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 » During the past eighty years, BMW has made many great cars. Our list includes all BMW production models. Additionally we have tried to mention versions of the cars made by different coach makers when based upon specific BMW drive train, even if only individual cars were actually made. M-cars and Alpina cars, basically used the same body with another power train - we made separate lists for these cars.

>> Here is the list of all BMW automobiles:

 Classic period (until 1943) :
1927-28 BMW 3/15 PS Dixi DA1 (Deutsche Ausführung); tourer    sedan cabrio
1929-32 BMW 3/15 Dixi DA-1 Sport - roadster;  body by Gebrüder Ihle (Bruchsal)  
1929-30 BMW Wartburg 3/15PS (DA-2) sedan tourer cabrio roadster
1929-36 BMW 3/15 DA-2 Sport - different roadsters bodied by Ihle Brothers
1931-32 BMW 3/15 DA-3 Wartburg Sport - roadster (no doors)
1930-31 BMW 3/15 PS DA-3 Sport - roadster   spezial (racing version) 
1931-32 BMW 3/15 PS DA-4 sedan cabrio, >roadster by Ihle
1931-32 BMW 3/15 PS DA-4 cabrio - roadster with body by Gebrüder Ihle (Bruchsal)  
1932 - 1933 BMW F 76 and F79 (from 1933) a small delivery three-wheeler mini-car produced in Munich
1932-33  BMW 3/20 AM1 (Auto Műnchen 1) sedan, so called tourer and full cabrio
1932-33  BMW 3/20  AM2   advertised as a 'Ladies Car'
1933-34 BMW 3/20 AM4 Limousine, body by Mercedes (Sindelfingen) and by Ambi-Budd
1932-33  BMW 3/20 AM4 roadster, body by Ihle                                           
1933-34  BMW 303 sedan with 'rolldach'
1933-34  BMW 303 Cabrio 4 Fenster by Ambi-Budd (Berlin) 
1933-36  BMW 309 2-door sedan (4 and 6 cyl) and Cabrio 2 Fenster  
1933-37  BMW 315; 2-door sedan, sedan/soft top Cabrio >> see also below
1934-36 BMW 315/1; 2-seater Sport roadster bodied by Ambi Budd 
1934-37 Frazer-Nash BMW 315 (RHD), assembled in England; 2-door sedan   cabrio
1934-37?  BMW 315; military vehicle
1933-37  BMW 319  2-door sedan (see >> Cabrio >>Frazer Nash >> roadster below)
1933-37 BMW 319 Cabrio built by Ambi-Budd, Berlin  >>>  roadsters and cabrios below
1934-36  BMW 319/1 sports version roadster 
1938?  BMW 319 coupe  bodied by Ludwig Weinberger, Munich?
1936?-40?  BMW 319 roadster bodied by Ludwig Weinberger, Munich
1934?-37?  Frazer-Nash-BMW 319 Sedan (RHD),assembled in England  
1936?-37  Frazer-Nash BMW Special (BMW 319 Cabrio RHD), bodied by E D Abbott, Farnham?  
1936-41, 1945-46:BMW 326 sedan (4-door body by Ambi-Budd) 
1937-39 Frazer-Nash BMW 326 - RHD, sedan (saloon) 4-door body
1936-41 BMW 326 Cabrio 4-door and 2-door (body by Autenrieth)
1937-39 Frazer-Nash BMW 326 - RHD,  2 door cabrio (body by Autenrieth)
1936-41 BMW 326; 2 door cabrio by Drauz KG, Heilbronn
1936-41 BMW 326; Spezial Roadster by Drauz KG, Heilbronn 
1936-41 BMW 326; 2 door cabrio by Gläser (Gläserkarosserie GmbH), Dresden
1936-41 BMW 326; Cabrio 2 Fenster  by Ludwig Weinberger, Munich
1936-41 BMW 326:customized cabrios by Baur
1936-41 BMW 326:customized cabrios by Beutler and Reutter
1936-41 BMW 326 customized Coupé by Wendler, Reutlingen
1936-40 BMW 328 Roadster  
1937-39 Frazer-Nash BMW 328 (RHD),Roadster
1937-39 BMW 328 sports cabrio bodied by Autenrieth
1937-40 BMW 328 bodied by Gläser (Gläserkarosserie GmbH), Dresden and by Gustav Drauz KG, Heilbronn 
1937 - ? BMW 328 sports cabrio bodied by Graber (Carroserie Hermann Graber), Wichtrach, Switzerland
1937- 38 BMW 328 Sport Cabrio I bodied by Vereinigte Werkstätten für Karosserie- und Wagenbau, Munich 
1939- ? BMW 328 Sport Cabrio II bodied by Vereinigte Werkstätten für Karosserie- und Wagenbau, Munich
1936-40 BMW 328 DHC Ludwig Weinberger Sport-Cabrio 
1937 BMW 328 Stromlinie Coupé, body by Wendler, Reutlingen
1938 BMW 328 Sports Cabrio, body by Wendler, Reutlingen
1938 BMW 328 Coupe body by Wendler, Reutlingen
1936-40 BMW 328 - individually customized racing cars
1937-40 BMW 328 NSKK (Nationalsozialistische Kraftfahrkorps) 110hp version 
1938 -1940 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Bugelfalten Roadster  
1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Touring Coupé   
1938 - ?  BMW 328 customized by Müller-Karosseriebau, Freiburg
1938 - BMW 328 with the body by Kamm and Konig von Fachsenfeld (K-3 wagen);first Kamm Coupe prototype only
1940 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Touring Berlinetta 
1939  BMW 328 customized by Anton Neumaier 
1940 - 1941 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roadster (Spider) by Carrozzeria Touring, Milan 
1940 BMW 328 - Mille Miglia by Wunibald Kamm
1941? - BMW 328 customized for the race Berlin-Rome which was to replace Mille Miglia rally
1936-37  BMW 329 Cabrio bodied by Baur  also RHD
1936-37  BMW 329 2+2 Cabrio bodied by Drauz, Heilbronn
1936-37  BMW 329 Cabrio bodied by ?

