BMW Window Sticker

What's on a BMW window sticker

Every Monroney label carries the same required blocks — MSRP with itemised options, EPA fuel economy, which across the BMW range averages 25 mpg, NHTSA safety ratings, where 100% of rated BMW models hold five stars overall, standard and optional equipment, and parts-content origin. Enter a BMW VIN and the label comes back with that car's own build, not a range average.

Across the 62 BMW models with EPA data on file the label figure spreads from the i3 at 39 mpg down to the XM at 14 — which is why the sticker for one car says more than any brand average. What those stickers are worth today: a median $11,840 across 40 models and 5,016 live listings, topped by the M8 at $91,797. From EPA fuel-economy records, NHTSA ratings and ForCar market data.

For how to read each block, what to do if the sticker is lost and how it differs from a build sheet, see the window sticker guide.

EPA figures across the BMW range

Combined MPG as printed on each model's window sticker, most efficient first. The BMW range spans 25 mpg between the i3 and the XM, so a brand average tells you little — the label for one VIN tells you everything:

Figures are the best recent EPA rating for each model; electric models are rated in MPGe and left out so the comparison stays like-for-like.

What BMW stickers are worth now

The label freezes the factory price; this is the median asking price of each BMW model on the used market today, across 5,016 live listings:

Medians across all model years we hold prices for, so a long-running nameplate sits lower than a recent one. Full year-by-year breakdown on each model's BMW value pages.

Safety ratings across BMW stickers

The NHTSA block on each label, model by model. Overall stars out of five, best first — a quick way to see how consistently BMW builds to the crash test:

NHTSA has crash-tested 11 of the BMW models on file, which is why this list is shorter than the full range — 11 of them hold five stars overall. Stars shown are the overall rating; each model's page breaks out frontal, side and rollover.

BMW models 105

Every BMW model we hold a sticker for, with the years covered and the best EPA figure printed on the label. Pick one to look it up by VIN:

Where to find the VIN on a BMW

1. WindshieldLower-left corner, driver's side, readable from outside without opening anything.
2. Door jambOn the driver's door frame, next to the tyre-pressure and build-date plate.
3. DocumentsRegistration, title and insurance card — on a BMW all three must show the same number.

All four must match. A BMW whose windshield plate disagrees with the door jamb has either had a panel replaced or a tampered identity — check the paperwork before any money changes hands.