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- You ever wonder how
BMW's naming scheme works?

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Well, wonder no longer because
I am here to educate you.

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So you've got numbers one through eight.

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We're starting with sedans,
we'll get to crossovers later.

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Generally, they go in order of size.

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A one series is going to be
the smallest, the cheapest,

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and eight series is
going to be the biggest

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and most expensive.

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Again, that's general.

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We will get into specifics.

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Your even numbers are
going to be your two-doors,

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your coupes, your gran
coupes, things like that.

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While your four-doors are generally going

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to be the odd numbers.

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Case in point, the M3
is a four-door sedan.

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The M4 rides on the same platform,

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but is a two-door coupe.

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Still with me?

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I hope you are 'cause I cannot
hear you if you're saying no.

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Then you'll get the engine displacement,

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which is not actually tied

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to engine displacement
in a very long time.

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Take, for example, a 328i,

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not necessarily a 2.8 liter engine,

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but it occupies that spot in the lineup.

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Smaller than a 335i for
example, but bigger than a 318i.

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It's all just a matter of

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where the engine falls within the lineup

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for that specific vehicle
or for that specific series.

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One series, two series, three series,

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four series, et cetera.

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Then you get to the letter at the end.

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Generally you're always gonna have an i

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for fuel injection,

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but you can also have
an X there for XDrive.

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That's just all wheel drive.

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You can also have a
letter at the beginning.

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If you have that, that's going to be an M,

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M335i would be an M sport.

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It's not quite the full
fat M or motor sport model,

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but it's gonna be more
performancey than a base car.

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Sometimes that's actually
something people really like.

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The M235i and M240i were beloved

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for being a little more
affordable than the M2,

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the full fat car.

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If you only have one number like the M2,

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you are dealing with the full fat M car.

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You can go above that
into a competition pack,

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something like that.

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The M5 Competition with those really cool

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yellow headlights and the bronze wheels,

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that's gonna be the
highest performing vehicle.

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M3, M4, M5, up to an M8.

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If there's a different letter
in front of the number,

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now you're into crossovers.

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That's going to be an X.

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X1, X2, X3 for a crossover.

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You can still get these in an M version,

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but now the M is going to come at the end.

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An X5M is the top of
the line performance X5,

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obviously until you get
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things like that.

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You'll also get into
the electric vehicles.

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Those begin with i, your i3, your i8,

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which is its own kind of weird case

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'cause it does still have a gas motor.

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Most of the time when you
have a hybrid drive like that,

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it's going to end in
E, a 530E for example.

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But with the i8, they haven't
quite figured that out yet

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and they wanted that one to be special.

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It's fine.

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Things didn't used to be this bad.

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It used to only be odd numbers.

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The number after used to actually
refer to the displacement,

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there was no E yet.

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There were no.

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(Amber sighing)

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Things used to be good.

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For more on this and
everything else automotive,

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keep your eyes peeled to Jalopnik.

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Wipe the tears from them first.