Bronze Beige

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)

Typ	Color E	Color D	Code	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	Total
Blue	Aegean Blue Metallic

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Exterior Color (D): Kaschmirbeige
Exterior Color (E): Cashmere Beige
Color Group: Beige
Color Type: Metallic
Color Code: 301
BMW Part Number: 51 91 1 052 079
8er's Produced: 80
Commentary:

• Sometimes referred to as Smoke Silver, Desert Silver or Gold, this color was produced for all major markets.
• Produced from July 1990 until August 1997 (the latter years were special order only).
• The first two 8's in this color were 1990 M70 850's produced in July 1990 for Japan and Australia. The Australia M70 850 was

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Exterior Color (D): Diamantschwarz
Exterior Color (E): Diamond Black
Color Group: Black
Color Type: Metallic
Color Code: 181
BMW Part Number: 51 91 1 930 070
8er's Produced: 4980
Commentary:

• This is the most popular color for the 8 Series worldwide, accounting for 16.3% of all 8er's produced.
• Often mistaken for Grey, this color is part of the Black color family.

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