BMW xDrive trademark filings

[X5audi]

Originally Posted by X5love

This sucks.

It sucks it sucks it sucks.

They're trying to do their version of the whole Audi quatro thing... but...

IT SUCKS!

LOL!

HOWEVER... as for that... we Audi fanboys don't really say "quattro" in our car names. I don't go around saying, "I have an Audi S4 Cabriolet quattro." It's just known. You have to have at least one car with quattro to be truly accepted into any Audi forum... unless, of course, it's an A3; the 2.0T FWD is far better than the 3.2 AWD.

[trueX5er]

Scott27, any more info?

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by trueX5er

Scott27, any more info?

On what?

[trueX5er]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

On what?

if bmw will actually use this on all their cars...and when.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by trueX5er

if bmw will actually use this on all their cars...and when.

Yes, that is the plan. X5s with DPC are supposed to have this logo. Other cars will also have as Scott mentioned.

[trueX5er]

but how could "3-Series sDrive35i" be, or sound, better than 335i?? just an example.

[scott27]

Originally Posted by trueX5er

but how could "3-Series sDrive35i" be, or sound, better than 335i?? just an example.

There will be no 3-series sDrive35i.

But:

335i
sDrive

or

335i
xDrive


Also eg. Z4 sDrive35i, X3 xDrive30d etc.

Originally Posted by X5audi

HOWEVER... as for that... we Audi fanboys don't really say "quattro" in our car names. I don't go around saying, "I have an Audi S4 Cabriolet quattro." It's just known. You have to have at least one car with quattro to be truly accepted into any Audi forum... unless, of course, it's an A3; the 2.0T FWD is far better than the 3.2 AWD.

Most Audi cars sold in Europe are FWD!

[CGSTL]

Needless and confusing. Sorry to be critical of a brand I'm so fond of...

Kind of reminds me of moving from an elegant design to the flame surfacing concept.

[trueX5er]

Originally Posted by scott27

There will be no 3-series sDrive35i.

But:

335i
sDrive

or

335i
xDrive


Also eg. Z4 sDrive35i, X3 xDrive30d etc.

What ??
Why does the Z4 go through the bizarre naming program, but the 3-Series does not to an extent? Why do you need "sDrive" (which sounds very similar to "xDrive") when it is implied that it is RWD? the "i" in "335i", and the absent "x" implies it is also RWD. The "x" implies it is AWD.
All BMW SAV are equipped with xDrive. It is implied in the "X" of "X5" or "X3". So why does it need to be redundant?
And while "3.0" gave somewhat of a hint about the engine, what good does "30" do? It has nothing to do with the vehicle.

Sorry for the rant, but this is ridiculous.

[scott27]

sDrive = RWD with active rear electro-mechanic differential

Not all model will get this configuration. Especially not in Europe.

xDrive ... Perhaps X1 won't be AWD exclusive.



BMW also want to expose xDrive TM more , putting the badge on the vehicle. Same case with sDrive.

Engine displacement codes are becoming a bit irrelevant with the turbo tech.

How would you badge several models with same engine yet difererent power output?

Perhaps 330i, 330ii, 330iii


With all new niche models on the way BMW needed to rethink the engine + drive nomenclature.