BMW

BMW R50 / 5

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

9 actively registered

Colours

  • Black4
  • Grey2
  • Blue2
  • Red1

Cantons

  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 19691
  • 19713
  • 19725

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 2

Postcodes

  • 60..
  • 85..
  • 19..
  • 23..
  • 25..
  • 56..
  • 94..

VIN prefixes

  • 2903...
  • 2904...
  • 2900...
  • 2905...

Key data

Marke
BMW
Marke und Typ
BMW R 50/5
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
498
Zylinder
2
Leistung kW
23.5
Fahrzeugart
060
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
9
Bestand ausser Verkehr
18

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
607203
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
BMW
Marke und Typ
BMW R 50/5
Markencode
4012
Fahrzeugart
060
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
23.5
Hubraum
498
Zylinder
2
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
2
Gesamtgew. von
398
Bestand in Verkehr
9
Bestand ausser Verkehr
18