Re: Model number

"John Burns" <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > I was wondering why BMW's in Europe appear to be named E39 or
something
> > similar. I live in Florida and have a 1988 735i. Could someone please
tell
> > me what this would be called with the other system? Thanks in advance.
>
> See my site's E&M numbers page for an explanation. A US 88 could be
> either a late E23 or an early E32. In the UK it would be an E32, we got
> the E32 in late 87. But I think the US was about a year later?
>
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Thank you both for the info. I don't know when the car was sold, I am the
third owner. I got it in 2001 with 110k miles and perfect shape. It was
the
family car for my ex-wife's sister. Her husband owns a large foreign car
repair shop so I got it fixed for free.