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Written by Lars-Åke Carlsson Lars-Åke Carlsson
Published: 06 March 2020 06 March 2020

1983 - New auto gearbox

There where no change made to the exterior, nor the interior, this year.

On the mechanical side there was a new 4-speed automatic gearbox available, with the forth gear being a overdrive. This made a significant improvement on fuel economy for the automatic versions compared to the previous 3-speed gearboxes.

BMW presented a new 6 series model in September 1983 (even though sales did not begin until beginning of 1984), it was a model with a big M...

 

Production numbers for 1983

 

Model Units Total for model Total all models
628 CSi 524 972 7965
628 CSi A 255    
628 CSi RHD 31    
628 CSi A RHD 162    
633 CSi USA 1659 2814  
633 CSi A USA 1155    
633 CSi A Japan 511 511  
635 CSi 1904 3668  
635 CSi A 1257    
635 CSi RHD 84    
635 CSi A RHD 423    

 

1982

1984