BMW Models

BMW introduced the 330xi for the 2001 model year as the all-wheel-drive version of the new E46 3 Series sedan. It paired BMW’s 3.0-liter inline-six with the brand’s early electronically managed AWD system, giving the ...

The BMW 335 was the company’s prewar luxury flagship and one of the first BMW passenger cars aimed squarely at the upper class. It debuted for the 1939 model year, just before the war interrupted civilian car producti...

BMW introduced the 335d nameplate in 2008 as a diesel-powered variant of the 3 Series, initially appearing in European Touring form and then arriving in North America as a 2009 3 Series Sedan with BMW Advanced Diesel ...

BMW introduced the 335i as the higher-performance 3 Series variant during the E9x era, beginning with the 2007 model year. It first appeared in coupe form and quickly expanded to the convertible and sedan, giving BMW ...

The BMW 335is was a special-performance version of the E90-generation 3 Series Coupé and Convertible, created for the North American market and introduced for the 2011 model year. BMW positioned it as an “s” model in ...

BMW introduced the 335xi as the all-wheel-drive version of the 3 Series performance model for the 2007 model year in North America, beginning with the sedan. It paired BMW’s turbocharged 335 performance tier with the ...

BMW introduced the 428i in 2013 as part of the new 4 Series, splitting the coupe and its derivatives away from the 3 Series to give the sporty two-door line its own identity. The 428i badge launched with the first 4 S...

BMW introduced the 435i as the six-cylinder upper step in the first 4 Series family, when the brand split the 3 Series coupe line into the new 4 Series for the 2014 model year. The nameplate first appeared on the 4 Se...

BMW first used the 525i nameplate on the E28 5 Series, launched in 1981. In that generation, the 525i sat in the middle of the six-cylinder range and helped establish the 5 Series formula of executive comfort with a d...

BMW’s 525iA is not a separate standalone model line in the way BMW’s core 5 Series badges are; the “A” suffix is BMW’s market usage for an automatic transmission variant. In BMW’s official naming explanation, the bran...

BMW introduced the 525xi as the xDrive all-wheel-drive version of the fifth-generation 5 Series in spring 2005. It was part of the E60 sedan and E61 Touring era, when BMW expanded the 5 Series lineup with new inline-s...

BMW first used the 528i nameplate in 1977 on the first-generation 5 Series, where it replaced the carbureted 528 as the range-topping six-cylinder version. It quickly became one of the defining early 5 Series models a...

BMW introduced the 528xi for the 2008 model year as the all-wheel-drive variant of the 5 Series sedan in the U.S. market. It belonged to the E60 generation of the 5 Series and was part of BMW’s naming convention from ...

BMW first used the 530i nameplate on the 5 Series in the mid-1970s, when the E12 generation brought a 3.0-liter 530i to market for the U.S. as part of BMW’s early push into the executive-sedan class. After that initia...

BMW’s 530iA is the automatic-transmission market designation used for the 530i in several Latin American and export markets, rather than a separate model line. It first appears in BMW’s official regional materials in ...

The BMW 530xi was the all-wheel-drive xDrive version of the E60-generation 5 Series, offered under BMW’s xi naming for models equipped with the brand’s early xDrive system. It arrived in the mid-2000s as BMW expanded ...

BMW introduced the 535d in 2004 as the diesel performance variant of the 5 Series, launching it first as a sedan and Touring in Europe. It was notable for bringing BMW’s high-output six-cylinder diesel technology to t...

BMW’s 535i nameplate has appeared in more than one distinct era of the 5 Series, rather than as a single uninterrupted model run. BMW’s own M history traces the first “hot” 5 Series road cars back to the mid-1970s, wh...

The BMW 535xi was BMW’s all-wheel-drive version of the fifth-generation 5 Series, sold in North America as a sedan and, later, as a Sports Wagon. It arrived for the 2008 model year as part of BMW’s updated 5 Series li...

BMW introduced the 540i as the V8-powered upper end of the 5 Series in the early 1990s, first appearing on the third-generation E34 in 1992. It established the nameplate as BMW’s smooth, discreetly fast executive seda...

BMW’s 540iA nameplate first appeared on the E34 5 Series as the automatic-transmission version of BMW’s V8-powered 540i, entering the market in the early 1990s as the range-topping non-M sedan in many markets. It repr...

BMW introduced the 545i as the V8 flagship of the fifth-generation 5 Series, which reached showrooms for the 2004 model year after the new E60 generation debuted in 2003. Positioned above the six-cylinder 5 Series var...

BMW introduced the 550i nameplate for the 2006 model year as the V8-powered upper end of the 5 Series range, replacing the older 545i designation in BMW’s model naming structure. It first appeared on the E60 5 Series ...

BMW introduced the 640i nameplate with the modern 6 Series for the 2012 model year, first appearing on the new 6 Series Coupe and Convertible. It marked BMW’s return to a six-cylinder 6 Series in markets such as the U...