UK)

418

9.6

United Kingdom

740

17.0

North America

1648

37.9

4`345

100.0


Global Distribution (Automatic)

DestinationType CodeMarket CodeMarket Version

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

Total

%

AustraliaEF62810Australia


33

50

28


111

2.6

AustraliaEF61804Switzerland



1



1

0.0

AustriaEF61804Swiss


25

7

7


39

0.9

AustraliaEF63 USA


1




1

0.0

BelgiumEF61811Belgium


61

30

8


99

2.3

BrazilEF61 None



1



1

0.0

BruneiEF62 None



4



4

0.1

BulgariaEF61 None



1



1

0.0

CanadaEF63838Canada


2

20

4


26

0.6

ChileEF61804Swiss


3




3

0.1

CroatiaEF61 None


1




1

0.0

Czech RepublicEF61 None


2

2



4

0.1

DenmarkEF61809Denmark




1


1

0.0

FranceEF61813France

1

72

34

23


130

3.0

GermanyEF61 None

3





3

0.1

GermanyEF61801Germany

5

491

323

94

5

918

21.1

GermanyEF61804Switzerland


1

1



2

0.0

Hong KongEF62 None


8

14

17


39

0.9

HungaryEF61 None


1




1

0.0

IsraelEF61 None


4

6



10

0.2

ItalyEF61814Italy


20

42

31


93

2.1

JapanEF61807Japan


46

129

53


228

5.2

KuwaitEF61822Middle East


5

4

2


11

0.3

LuxembourgEF61 None


2


1


3

0.1

NetherlandsEF61 None


20

10

10


40

0.9

Netherlands AntillesEF61 None


1

1



2

0.0

New ZealandEF62806New Zealand



3

6


9

0.2

OmanEF61822Middle East



2

2


4

0.1

PanamaEF61 None



2



2

0.0

PeruEF61 None


2

1



3

0.1

PeruEF61804Switzerland


1




1

0.0

PortugalEF61 None



1



1

0.0

KatarEF61822Middle East



2



2

0.0

RussiaEF61 None


1




1

0.0

Saudi ArabiaEF61822Middle East



4

6


10

0.2

SingaporeEF62 None



3

4


7

0.2

SloveniaEF61 None




1


1

0.0

SpainEF61819Spain


15

15

3


33

0.8

SpainEF61 None



1



1

0.0

SwedenEF61827Scandinavia


1

6

2


9

0.2

SwitzerlandEF61804Switzerland

1

33

63

9


106

2.4

TaiwanEF61 None


4

3



7

0.2

ThailandEF62 None



5

2


7

0.2

TurkeyEF61 None



2

2


4

0.1

UAEEF61822Middle East



2



2

0.0

United KingdomEF62812United Kingdom


57

277

395

8

737

17.0

United KingdomEF62 None




2


2

0.0

United KingdomEF61 None





1

1

0.0

UruguayEF61 None


1




1

0.0

USAEF63 USA


287

772

563


1,622

37.3

Total M60 840CIA

10

1`201

1`844

1`276

14

4`345

100.0


Global Distribution: Manual

DestinationType CodeMarket CodeMarket Version

1993

1994

1995

1996

Total

%

AustriaEF51804Switzerland


2

3


5

1.3

BelgiumEF51811Belgium

2

11

6


19

5.0

BelgiumEF51 None



1


1

0.3

Czech RepublicEF51 None


1



1

0.3

FranceEF51813France

1

33

12

2

48

12.5

GermanyEF51 None

3


2


5

1.3

GermanyEF51801Germany

7

100

43


150

39.2

GermanyEF52 None



1


1

0.3

GreeceEF51 None


1



1

0.3

ItalyEF51814Italy

1

43

36

1

81

21.1

NetherlandsEF51 None



1


1

0.3

New ZealandEF52 None


2

2


4

1.0

New ZealandEF52806New Zealand



1


1

0.3

PeruEF51 None



1


1

0.3

PortugalEF51 None


2

1


3

0.8

South AfricaEF52 None



1


1

0.3

SpainEF51819Spain


5

2


7

1.8

SwitzerlandEF51804Switzerland


3

2


5

1.3

TunisiaEF51 None


1



1

0.3

United KingdomEF52812United Kingdom

1

22

23

1

47

12.3

Total M60 840Ci Manual

15

226

138

4

383

100.0

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