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WBSBMW passenger cars

Held by BMW M GmbH · registered in Germany

WMI WBS decodes 37 models, the ninth longest list among the 250 passenger car WMIs in the catalog. Its rules place assembly in eight countries. The same rules start at model year 1988 and have no end year. Electrified versions appear in its rules: plug-in hybrid.

Models in the decoding rules, by model year

  1. 325/325e1988
  2. 325/325eS1988
  3. 325i1988–1994
  4. 325iC1988–1994
  5. 325iS1988–1994
  6. 325ix1988
  7. 528e1988
  8. 535i1988
  9. 535i/535is1988
  10. 635CSi1988
  11. 735i1988
  12. 735iL1988
  13. 750iL1988–1994
  14. 840Ci1988–1994
  15. 850Ci1988–1994
  16. 850CSi1988–1994
  17. L71988
  18. M31988–2027
  19. M51988–2027
  20. M61988–2019
  21. 318i1994
  22. 318iC1994
  23. 318iS1994
  24. 318ti1994
  25. 525i1994
  26. 530i1994
  27. 540i1994
  28. 730i1994
  29. 740i1994
  30. 740iL1994
  31. Z31996–2001
  32. M3Ci2001–2006
  33. 1M2011
  34. M235i2015
  35. M42015–2027
  36. M22016–2022

Also in the rules (1 more): M8.

Where the rules place assembly

Plant countriesGermany, United States, South Africa, Austria, Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom

Plant locations namedRegensburg; Greer; Dingolfing; Munich; Pretoria; Graz; Leipzig; Born; San Luis Potosi; Rosslyn; Manaus; Spartanburg; Oxford; Munich Or Dingolfing

Bodies and power

Body classesConvertible, Coupe, Sedan, Hatchback, Wagon

Primary fuelsGasoline, Electric

Compared with the closest code, WBA

WBA is held by BMW AG. Measured by the overlap of the two model lists, it is the code closest to WBS.

Models in both33

Only under WBSM3Ci, 1M, M4, M8

Only under WBA320i, 524td, 528i, 533i, 633 csi, 733i, 325i/325is, 850i, 328i, 328iC, 328iS, 323iC, 323is, 323i, 328Ci, 325Ci, 750Li, X5, 330Ci, 330i, 750i, Z8, 325xi, 330xi and 76 more

Model yearsWBS: 1988–open · WBA: 1981–open

BMW under other holders

Models named in each code's rules

  1. WBA BMW AGGermany133
  2. WB1 BMW AG MotorcyclesGermany113
  3. WBX BMW AGGermany40
  4. WB3 BMW AG MotorcyclesGermany36
  5. WB4 BMW AG MotorcyclesGermany34
  6. 3MW BMW AGGermany6
  7. 5UX BMW Manufacturer Corporation / BMW North AmericaUnited States6
  8. 4US BMW Manufacturer Corporation / BMW North AmericaUnited States5

Other codes starting with WB

  • WB0Bockmann Fahrzeugwerke, trailer
  • WB1BMW AG Motorcycles, motorcycle
  • WB3BMW AG Motorcycles, motorcycle
  • WB4BMW AG Motorcycles, motorcycle
  • WB5BMW, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • WB7Black Tea Motorbikes, motorcycle
  • WBABMW, passenger car
  • WBCBoom Trikes Fahrzeugbau, motorcycle
  • WBKBocker Maschinenwerke, trailer
  • WBXBMW, multipurpose passenger vehicle
  • WBYBMW, passenger car

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.