1937-38 BMW 320 (a shorter wheelbase version of BMW 326) 2-door sedan  

1937-38 BMW 320  2-door Cabrio by Autenrieth
1937 Frazer-Nash BMW 320 (RHD), 2-door Cabrio by Reutter
1937 Frazer-Nash BMW 320 (RHD), 2-door Cabrio bodied by E D Abbott Ltd, Farnham, Surrey.
1937-41 BMW 321; 2 door sedan (improved BMW 320)   >Frazer-Nash >> cabrios >>>BMW*EMW 321
1938-39 Frazer-Nash BMW 321(RHD), 2 door sedan
1938-41 BMW 321; 2 door cabrio by Autenrieth, Darmstadt  
 1938-41 BMW 321; 2 door cabrio by Wendler    
1938-41 BMW 327 (see > Frazer-Nash,BMW 327/55 >>EMW 327) Coupé, Cabrio   
1938-41, BMW 327/328: 327 Coupé with BMW 328 power drive
1937-41 BMW 327 Cabrio bodied by Autenrieth, two versions - also 327/ 328
1938-39, Frazer-Nash BMW 327/55 Cabrio (RHD) 
1938-39, Frazer-Nash BMW 327/55 Coupe (RHD) 
1937-40, BMW 325 Leichter Einheits-Pkw (4WD military vehicle) also: Stoewer, Hanomag
1938-39 Frazer Nash BMW 335 (RHD), first shown in London, Oct. 1938, sedan and cabrio

1939-43, BMW 335 sedan; 4 door, 5 seats (prototypes:1936-1,1938-3;body Ambi-Budd, Berlin) 

