E9 Coupé, 1968 - 1975
The BMW E9 was a BMW passenger car model that was built between December 1968 and December 1975 by Karmann on a contract basis at the Rheine plant. The range consisted exclusively of six-cylinder in-line engines with a displacement of between 2.5 and 3.2 litres and an output of 150 to 206 hp (110 to 151 kW).
The E9 replaced the BMW Coupé 2000 C/CA/CS of the ‘New Class’, on which it was based, in 1968. The biggest, immediately visible change to the body was a front end adapted to the ‘BMW family’ with the H1 twin headlight pairs. The resulting resemblance to the BMW E3 may give the impression that it was a coupé version of this model, but this is not the case.
A total of 30,546 cars were built. The successor to the E9 was the first 6 Series (E24) in 1976.
