New 7, and the official end of 'E' for BMW!

[DoriftuEvo]

Um....no?

E31 - 8 Series
E32 - 7 Series

Ok, then a bad example, but you get the point. It's in order of design date. Maybe E33 was the first variation of the E30 designed after the 8 and 7.

[Erick]

Back when they were producing the E30, the codes E31, E32, E33 etc. would have been used in the factory to designate the different trim levels. They're not used now because there's no need for them. We can just call them all E30s and add any other pertinant information after.

Um....no?

E31 - 8 Series
E32 - 7 Series

[cgregory]

BMW go down da holeee........sigh...

Is this a Tiny Toons reference:rofl:

[CleanAzzE30z]

And its also I think chassis that died on the drawing board.

Mariano

[DoriftuEvo]

i never could understand why they skipped so many e chassis numbers. from 46 to 92 (in the 3 series at least) what happened to the 50s? there was no e50 or e52.

They were there. E53 for example is the X5 that will end this year to be replaced by the E70. All the numbers are used for different engine packages or body types. The Z4 roadster is the E85, and the coupe is the E86. Back when they were producing the E30, the codes E31, E32, E33 etc. would have been used in the factory to designate the different trim levels. They're not used now because there's no need for them. We can just call them all E30s and add any other pertinant information after.

[2002maniac]

poop on a stick

[mtechnik]

yeah they wasted some numbers, i guess they probably did that "strategically"". Then another thing with their whole concept of making the 3er Sedan & Coupé totally different cars you go : E90 and E92.
Why not like E90/4 and E90/2???

Oh well.......

[smonkbmw]

i never could understand why they skipped so many e chassis numbers. from 46 to 92 (in the 3 series at least) what happened to the 50s? there was no e50 or e52.

[blueapplesoda]

BMW go down da holeee........sigh...

[mikeltang]

id have to say the new 7 looks terrible...but then thats just my opinion..

[CleanAzzE30z]

I always wondered what theyd do when they got to 100. And what E30 Pilot said X 40,000!! It Dont matter to me none!!

Mariano

[E30_pilot]

blah blah...it donts matter to me..cause i kno in the end...i cant afford it...lol

[ddongbap]

I never thought there would come a day when even BMW let its marketing people design there new cars.

They've been doing it for a while. As soon as they started to do away with the driver oriented console. Sucks. e36's e46's and e30's etc etc had em. The e60 dosen't.

[ddongbap]

If these new cars are so secret, why are they driven on public roads?

It's probably because they need to do some street tests, to fine tune the car. I remember one of my clients let me sit in the new Mazdaspeed 3. It had Michigan dealer plates. Man, 2.3L turbo focus/3 chassis. Should be pretty quick, in a straight line. lol

[89isluv]

I never thought there would come a day when even BMW let its marketing people design there new cars.