[12nine]

Better naming system than Audi.

[hufington]

I am done with BMW changing the model designations with the X5. They made 50 to 60 and I made it to 70 before they could!

[orkinos]

Originally Posted by hufington

I am done with BMW changing the model designations with the X5. They made 50 to 60 and I made it to 70 before they could!

Right on!

[corbinwilliams]

Originally Posted by emulajavi

They had a very clear system to use (series number+2numbers+letter for engine type), but the did a mess of it when they introduced the ‘“i sub-brand”.

The classic system was great!
330i (gas)
330d (diesel)
330h (hybrid)
330e (electric)

With xi, xd, xh and xe for AWD versions.

They brought the i-something to look modern, to look Apple-ish (iMac, iPhone, etc) but they had a perfect system to use, a system that could have also entirely dropped the letter when all of their cars would be electric.


Now they seem to be changing to this system:

Electric vehicles
SUV: iX+series+2numbers
Non-SUV: i+series+2numbers

Non electric vehicles (same as before)
SUV: X+series+2numbers+engine type
Non-SUV: series+2numbers+engine type


I don’t like the “i” before on the electric vehicles. Just put an “e” at the end and everybody will understand it perfectly, and you’ll have a single naming system instead of two.

I agree.. BMW revamped the 60i designations for V8's they shouldn't have had a problem designating the "e" branding for electric. BMW 760e xDrive would be much better than BMW i7 xDrive60

[HeartbreakerF80]

Originally Posted by pizza240

M350 is probably the only 3-series with an ICE, whether hybrid or not (probably hybrid). Equivalent to today's M340i xDrive. Inline-6. The '50' just points to trim/performance-level I guess.

I doubt they'll add the "i" in front of M cars to designate hybridization. But maybe they'll add an i for purely electric Ms (although, "iM2" sounds funny).

Funny that "i" used to mean petrol/injected, but now it means electric.

Post-Apple world

[humisfum]

Originally Posted by HeartbreakerF80

Post-Apple world

Baffles me why bmw marketing chose to name cars like computers when a loud segment of their customers still miss the analog gauges. Like the iPhone XR was allegedly named that because the teams liked sports cars with Rs after their model name. It shouldn’t be the other way around.. now that I think of it an X5 just reminds me of a dell XPS

[Bugs Meany]

Originally Posted by DO444

Everyone knows it should have always been 340ix. It looks right, we know what the letter mean. Putting badges on each side of the car looks cheap and tacky.

I still see older models (as recently as 2008—I'm sure someone knows the final year) that say 328xi, for example.

At least in Massachusetts, the RMV still writes 228xi on my title/registration.

Originally Posted by emulajavi

The classic system was great!
330i (gas)
330d (diesel)
330h (hybrid)
330e (electric)

I've never seen the 'h' suffix (or prefix) in the States. A hybrid SUV would be an X3 with an eDrive30 badge elsewhere, for example. Must be a non-US thing.