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Re: Got my M Coupe!/Z3 'E' Designations
- Subject: Re: Got my M Coupe!/Z3 'E' Designations
- From: mchiang@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Chiang)
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 13:00:53 -0400
>Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:01:43 -0700
>From: Josh Sirota <[email protected]>
>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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