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Absolutely, BMW use E numbers lol, even worse.I can never remember all the W numbers and what cars they relate too which makes forums such as this one a little frustrating when members post their cars W designation rather than posting what the car actually is!
Absolutely, BMW use E numbers lol, even worse.
I can never remember all the W numbers and what cars they relate too which makes forums such as this one a little frustrating when members post their cars W designation rather than posting what the car actually is!
At least I know from the post the poster has an SLK which is more infomative than stating they have an R170.So if you have a 2004 SLK200
- Is that one of the last of the 1996-2004 model - R170 or the 2004 onwards R171?
So what is more frustrating - ambiguity or numeric pedantry and jargon?
At least I know from the post the poster has an SLK which is more infomative than stating they have an R170.
Haaa seems I've created a monster with these W, R, S etc numbers and only been on here 5 minsHello all,
Anyone educate me please? I understand that these W codes describe a vehicle somehow. Is there any logic to this numbering eg W212?
I have a 2014 '64' S class, would that be a W222?
Ahh makes the most senseThe three numbers are the same as the first three numbers of the VIN.
The prefix W is often wrongly used as that is for the saloon variant, S being the estate, R the roadster, C the cabriolet they are all listed in the Wiki table.
It's not 'more informative' - it is simply a piece of information which depending on context is usually less complete than using the number while possibly being more convenient.
If a question about brakes or servicing or leaks or parts comes up then the advice tends to have to pin to a specific model to be useful.
You can sometimes infer from an extended model designation - eg. SLK230 - but not always as some engine variants were available in some markets and not others (eg. E Class).
(That is not to say that model numbers can't in themselves be confusing or be misused - in the case of the Touareg the designations T3 and T4 are used on internet forums - which are not VW designations - just a comunity assigbning sequential numbers to models and major revisions - and in the MB world the W numbers are often used for CLS and estate versions of E class and C class).
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