Re: [E36M3] M Car Production Numbers

[Phil Marx <BMW@xxxxxxx>]

Lowell Seaton wrote:
>>Stephen wrote:
>>E36 M3             1995-present       30,225
>
>Wow!  M cars are selling fast.  Weren't there about 5,000 '95 models and even
>fewer (maybe 2,000?) '96 models since '96 was a short year.  That means about
>12,000 M3s have sold in each of the last two model years.

I believe that 5000 figure came from the first *calendar* year of E36 M3
sales.  As you recall that was 1994.  After the first 5000 there was still
a full 12 months of _production_ to go.  And those later '95s were being
sold well into '96 until the often denied '96 3.2L M3 was released, for
roughly three months of production only.

I'm always willing to stand corrected.

- -Phil Marx  BMWCCA #6021

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