Factory build sheet
2014 BMW 550i 550i Sedan RWD
Build WBAKN9C5-E · 4.4L 8cyl · Rear-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read WBAKN9C5 and position 10 reads E. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every 550i whose VIN starts WBAKN9C5 and carries E in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 958 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 958 known VINs
- 15 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by BMW with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 4.4 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Engine model
- 445 hp 44l v8
- Horsepower
- 448 hp
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Rear-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- 5-Series
- Manufacturer
- BMW AG
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$13,500 median asking price · 18 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 18 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
BMW used the VIN pattern WBAKN9C5 for 3 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2014 You are here code E $13,500
- 2015 550i Sedan RWD 4.4L 8cyl Sedan · 530 vehicles code F $16,885
- 2016 550i Sedan RWD 4.4L 8cyl Sedan · 668 vehicles code G $12,995
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | WBA | BMW AG · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | KN9C5 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | E | Model year — 2014 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2014 BMW 550i as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★★ 5 / 5
2 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2014 550i. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
958 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to WBAKN9C5-E shares the specification above.
- 958 Known VINs
- 15 Listed for sale now
- 18 Priced listings
- $13,500 Median asking
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the 550i, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2014 xDrive 4.4L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 885 vehicles · $15,995 median
- 2015 xDrive GT 4.4L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 54 vehicles
- 2015 GT 4.4L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · RWD 22 vehicles
- 2015 xDrive 4.4L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 488 vehicles · $14,900 median
- 2016 xDrive 4.4L 8-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 713 vehicles · $17,178 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 18 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 958 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.