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Originally Posted by Mr.Couch
I understand based on your previous post for your E30 m3 that you have ordered plenty of BMW Classic parts. E46 & E39 parts are still being produced & are older than the E53. The classic catalog? Are you talking about this list of parts https://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/en/...oductions.html
BMW Classic is reproducing specific parts that have become high demand through worldwide ordering requests to my understanding of that system. I'm not sure who makes them vs who makes the non classic branded parts but they do state that they are a reproduction or the original part. |
If you use the ETK or look at, say, RealOEM, you will see which cars have been moved to the Classic catalog. The E39 has actually been moved to Classic. (RealOEM can be slow to update this, but that will show up.) Weirdly, the E38 doesn't appear to have been moved yet. But I would expect that the E53, E46, and E38 will all moved to the Classic catalog relatively soon.
And what I'm trying to convey is that BMW Classic used to be very different and much better. Somewhere a little over 10 years ago, BMW issued a press release declaring that they would reorient Classic around increased profit vs. preserving heritage, and everything went downhill.
Edit: It used to be called BMW Mobile Tradition. It was the replacement of Mobile Tradition with Classic that marked both a decline in quality and a dramatic increase in prices.