Re: When does the "s" stand for "sport"?

[Phil Marx <BMW@xxxxxxx>]

Scott Miller wrote:
>>  The first use of "s" vs. non-"s" I can think of is with the 2 liter coupe
>in the mid-'60s.  There was a 2000C and a 2000CS, where the CS had 2
>>  carbeurators vs. one on the C (and maybe other differences).

Hate to disagree but aren't you forgetting the 700S (1960-63) which stood
for "Sport" and actually carried a 30% horsepower increase and twin carbs?
Or the 3200S of 1961-63 whose V8 produced 160hp (up 20hp from the 3200L)?
Or even the 3200CS (1962-65) with the same 160hp aluminum V8?  And of
course the R69S (1960-68) with a 600cc twin producing 42hp, or 12 more than
the basic 600cc R60?

The rest of your info was pretty accurate and well thought out.  My
inference of your opinion of the switch to Boge's (twin-tube low pressure
gas) on the '88 325is is that you feel it was a decontent move, when in
actuality all E30 M3s came so equipped and were the far better handlers.
Folks at NA at the time allowed that the Bilsteins used in the M-Technic
suspension for the 325is were more to increase ride harshness to appeal to
the sporty set rather than as a handling benefit.

- -Phil Marx  BMWCCA #6021  BMWMOA #2024 (R69US, 700S Cabriolet, R100CS)

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