Friday, August 20, 2010

Why does bmw use numbers for their cars such as 740 IL?

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Because they like these numbers.



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Hi there



Pickle015 is right, ''C'' stands for coupe



Also ''i'' means injection and ''A'' means automatic transmission
7 is the series, and the next 2 digits is the displacement of the engine in liters. ie 4 liters
I agree. ''7'' refers to the series. ''40'' refers to the 4.0 litre engine size. (525i would be a 5 series, 2.5 litre engine, etc). I am not sure about the letter designation, but it makes sense.
What gpalmer said, but I think the ''C'' stands for ''coupe''...as opposed to ''convertible''...
in the old days when they used to produce planes they used to number the planes like they do today it has just evolved onto the cars ie:- 7 denotes the class of vehicle and the 40 denotes the engine size and the L is the level of trim



does this answer your question
7= 7 seriece 40 = 4.0 liter engn
The only addition to his comment is that the engine size (displacement) is not always exact. So a 330i may have a 2.8 litre engine vs exactly a 3.0 litre.
First number is series, ie 3 series, 5 series, 7 series etc. Second and thrid denote engine size, e.g. a 540 has a 4 liter engine, a 330 has a 3 liter engine. Sometimes the numbers don't quite match the engine size for aesthetic reasons, they wouldn't badge a car 531 if it had a 3.1 liter engine.

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