1939-40, BMW 335 cabrio: 2 and 4 door by Autenrieth, new improved engine
1939-40, BMW 335 cabrio 2 and 4 door by Baur (?)   
1939 - ?, BMW 335 cabrio 2 door by Carrosserie Graber (Hermann Graber), Wichtrach,  Switzerland one made?
1939 - 1940, BMW 335 coupe 2 door with the body by Wunibald Kamm two made?
1944, BMW 328 with the body by Kamm and Konig von Fachsenfeld; so called second Kamm Coupe prototype only
Allied occupation of Germany after the WW2: BMW was not allowed to produce cars, versions of BMW cars produced by other makers:
1945-49 BMW 321 in Eisenach (Soviet Occ.Zone; later as *EMW 321);2 door sedan
1945-49 BMW 321 in Eisenach (*EMW 321); 2 door cabrio
1945-49, BMW 325-3 (* EMW 325-3) 4WD vehicle 
1946-55 BMW 327-2 in Eisenach (*EMW 327) Coupé      
1946-55 BMW 327-2 in Eisenach (*EMW 327) Cabrio   
1950-52 EMW 327-3 in Eisenach, Coupe and Cabrio (bodied by former Gläser firm, Dresden
1948-54 BMW 335 in Eisenach (*EMW 335) 4 door sedan   2 and 4 door cabrio by Wendler  
1948-54 BMW 340 (designed-1943) in Eisenach (*EMW 340) sedan prototype 1953:
1948-54 BMW 340-4 (* EMW 340) in Eisenach, long sedan
1948-54 EMW 340  combi  ambulance pick-up by Viby Karosserifabrik, Århus, Denmark
1948? EMW 340) roadster, in Eisenach, sports cabrio, prototype only?
1949 EMW S1 in Eisenach, sports car, prototype only?
1949 -51 EMW 342, in Eisenach: Limousine, small series?
1951- 53 EMW 343 in Eisenach: Limousine (sedan) prototypes only?
1947- 48 Bristol 400 (modified BMW 327) in England.(RHD), 2 doors coupe     
1948- 53 Bristol 401, 2 doors Coupe (modified BMW 327), Carr.Touring Superleggera body construction 
1949 - 50 Bristol 402 Drophead Coupe, (modified BMW 327; 23 made), Superleggera body 
 1947- 50 Frazer Nash in England, modified BMW 328, Bristol engines, RHD; FN Mille Miglia:
1947-49? BMW 328 bodied by Figoni Falaschi, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
 Filling the void: 1945-1955 individual pre-war BMW 328 cars (or in one case BMW 326) bodied anew for sports purposes:
1948-53, in Germany (West) BMW 328 as Veritas Rennsport Spyder (Veritas RS)  some cars badged as BMW
1947 BMW 328 Volpini bodied by Colli, Milan  
1947-54? different small marques in Germany West and in GDR (ex-Soviet Zone) - racing derivatives of the BMW 328: AFM, Greifzu, Heck-BMW, Holbein, Krakau (on the picture), Monopol, Polensky, Reiff -BMW, Artur Rosenhammer -BMW, Spitzmüller-BMW, Straubel-BMW, Traube, Veritas (>>see above), WAM-BMW, Werkmeister, Wojciechowski
 1946?  - Bristol Roadster built using 328 components see also above > Bristol 400, 401, and below >Arnolt-Bristol
1953-60 Anrnolt-Bristol; body-Bertone; chassis-Bristol 404, motor-BMW 328; models:Bolide Deluxe
1950 BMW 328 Cotura bodied in The Netherlands by Co Van der Tuyn, Rotterdam 
 1955 BMW 326 LeBlond Berlinetta, bodied by Eugene Martin from Talbot Lago (with motor from 1939 BMW 326) 
Postclassic period: resumption of the BMW automobile production after the WW2:
1949-55 BMW 501: prototype and some cars ? made by Reutter, Stuttgart
1951-55 BMW 501 2L Barockengel:sedan, Cabrio (bodied by Baur), Coupé (E 541)
1955-58 BMW 501/6 2.2L sedan, Coupé and Cabrio (by Baur)  
1951-64 BMW 501 2.6L V8 sedan; Coupé and Cabrio by Baur Autenrieth, Beutler, Weinberger and Worblaufen
 1956 - BMW 501 Ambulance - two versions bodied by Heidemann, München and by Binz & Co., Lorch
1956 BMW 501 funeral car, bodied by Bierhake, Babenahusen and Karrosseriefabrik Paul Stolle, Hannover
 ? 1956 BMW 501 small bus, bodied by Mikafa (Mindener Karrosseriefabrik Mikafa), Minden
1951-64 ? BMW 501 2.6L V8 Cabrios by Autenrieth, Weinberger, Wendler and Worblaufe
