E24 production ended in April 1989, after 86,216 cars had been built since 1976, and the 6 Series was supplanted by the larger 8 Series. The nameplate would then lie unused for fourteen or fifteen years until it came back with the E63 in 2003. The final M635CSi and M6 cars were produced during 1989. Over its production run from 1983 through 1989, the M635CSi and M6 totalled 5,855 cars, 524 of them with right hand drive for the United Kingdom.
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Source Wikipedia: BMW 6 SeriesLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2Quote, Lead paragraph, manufacturer
produced by BMW since 1976
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Source Wikipedia: BMW 6 Series (E24)Yearly changes, 1977tier 2Quote, Yearly changes, 1977
Production of E24 continued in 1977 at Karmann as a complete assembly until August, when only the steel body shell was made by Karmann and then shipped to BMW's plant in Dingolfing for assembly.
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produced by BMW since 1976
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The first generation BMW E24 6 Series was available solely as a two-door coupé
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A total of 86,216 cars were built prior to production ending in April 1989.
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The eventual successor to the nameplate, the E63 6 Series, was released in 2004 after a 16-year hiatus
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A total of 86,216 cars were built prior to production ending in April 1989.
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