Re: What 'e' and 's' stand for

["Demetre Koumanakos" <demetre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 09:30:08 EST
> From: E30325is@domain.elided
> Subject: What 'e' and 's' stand for
>
> In a message dated 12/5/99 8:43:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> owner-bmw-digest@domain.elided writes:
>
> << The "s" mean sport
>
> true
>
> <<and the "e" for the 325e is economy.
>
> Sort of true...The "E" is actually not an "E" at all...it refers to the
sixth
> letter of the Greek alphabet, which is ETA. ETA is the Greek symbol for
> efficiency, much like the symbol Sigma represents 'the sum/total of'.

Actually the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet is EPSILON (E), ETA (H) is the
8th letter. In the case of the 325e I would assume that it refers to the
German
word Einspritzung (fuel injection)...

Demetre

------------------------------