Tuesday, March 09, 2010
 
   
 
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 1990-99 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.

     
 

1990-99 Exterior Color Summary
(All 8 Series Models built from 1989 through 1999)

 

Type Color Code 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 Total
Blue ÄGÄISCHBLAU METALLIC  336             X X X X X               45
Blue ALASKABLAU METALLIC 367             X   X X                   3
Blue ALPINA BLAU METALLIC II FQ 95-3965             X X                       4
White ALPINWEISS 2 218 X X X X X                         968
White ALPINWEISS 3 300         X X X X X X X             396
Purple AMETHYST METALLIC 452     X X X X X     X X               22
Black ANTHRAZIT METALLIC 397                    X   X                10
Blue AQUA METALLIC FE 86-50AK         X X X X X X                 16
Blue ARKTISBLAU METALLIC 045         X                             1
Grey ARKTISGRAU METALLIC 269           X X X                     71
Silver ARKTISSILBER METALLIC 309           X X X X X X          1,197
Green ASCOTGRÜN METALLIC 353           X X                         4
Silver ASPENSILBER METALLIC 339             X X X                     4
Green ATLANTIS METALLIC 399                 X X X               35
Blue ATLANTISBLAU 207 X X X X                           108
Blue AVUSBLAU METALLIC 276       X X X X X X X X             238
Green BARBADOSGRUEN METALLIC 247     X X X X X X X X X             396
Blue BIARRITZBLAU METALLIC 363               X X X X               13
Blue BLAU METALLIC (Alpina) FE-86-5489     X X X X                         34
Purple BLAUVIOLETT METALLIC 514       X X X X                       11
Purple BORNIT METALLIC 498     X X                               6
Green BOSTONGRUEN METALLIC 275         X   X   X X                   4
Red BRILLANTROT 308 X X X X X                      1,679
Green BRITISH RACING GREEN 05-209-6852               X X X X                 6
Red BROKATROT METALLIC  259   X X X X X X                     300
Beige BRONZITBEIGE METALLIC 139       X                               1
Red BYZANZ METALLIC 355                   X                   1
Red CALYPSOROT METALLIC 252 X X X X X X X X X X X          3,827
Red CANYONROT METALLIC 343             X X X X                 43
Black CARBONSCHWARZ METALLIC 416                      X                  1
Blue CHAMAELEON METALLIC FQ 95-3767             X                         1
Blue CIRRUSBLAU METALLIC 189     X                                 1
Red CORDOBAROT METALLIC 286             X X                       2
Black COSMOSSCHWARZ METALLIC 303          X   X   X   X   X   X   X           1,240
Yellow DAKARGELB 267         X X X                       18
Yellow DAKARGELB 2 337               X X X X               38
Purple DAYTONAVIOLETT METALLIC 283       X X X X X X X                 85
Grey DELPHIN METALLIC 184         X X                           2
Black DIAMANTSCHWARZ METALLIC 181  X   X   X   X   X   X                     4,980
Blue DUNKELBLAU METALLIC 263     X X X X                           9
Green DUNKELGRUEN 289         X                             1
Green DUNKELGRUEN 2 307                 X                     1
Blue ESTORILBLAU METALLIC 335               X X X X             139
Green FARNGRUEN METALLIC 386                   X X                 3
Red FASHIONROT 549           X                           1
Red FASHIONROT 2 402                     X                 1
Red FERRARIROT 05-407-3513       X X X X                       14
Grey FJORDGRAU METALLIC 310         X X X X X X               132
Yellow GELB 05-407-1007     X                                 1
Yellow GIALLO 05-407-1801       X X X                         14
Green GLACIERGRUEN METALLIC 334               X   X X                 3
Blue GLETSCHERBLAU METALLIC  280 X X X X X     X                   265
Silver GRANITSILBER METALLIC 237   X X X X X                       427
Grey GRIGIO METALLIC FQ 95-2978       X                               2
Green GRUN METALLIC FE 86-60R3       X X