Noob Question: Difference between Ci Xi Si

[bimmerseth54]

whats the difference between all the Ci's and Xi's and Si's and all the other i's. i've been wonderin for a while. heard it was something with fuel injection?

[Dahlstrom]

Ci is a BMW coupe. Xi is a BMW 4WD. Si is an upgraded Honda Civic.

[Auraraptor]

No, all 'i' are fuel injected gasoline cars while 'd' is deisal and 'h' is hydrogen. Back in the day (and probably well before you were even born) BMWs used carbs. The i was to signify the new fuel injected cars.

The letters depend on model of car, but for post part:

C is coupe (before i)
S is sport (BTW it normally comes AFTER the i, not before)
L is long wheel base (before or after, year depending)
X is all wheel drive (before)
t is compact, for the most part (can also be turbo, but hasn't been for years)

[Schnell325]

M? Hahaha.

[e30bmw]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bmw#Nomenclature

Wikipedia is awesome.

[m30power535]

No, all 'i' are fuel injected gasoline cars while 'd' is deisal and 'h' is hydrogen. Back in the day (and probably well before you were even born) BMWs used carbs. The i was to signify the new fuel injected cars.

The letters depend on model of car, but for post part:

C is coupe (before i)
S is sport (BTW it normally comes AFTER the i, not before)
L is long wheel base (before or after, year depending)
X is all wheel drive (before)
t is compact, for the most part (can also be turbo, but hasn't been for years)

i doesnt necessarily mean fuel injected...if you go back to the 80's, they had e cars....they were fuel injected...like the 325e, 528e for example...

[Auraraptor]

i doesnt necessarily mean fuel injected...if you go back to the 80's, they had e cars....they were fuel injected...like the 325e, 528e for example...

If you have an 'i', you have fuel injection. However the absence of an 'i' does not mean you don't have fuel injection. Just like you can have a coupe but lack a 'C' badge on your tail.

[Maximus924]

Ci is a BMW coupe. Xi is a BMW 4WD. Si is an upgraded Honda Civic.

exactly what I would say.

[Maximus924]

If you have an 'i', you have fuel injection. However the absence of an 'i' does not mean you don't have fuel injection. Just like you can have a coupe but lack a 'C' badge on your tail.

yea, i have a coupe and mine says M lol

[BimmerBoy740I]

If you look a bit further down on the wiki page, it tells you about BMW South Africa. Sounds pretty good...the first wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW...Did not realize that that is was such an important plant...

Go SA

Rawdon

[typeS4]

it=touring

[bimmerseth54]

yea, i have a coupe and mine says M lol

well isn't that because u have an M3....

and i have coupe/sport package so it would be Csi but they don't do that anymore... but mine says Dinan 3 on the badge anyways.

[intuitivejohn]

"I" before "E"
Except after "C"
Or sounds like an "A"
As in neighbor or... "no way".

[MarcoZandrini]

“M” is the most expensive letter in the alphabet.

[MauiM3Mania]

“M” is the most expensive letter in the alphabet.

And is the cause of my bank accounts being stressed!

[325bob]

And a ragtop is called a "cabriolet" , french, because the german word had 12 syllables, the pressing question was always ,can you go "touring" in one, or even in a coupe or sedan,and diesels should be an "I", they were always fuel injected!