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Originally Posted by doccyber
I really don't get why the name change?? These new models are getting to be crazy with their numbering. What's next 245? 250 and so on. It used to make sense when the last 2 numbers matched engine displacement but nowadays there is no rhyme or reason to BMW model designation. Based on tradition the M235 should have been M230. So who cares if the engines change and make more power. For now I like my M235 as the numbering has some feel of great BMWs of the past such as 535 or the 635!!
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I see lots of people complaining about this, I see no one coming up with a better idea.
These are three different cars:
220d, 220d, 220d.
Which makes the most power, which is likely the most expensive, which one might be the quickest, which one might be the most economical?
Tough to guess, right.
Now try it with these:
225d, 218d, 220d.
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The numbering system is fine, it used to be the capacity that made the difference, now it isn't, how would they best communicate the differences now without
completely changing the naming structure?