How can someone not know what car they own???
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E30M3SE said:
ajb85 said:
True. Bring back ye olde days! I know that the current line up of Mercedes is equally if not more confusing.
Are those the days were a E30 316 had a 1.8litre engine, and prior to that E21 315 had a1.6 litre engine?Mercedes even came up with the solution to this badging jimmynudgery, with the spectacularly disambiguated 450SEL 6.9 - maybe they need to go back to that. Ideally with both the honesty, and the 6.9 designation.
the numbers don't denote the engine size, i am sure it has been explained a million times. They exist to denote a hierarchy of variants within the models. As always, if you are going to start pointing fingers and ridiculing lack of knowledge, you better be sure you have your facts right.
Blown2CV said:
the numbers don't denote the engine size, i am sure it has been explained a million times. They exist to denote a hierarchy of variants within the models. As always, if you are going to start pointing fingers and ridiculing lack of knowledge, you better be sure you have your facts right.
Yes, but when these were all green fields...Timberwolf said:
And the 325e with its long-stroke 2.7 litre.
Wasn't that a 525e?Can't recall that lump going into a 3-series. (That would have been an E30, which I recall had the 'small block' 6-pot, the 2.7 'economy' lump was the 'big block' 6 which was only used in the bigger cars)
HeatonNorris said:
Timberwolf said:
And the 325e with its long-stroke 2.7 litre.
Wasn't that a 525e?Can't recall that lump going into a 3-series. (That would have been an E30, which I recall had the 'small block' 6-pot, the 2.7 'economy' lump was the 'big block' 6 which was only used in the bigger cars)
And I know they fitted the 2.7 into the E30 in South Africa (although it was badged as something else IIRC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_%28E30%2...
Pints said:
Blown2CV said:
the numbers don't denote the engine size, i am sure it has been explained a million times. They exist to denote a hierarchy of variants within the models. As always, if you are going to start pointing fingers and ridiculing lack of knowledge, you better be sure you have your facts right.
Yes, but when these were all green fields...Pints said:
Wiki seems to agree that there was a 325e.
And I know they fitted the 2.7 into the E30 in South Africa (although it was badged as something else IIRC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_%28E30%2...
Interesting. Seems we never got it in the UK, though.And I know they fitted the 2.7 into the E30 in South Africa (although it was badged as something else IIRC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series_%28E30%2...
For some reason, I thought the 2.7e engine was an M30, but it's an M20.
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