Build date proof › Europe
Digital Birth Certificate (Geburtsurkunde)
One of the few documents that gives production and delivery dates separately, so you can see the gap rather than guess at it.
- covers
- BMW, MINI (BMW), Rolls-Royce
- issuer
- BMW Group Classic, Munich archive
- cost
- EUR 150 including VAT on the current order form
- time
- Not published
Build date and despatch date
States when the car was built and, separately, when it left the factory. The best kind of document there is.
What you have to supply
A signed order form, the VIN, the engine number, the gearbox number, photographs of the chassis and engine numbers, and proof of ownership. Sent to classic@bmwgroup.com; paid by bank transfer.
Who can order it
Historic BMW Group models. Richest for cars from the 1980s onward - the transmission number only appears for those.
Limits and gaps
BMW states plainly that the amount of information varies with the model and age of the vehicle. Telephone enquiries are no longer accepted.
Notes
Reported at EUR 125 at launch in April 2024; the current order form says EUR 150. We found no separate programme for M cars - order an M car through the same route. Requiring photographs of the stamped numbers is a good sign, not an obstacle: it means the archive is matching your car, not just your paperwork.
Checked against the issuer's own page issuer page · retrieved 25 September 2026
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The Build Date Proof Pack
This page tells you which document to order. The pack gets it ordered — and tells you what to do when the answer is that no document exists.
- A ready-to-send request for every archive, in the language it wants
- Exactly which numbers to photograph, and where they are on the car
- What to ask the seller for before you pay the deposit
- The fallback ladder when the manufacturer has no records
- What US, Canadian and Australian officials each accept as proof