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How the fuck does anyone keep up with all the numbers and letters in BMW's naming scheme? It has to be the most convoluted system in the auto industry.
>pic unrelated
I'm gonna guess this is bait
>335i, now 340i
>3.0l
...
as i understand it, the naming scheme USED to make sense, then it stopped.
![745-03[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ytZ5wiZ.jpg "745-03[1].jpg")
the issue started here
What do you mean?
First number; 1-2-3-4-5-6 and so on is basically the series and size. Bigger numer = bigger, more luxurious car typically
Second and third number; engine size. 20, 25, 28, 30 and so on. 20 = 2.0 litre engine, 28 = 2.8 litre engine
D after the three numbers; diesel
X infront on the number; SUV/crossover. These all have a single number like the X3, X5 and horrible X6
M infront of the number; sports car, tuned and worked on by BMW's inhouse tuning division Mtech
i infront of the number; electric/hybrid
Z infront of the number; roadster
>>14574829
>Mercedes comes out with c400
BMW: Oh noes! 400 is more than 335! Quick! Rename it!
>>14574858
And then you also have to take into accout that, for marketing (read; jewish) purposes they often call a lot of models something like a 330 while it only has a 2.5 litre engine. Mercedes has done the same with an example being the current C350 hybrid having only a 2.0 litre i4
>>14574858
>second and third number engine size
Nah. Not anymore.
>>14574857
that was an anomaly. it started for real in the mid nineties with things like the 2.5 litre 323i
>>14574858
First number isn't strictly size/luxury based. Generally a given even number means it's going to be a more coupe-styled version of the odd number below, except in the specific case of the 2 Series Active Tourer, which is a Mini-based people carrier.
>>14574871
The problem is these companies have rationalized their shit so there now only 3 or 4 different engines in the entire range,
The traditional system wouldn't make sense because the models are differentiated by output not displacement.
>>14574873
It started before that, the E23 745i was a turbocharged 3.5. I think it was introduced in 1979 or thereabouts
>>14574906
3 is bigger than 5, but a 3 wagon might be "bigger" than a 5-series sedan and so on
Simple way of looking at it, I suppose your answer is quite a bit more correct
>>14574871
it's now basically
>higher number = faster
which i'm sort of ok with but they keep shaking up the lineup, like there's a 320 and 340 in the usa market now.
If BMW used names, what would their cars be named?
>>14575463
probably some german words that mean fuck off
BMW says this is a coupe.
>>14575613
there is no m4 gc
>>14574816
BMW, along with Mercedes, was the easiest fo understand until very recently.
>3 series
4-door
>4 series
Like a 3 series, but 2 doors
>6 series Grand Coupe
4 doors
>>14574934
>>14574816
The first number is the series. It used to be so that you had 3, 5, 6 and 7. The 3 series, compact executive. The 5 series, executive car. The 6 series, grand tourer. The 7 series, full size luxury car. They also used to have the 8 series from 1989 to 1999 which was a luxury grand tourer. Back in the day the last two digits were displacement in liters. For example, 335 was 3-series, 3.5L. They did away with that for marketing reasons so they now hype the number beyond displacement, based on a "performance index". For example they slap a turbo and it becomes 10 higher.
The letters are as >>14574858 said:
>D after the three numbers; diesel
>X infront on the number; SUV/crossover. These all have a single number like the X3, X5 and horrible X6
>M infront of the number; sports car, tuned and worked on by BMW's inhouse tuning division Mtech
>i infront of the number; electric/hybrid
>Z infront of the number; roadster
Except that the d goes after the numbers.
They also had the T for touring and td for turbo diesel.
Wiki goes on the details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW#BMW_nomenclature
>>14576108
You're pretty much bang on except the 335 is a 3.0L
>>14574934
3.2l
>>14576120
Time for some damage control :^)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_335_(1939–41)
Too bad it wasn't called "3 series" back then.
>>14576108
i - injection, you dumbfuck... means the car had a gasoline engine
>>14576120
35 used to be 3.5, only recently numbers mean nothing about the engine size
>>14576152
in front, as in i8
injection goes at the end
>>14576152
>35 used to be 3.5, only recently numbers mean nothing about the engine size
not on the 3 series
the first 3 series 335 was a 3.0
>>14576152
>being this wrong
>mfw you get put on suicide watch
/g/ reporting, if it makes you feel any better, graphics cards have been shit with this too.
>GMA 600, 700
>HD 2000, 3000
>x850
>9600
>5640
>6670
>88xx
>99xx, currently
>100xx ?
>128
>8500
>8800
>9800 GTX
>uh oh can't do 10000,
>"GTX 240"
>GTX 370, 470, 570
>currently at GTX 980
>gtx 1000 coming but they might call it GP1x0 series for example GP120, 170, GP270 etc
The issue is they know their prime market doesn't know about engine displacement.
>>14576375
That's not equivalent at all to BMW's jewry of calling a 3.2L car a 335i
>Ferrari
>365 - cc displacement of one cylinder
>348 - 3.4l, 8 cylinder
>F40 - 40 year anniversary
>355 - 3.5L, 5 valve
>360 - 3.6l
>>14576449
This is a joke right
>>14574858
>>14576108
note: BMW M stands for Motorsports not M-tech (which means M technic)
>>14576458
It's not.
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/ferrari-discussion-not-model-specific-sponsored-algar-ferrari/165837-ferrari-nomenclature.html
How does Porsche even work?
911
944
918
9994949494944
Reptile name???
Dog breed name???
Cayenne??
Sounds like an Asian menu....
>>14578162
911 was born out of necessity. It was supposed to be the 901, but Peugeot stepped in with trademark claims.
>>14574916
>yugo 45ax
has 45 hp and lbft
its EZ
the bigger the number the better the car
>>14579166
See 325 vs 730
>>14578993
why didnt america step in and claim too? dont they have the 9/11 thing thats usually just called "nine eleven"
>>14579213
are you training to be a retard or are you pretending to be one
What is apple tier naming then?
>>14576449
Now explain this
>>14580847
>What is apple tier naming then?
Jaguar Mark 1
Jaguar Mark 2
Jaguar XJ Series 1
Jaguar XJ Series 2
Jaguar XJ Series 3
They even look almost the same
>>14580908
italians
