1975 BMW 530i [E12]

1975 BMW 530i [E12] in Stripes, Movie, 1981

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Background vehicle

Author	Message
DAF555 ◊ 2006-06-25 23:45	1975-76 BMW 530i [E12]
Buc84 ◊ 2007-09-01 20:28	Ridiculously fake West German plate,on a US Spec car! (Should be issuing district(up to 3 letters),then registration(up to 2 letters,followed by up to 4 numbers.)
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2007-09-01 20:41	Worse than that, it's a replica Second World War Wehrmacht plate (WH = Wehrmacht Heer). See for example /vehicle_50403-Mercedes-Benz-G4-W31-1934.html -- Last edit: 2007-09-01 20:50:46
Buc84 ◊ 2007-09-02 01:06	I cought that,too,but didn't mention it....I wanted to see if anyone else would notice that?
chris40 ◊ 2007-09-03 15:54	Replica's pushing it a bit. Looks like someone took a bit of cardboard and got the Letraset out.
mike962 ◊ 2019-04-15 21:35	the badge is 528 not 530 !! -- Last edit: 2019-04-15 22:55:14 (night cub)
night cub ◊ 2019-04-15 21:38	Did you see more than what you provided? It looks like a "53" to me
mike962 ◊ 2019-04-15 22:33	night cub wrote Did you see more than what you provided? It looks like a "53" to me does it look like 528 ? -- Last edit: 2019-04-15 22:35:11
night cub ◊ 2019-04-15 22:36	I see "530i", what does anyone else see? The US didn't receive the full range, just one model at a time. 530i for 1975-78, 528i for 1979-81. -- Last edit: 2019-04-15 22:38:02
mike962 ◊ 2019-04-15 22:36
dsl ◊ 2019-04-15 22:43	I think it says 530i. Also it has the 1975-76 small rear lights - compare against bigger 1977+ - so can't be the 1979 onwards-in-US 528i.