1954-64 BMW 502 (E542) sedan > see Coupe, Cabrios below
1955-? BMW 502 Autenrieth - Coupé and Cabrio bodied by Autenrieth, Darmstadt  
 1954 - 56 BMW 502 Baur - Coupé
1954 - 56 BMW 502 Baur Cabrio bodied by Baur, Stuttgart
1955-60 BMW 503 (E503/E543), Coupé, Cabrio
1955 BMW 503 built by Jacobsen & Steinberg in Berlin
1955 BMW 503 built by Ramseier, Worblaufen
1955  BMW 505 sedan - sedan (so called Pullman), only 2 produced
1957 BMW 503 Coupé built by Karosseriefabrik Gebrüder Beutler & Co, Thun, Switzerland
1956-1957 Talbot Lago America Coupé, Ist version  (12 cars with BMW 503 drive train) 
1957-1959 BMW 502 with the body by Miesen, Switzerland
1961 BMW 502 Autenrieth Coupé; (built using BMW 503 body elements); 2 produced
1955-57  BMW Isetta Standard Motocoupé (E100), 3 wheeled , bubble like   
1956-62  BMW Isetta 250 (E101); 4 and 3 wheeled versions, also RHD, sliding-windows, versions
1956-62  BMW Isetta 300 Motocoupé DeLuxe, also as Cabrio; 3&4 wheeled; CKD or SKD (E102, E103)
1957-59   BMW 600, BMW 600 LF1 also SKD (E111, E112 )
1955-59  BMW 507 (E507 / E547/1)
1959-64 BMW 700 Coupe,, Sport and CS (Coupe Sport) (E107, E110  Belgium and Argentina: 700 De Carlo (1960-)
1960-64 BMW 700 Sport Cabrio and BMW 700 CS Cabrio bodied by Baur   
1961 BMW 700 RS racing version (only 19 built)
1963-65  BMW 700 - 2 door sedan (a sedan from an old, shorter version)
1962-65 BMW 700 LS Luxus (E119), sedan - new, longer version
1964-65 BMW 700 LS Luxus Coupe and Cabrio - new, longer version both bodied by Baur
1961-62 BMW 2600 1963- 64 BMW 2600 L (Luxus )  
1961-62 BMW 3200L, -1963 BMW 3200S  also Cabrio (E512 ) 
1960 BMW 3200S  Cabrio Autenrieth four door; (built using BMW 503 body elements)
1963 BMW 3200S Staatslimousine - so called Ministerpräsident Goppel (after Chancellor of Bavaria)
Modernism or The New Functionalism - BMW retakes the position as one the world's leading modern cars constructors:
1962-64  BMW 1500 (E115), 4 door sedan shown in sept 1961
1963-68 BMW 1800 (E118) four door sedan
1963-68 BMW 1800 GL  (E118) custom made estate
1964-66 BMW 1800ti (touring Internationale),
1965  BMW 1800 ti/SA, racer version, only 200 made
1964-68  BMW 1600 (E 114, E116) four sedan
1966-75  BMW 1600-2 - two door version 
1967-71  BMW 1600-2 Cabrio (bodied by Baur) (E114C)
1967-68  BMW 1600 ti
1962-65  BMW 3200 CS, coupe and cabrio, body made by Bertone 
1965-70  BMW 2000 C 2000 CS (E120C, bodied by Karmann, only in white)
1967-68  BMW Glas 3000 V8 
1967- 71  BMW 1600 GT, based upon Glas 1300 GT
1968  BMW Goggomobil TS 250 Coupé Roadster (BMW badged Glas car)
1966-71  BMW 2000 (E118) two versions: 1966 and 1969, also touring; 1970-71-BMW 2000 - 1800cc
1968-68 BMW 2000TI (E121) BMW 2000 tilux,
1970-71- BMW 2000 tii, also touring 
1968-71 BMW 1800 model 1969 (black front grille) 
1971-77 BMW 1502-1802 (E114) sedan touring Cabrio
1973-75  BMW 2002 Turbo (E10T, later E20), also a touring version  
1971-75  BMW 1602, 1802, 2002 cabrios by Baur: Voll Cabrio    Top Cabrio (from 1971, Targa-like)
1968-71  BMW 2.5L/2500 (until 1972), 2.8L/2800 (E3) sedan     
1971 BMW 2800 Bavaria (BMW 2500 with 2800 engine for the US market, E3)   ,
1972-74  BMW 3.0S  badged also as Bavaria
1975-76: 3.0Si (E3) sedan 
1974-77 BMW 3.0L, 3.3L, 3.3Li  - Longer wheelbase versions of the sedan E3
1968-75  BMW 2.5CS, 2800CS, 3000CS, 3.0 CS, 3.0 CSi (E9, coupe by Karmann)
1971-75  BMW 3.0 CSL (Batmobile: by Karmann, lightweight racing car with a tail wing) 
1972-81 BMW 5 Series (E12): 518,518i,520,520/6,520i,525,528,528i (US), 530, 530i (US), 533iM, M535i,
1975-83  BMW 3 Series (E21)  2-door sedan, 316, 318,320i, 320/4, 320iS, 323i, (1981-83) 315

