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03-15-2006, 10:34 AM
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Name: defkon99
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BMW Says goodbye to E Code.
just got this from my RSS Feed:
The current issue of Motor Trend is reporting through the grapevine that BMW will drop the underground “e-code” nomenclature for its vehicles. The current 3-Series, for example, is known internally and by those who call themselves real car enthusiasts as the E90, the version sold between 1998 and 2005 the E46, and the generation before that the E36.
According to this Wikipedia article BMW has been using the “e-code” since at least the late Sixties, if not much longer. The “E” stands for Entwicklung, which in German means development or evolution.
MT is also reporting that the “E” will be replaced with an “F” and that the next 5-Series is already known internally as the F10. The next 7-Series due in 2009 will be called F01 and the LWB version F02.
I guess it kinda makes sense.. e90 for instance they just moved on to the next letter F10
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03-15-2006, 10:44 AM
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Name: Dudesky
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So my car will soon be known as the E series instead of the 3 series? 
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03-15-2006, 10:57 AM
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Name: EnvyM3
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Interesting, but it makes sense. After running out of numbers to associate with the E, they must find something else.
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03-15-2006, 11:01 AM
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Name: komodo
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Makes sense, but engine numbers (M/S) are staying the same right?
They told us what E stood for (which I'm gonna memorize, cool random knowledge), but they didn't tell us what the F stood for... or does it stand for anything? lol
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03-15-2006, 11:40 AM
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Name: doughboyea
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This is just the begining of making our vehicles classics...
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03-15-2006, 11:59 AM
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Name: mullethunter3
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i was kinda wondering what came after the e90... e110? |
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03-15-2006, 01:10 PM
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Name: BMWLotAttendant
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I'll ask about this at work.
Seems odd. I like the e-code.
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03-15-2006, 02:34 PM
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Name: Rooz
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03-15-2006, 02:36 PM
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Name: witeshark
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I like the E code too  |
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03-15-2006, 02:57 PM
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Name: bex325
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Originally Posted by komodo
Makes sense, but engine numbers (M/S) are staying the same right?
They told us what E stood for (which I'm gonna memorize, cool random knowledge), but they didn't tell us what the F stood for... or does it stand for anything? lol
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The engine nomenclature has begun to change with the N52 in the e90... I miss the good old days!
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03-15-2006, 09:13 PM
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Name: komodo
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Originally Posted by bex325
The engine nomenclature has begun to change with the N52 in the e90... I miss the good old days!
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Whoa, N52? I didn't know it was called that.
...whoa. lol
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