Yep, 325e is 2.7 liter. Early M10 316 & 316i are 1.8 liter. So the naming hasn't really ever matched the displacement. As far as I can tell it represents relative performance within the lineup. So just marketing basically.
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Originally posted by roguetoaster View PostThey should've made electric cars and called all of them turbos.
I like the BMW Rapp name.Last edited by Aleman; 02-11-2020, 07:18 AM.R135 /// 1990 Alpinweiß II 325is
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Have to agree that the Taycan model names got up my nose too... saying the electric has 'turbo' performance and the name now represents a spec level is daft.
Lol.. on my e36 comment - there were always a few models where the number didn't match exactly the engine displacement. I even owned an '84 316 with the 1.8L carby engine when I was in the UK. Was a good car with a 32/36 Weber on it :)
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Originally posted by roguetoaster View Post
What do you think I mean?
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Originally posted by roguetoaster View PostThey must mean turbo in the same way that the turbo feature on many old computers made them slower.
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Originally posted by roguetoaster View PostThey must mean turbo in the same way that the turbo feature on many old computers made them slower.
Another option for the E30, the BMW Stallion? LOLR135 /// 1990 Alpinweiß II 325is
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It probably would have had a stupid name. The Germans aren't very good at naming cars, they're better off sticking to model numbers. Look at VWs of the E30's era...
'golf'
'jetta'
'passat'
'scirocco'
And today:
'tiguan'
Naming slow boring cars after winds... and made up gibberish.
IG @turbovarg
'91 318is, M20 turbo
[CoTM: 4-18]
'94 525iT slicktop, M50B30 + S362SX-E, 600WHP DD or bust - updated 3-17
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like most cars with a 'Hemi' label on them don't have a hemi engine in 'em.
It's a truly meaningless term when you take it out of its original context, which was
'we actually designed a combustion chamber, rather than just let it happen
however worked out best for packaging' which was the old way.
Likewise, where did the term 'turbo' come from, anyways? 'charging' makes sense. 'Turbo' and 'Super' don't, really. Except as names.
BMW should not name cars. The Wurtzlerund and the FastenSchpiegel would NOT have sold to the '80's yuppies that made BMW what it is today.
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