BMW Models

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 introduced the 530e as the plug-in hybrid version of the 5 Series sedan for the modern G30 generation, first appearing for the 2017 model year. It arrived as part of BMW’s iPerformance-era electrified lineup, pair...

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’s 533i nameplate first appeared in the E12 era as a Motorsport-built special-order sedan. Starting in 1974, BMW Motorsport GmbH produced the 533i by hand in very limited numbers as a performance conversion based o...

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...

BMW’s 535i nameplate first appeared on the E28 5 Series in the mid-1980s, when BMW used it for the higher-output inline-six sedan at the top of the regular 5 Series range in North America. In the U.S. market, the rela...

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 540d as part of the seventh-generation 5 Series in 2017, expanding the model line with a six-cylinder diesel aimed at buyers who wanted strong long-distance performance without moving into the full ...

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...

This nameplate was introduced with the eighth-generation 5 Series sedan as BMW’s plug-in hybrid flagship for the model range. BMW announced it in 2023, with market rollout beginning in late 2023 and spring 2024 availa...

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 633 CSi as part of the first-generation 6 Series, internally known as the E24, and it arrived alongside the carbureted 630CS in 1976. The model helped establish BMW’s new grand touring coupe formula...

BMW introduced the 635CSi in 1978 as the most performance-focused mainstream version of the first-generation 6 Series, the E24. The 6 Series itself debuted in 1976 as BMW’s new grand touring coupe, combining long-dist...

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...

This all-wheel-drive six-cylinder variant appeared in the 6 Series lineup for the 2014 model year, when the range expanded to include xDrive versions of the Coupe and Convertible alongside the Gran Coupe. In market na...

BMW introduced the 645Ci as the launch model of the modern 6 Series coupe family in 2004, bringing back the 6 Series nameplate after the original E24 era had ended in 1989. The 645Ci was positioned as a large luxury s...

BMW’s 645i nameplate belongs to the revived 6 Series grand tourer that returned after the original E24 6 Series had been out of production for many years. The modern 6 Series launched in 2003 as a 2004 model-year coup...

BMW introduced the 650i nameplate for the 2006 model year as the V8 flagship of the revived 6 Series, replacing the earlier 645Ci coupe. In its first production run, the 650i was offered in coupe and convertible form ...