1977-82  Baur TC1 (Top Cabrio 1)   Targa-like convertible/BMW 3 Series (E21)

1976  BMW 3 Series (E21) touring: 2-door estate  BMW Dealership Faigel, Saulgau (3 cars made)
1976-84  BMW 6 Series: 630 CSi (until 1978), 633 CSi (until 1984) (E24) 
1985-89   635CSi (E24), also L6 (Luxury - from 1987) and M6 (Motorsport - from 1987 )
1977- 87  BMW 7 Series (E23) sedan 
1977- 87  BMW 7 Series (E23) individual, custom made touring cars
1986-87  BMW L7 - a luxury version of 735i (E23) for the US market
1978-1981 BMW M1
1981- 83 BMW 315 (E21/LA)
1981-87  BMW 5 Series (E28) 518, 520i/105hp, 520i/129hp, 525i, 528i, 525e (Eta),525td, 524d  
1984 - 87 BMW 5 series (E28) touring version built by Schulz in Germany
1982-1991 BMW 3 Series (E30), sedan 4-door, sedan 2-door touring>below, Cabrio; also ix (4wd) and E (Eta -economical car)

1982-91  BMW 3 Series - cabrio built by Baur -  Baur TC2 (Top Cabrio ) also ix(4wd)

1982-91 BMW 3 Series (E30), custom made,pick-up truck   several different ideas
1988-1994 BMW 3 Series (E30) touring also custom made 2-door version
1986-94  BMW 7 Series (E32)  also an  L7 (luxury) version and 750i L (long wheel base) 
1986-94 BMW 3 Series (E32), custom made touring version
1986-94 BMW 3 Series (E32)  custom made cabrio
1986-94 BMW 3 Series (E32), custom made two door coupe  
1988-96 BMW 5 Series (E34) , sedan and touring also ix (4wd); M5 and (a prototype - 1989) M5 cabrio
1988-91 BMW Z1 (without E-code, usually coded as a version of E30) 
1989-99 BMW 8 Series (E31) 850i, BMW 850C, 850Ci, 850CSi(all V12) and 2ver.of  840Ci (V8) :custom made in the US: 860i
1989-99  BMW 8 Series (E31) different custom made cabrios of 840i and 850i
 Postmodernism. Contemporary cars - ahead of competition:
1991-98    BMW 3 Series (E36) 4 door sedan, 2 door coupe, touring, cabrio 
1991-98    BMW 3 Series (E36) Cabrio built by Baur - Baur TC4
1994-2000  BMW 3 Series Compact (E36/5)
1994-2001   BMW 7 Series (E38) 
1995-2003     BMW 5 Series (E39)  sedan   touring, M5; custom made 2-door coupe
1995-2002     BMW Z3 (E36/7)           
1998-2007     BMW 3 Series (E46), also M3  
1999-2001   BMW 7 Series Long Wheel Base (E38/L7) 
1999 -     BMW X5 (E53)  
2000-2003     BMW Z8 (E52) 
2001 - 2008    BMW 7 Series (E65, E66, E67)
2002 -2008     BMW Z4 (E85) 
 Postmodernism. Pursuit of excellence - BMW cars presently in production:
2003 - BMW 5 Series (E60), also M5
2003 -  BMW 6 Series (E63), Cabrio ( convertible - E64)
2003 - BMW X3 (E83)  
2004 - BMW 5 Series touring (E61), from 2008: also M5 touring  
2004 - BMW 1 Series: 5 doors hatchback  (E87)
2006 - BMW 3 Series sedan (E90), touring (E91), also M3 as sedan 

2007 -  BMW 1-series: 3 doors hatchback (E81), 1-series Coupe (E82), Cabrio (convertible-E88) 

2007 -  BMW 3-series Coupe (E92), Cabrio (convertible-E93), also M3 
2008 -  BMW 7-series (F1), also a long version
2008 - BMW X6 (E71)  
2009 - BMW Z4 second generation (E89) 
2009 -  BMW 5-series Gran Turismo  (F07)
 

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