No more "E" - BMW Forum

Furious · 03-15-2006, 02:30 AM

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BMW to drop "E" nomenclature?

BMW has dropped its internal "E" designation system, according to the latest issue of Motor Trend magazine. BMW has used the system since the 1960s. Recent examples of the naming scheme include the E90 (2005+) 3-Series, or the E60 5-Series. E stands for Entwicklung in German, which means Development in English. The last vehicles to use the "E" designation will be the E92 3-Series coupe and the E93 convertible. According to the report, the new designations will begin with next 7-Series, dubbed F01, and the next 5-Series, known as F10.

I dont know how to feel about this. The E is, and has been very important among us Enthusiasts

spiff325is · 03-15-2006, 03:15 AM

yes it has been, will forever be remembered..i will be taking donations for the E foundation, paypal me, thx.

ZoomZoomBeauty416 · 03-15-2006, 11:01 AM

LOL
yea its kinda crazy but I understand sorta
it would get kinda crazy if you had an E276
move on to F so they can keep a 2 digit number

BUT
they used to use an E## for the generation now its differnt per model within the generation
stupid

~*Teg*~

Masse · 03-15-2006, 10:04 PM

untill i hear it from BMW i dont beleave it. AS soon as I read a TSB about it I will let you know. Untill then it is crap.

97alpineM3 · 03-15-2006, 10:21 PM

I agree with Masse....

Les

superdeadman · 03-17-2006, 04:40 PM

furios - REPOST!!!

SpeedInfusion · 03-18-2006, 01:40 AM

meh, i want a F15 bmw

bmdubbatech · 03-25-2006, 12:39 PM

Tis true, they ran outta numbers, they have used E designations for every thing, there is a list of them all, they have been used for regular cars and special vehicles in euroupe, for police cars and military vehicles

kman · 03-26-2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWbeauty416

LOL
yea its kinda crazy but I understand sorta
it would get kinda crazy if you had an E276
move on to F so they can keep a 2 digit number

~*Teg*~

thats true
it would sound weird haveing an e106 or somthing like that

kyle_baker · 04-02-2006, 08:28 PM

ah man! makes sense why they would change it, but i really hope this is just a dirty rumor.

325isBaby · 04-12-2006, 03:52 PM

Unfortunatly it's not a dirty rumor...our FSE has informed us at the dealership the E92 (or 93 I don't remember-Suffering from CRS) is going to the be the last to carry the "E" nominclature...sad day

gostraighter · 04-30-2006, 11:36 AM

I don't see what the problem with going to a 3 digit number is. Mercedes cars are all that way like W203 for the current C class and such. Why does BMW have 3 different ones for the new 3-series (E90, E-92, E93)? Are they that much different? It will be sad to see it go.

97alpineM3 · 04-30-2006, 11:50 AM

My question... where are A-D?

Les

saltshaker185 · 04-30-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 97alpineM3

My question... where are A-D?

Les

good question but it wasnt set up in order like that... E stands for Entwicklung in German, which means Development in English... F stands for??? yeah i dont like this whole going to F idea... just make it 3 digit!

red330Iperfpkg · 04-30-2006, 03:44 PM

idk i assume they figured it wouldnt make much sense to go back up tp A so they just r thinking about going to F....if its even true

my 2 cents