BMW 5 Series (E12) model years

The model years of the BMW 5 Series (E12), 1972 to 1981. Each model year page in this group states what changed in that year and links back to the generation page, to the BMW 5 Series model page and to the previous and next model years, so a reader can move through the whole span of the generation one year at a time. Body style is recorded as a property of each page, not as a group, so a generation that was sold as a sedan, a hatchback and a coupe still keeps all of its years together in this one place on the site, and the generation page itself gives the overview of what defined the generation.