er, what does 325e / A mean?

[DSchultz325e]

i look at my shift lever, and my clutch pedal, and it is definitely a manual car. but i look at my door sill, and it says 325e / A? wasn't this a designation of an automatic car? i'm only the second owner and the previous owner was some old lady. weird.

[Ryan Stewart]

american?

It was part of a debate a while back and everyone checked theirs. it doesnt mean auto unless its a purely generic sticker where actualy automatics go some sort of mark.

[nando]

it probably doesn't stand for an English word, which is why there is so much confusion. I've seen A designations for german cars as well.

[Fred]

IT STANDS FOR AUTOMATIC!!!



That's the sticker off my '86 325. As you can see, there it says USA to indicate that it's a US spec car. Now, if you look on the line below that where it says "Vehicle capacity", there are 2 sets of numbers, 984/940 lbs and 446/426 kg. The pair of numbers after the slash are for the automatic, the pair before the slash are for manuals. It's that simple.

Now, some cars don't have that "/A" designation because either the specifications for the manual and automatic are the same or an automatic was never offered. Likewise, some cars only have the A on them (like 740iA) because it was never offered in a manual transmission (in the US, at least).

[graphik]

IT STANDS FOR AUTOMATIC!!!



That's the sticker off my '86 325. As you can see, there it says USA to indicate that it's a US spec car. Now, if you look on the line below that where it says "Vehicle capacity", there are 2 sets of numbers, 984/940 lbs and 446/426 kg. The pair of numbers after the slash are for the automatic, the pair before the slash are for manuals. It's that simple.

Now, some cars don't have that "/A" designation because either the specifications for the manual and automatic are the same or an automatic was never offered. Likewise, some cars only have the A on them (like 740iA) because it was never offered in a manual transmission (in the US, at least).

great info!

[DSchultz325e]

edit: nm durrr... thanks.

[randomtask37]

IT STANDS FOR AUTOMATIC!!!



That's the sticker off my '86 325. As you can see, there it says USA to indicate that it's a US spec car. Now, if you look on the line below that where it says "Vehicle capacity", there are 2 sets of numbers, 984/940 lbs and 446/426 kg. The pair of numbers after the slash are for the automatic, the pair before the slash are for manuals. It's that simple.

Now, some cars don't have that "/A" designation because either the specifications for the manual and automatic are the same or an automatic was never offered. Likewise, some cars only have the A on them (like 740iA) because it was never offered in a manual transmission (in the US, at least).

fred...

your an evil genius