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Re: Got my M Coupe!/Z3 'E' Designations



>Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:01:43 -0700
>From: Josh Sirota <jss@domain.elided>
>Subject: Got my M Coupe!

>Just picked up my M Coupe today!  I have some questions for those of you who
>have paid a lot more attention than me to this mailing list :-)

>6. Why don't these things have their own "E" number?  Yes, they are an E36 front
>nd, but they are more like an E30 rear end.  Seems like the Z3 and derivatives
>(and for that matter, the 318ti) aren't true E36 cars, so why share the chassis
>number?

The Z3s use E36 numbers.  The roadster is the E36/7 and the coupe is the E36/8.

The BMW FAQ keeps a great list of E designations.

http://www.eskimo.com/~dalus/bmw/ftp/bmw/bmw_faq_june97/FAQ.1


Regards,
Mike Chiang
'95 ///M3

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