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Originally Posted by X5Jay
It's about time the auto makes drop the "i" designation now. It means "fuel injected", doesn't it? Are there any new cars still being made with carburetors these days?
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As it is a German car, you would need an "e" I believe, to be correct. BMW can't do that cause they wasted the "e" designation on the eta engines.
An "i" would work for Italian/Spanish/French/English though. I am sure that i means injection on some current BMW models, but not necessarily.
I recall that the 1800/2000/2002 ti models had Solex carbs. I just looked it up, and apparently ti meant Touring International (and it wasn't a wagon).
I think that the conclusion is that BMW wants some letters after the numbers to differentiate the model. Otherwise people might accidentally confuse a 330 coupe with a 330 Caterpillar (30 tonne) excavator.
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