Thanks Terminator! Now I really know my X5.

Very interesting - the VINs in the US are standardized differently than in the rest of the world. The X5s are made in the US, in South Carolina and therefore the VINs all start with a "5", for a US manufacturer. The X5s made for non-US distribution have the original "WBA" manufacturer designator.

This is not the only thing: In the US, the 10th digit indicates the model year, it seems that in non-US cars, the digit is left at zero - as a result, I can not determine the model year of the cars but I can calculate the total run of the X5 4.8iS from 2004 to the 2006. Also, these are the Right-hand drive cars, all of them. I will need a left-hand drive non-US VIN to see the other ones... if there is still interest in the needless trivia... lol...

First 4.8iS was Imola Red with black leather, Nav with TV, BT with Voice, seems to be sent to Australia or Oceania WBAFA920X0LE56000, manufactured 2003-11-20.


last 4.8iS was Imola Red with Black leather, tow hitch, first aid kit, Nav with TV, BT with Voice, seems to be sent to South Africa WBAFA92030LE57733, manufactured 2006-09-09.

Total run of Right-Hand drive 4.8iS for the life of the model is 1,733 from 2004 to 2006.

Here is more:

first Euro 4.8iS shows up as WBAFA91080LD75000, made for Germany, and has Individual marks on it, made in 2003-11-09

last Euro that I found is WBAFA91096LD79999, made for Persian gulf country... The date here is 2005-11-29, which tells me that there are probably more of them were made but I could not find the rest - we are missing about 6-7 months worth of production...

So, this totals up to 4999 units, and still counting... these are the multiple model years, as i can't determine year by the VIN

Any numbers on 4.6?

I have a starting point with my own US VIN for '02 4.6.

I will look into it later... For left-handed and Euro models I need one VIN of each to start the search...

Nice work.

We need VIN for Australian X5 4.8is too. ;)

I have an Aus 4.8is! - what do you need?

VIN -(Vehicle Identification number). The number which starts with WBAFA.......

Here is a VIN for UK (RHD) spec 4.6is
WBAFB92060LN75480

AUS (RHD) 4.8is
WBAFA92080LE57596

Let me know the results :)