Update Speculation thread

sounds like a GPU

 

BMW 535i was a 3.6 V8.

 

No, it was 3.0 Inline 6

 

they would just be called the "844", "846" and "848" instead of "854", "856" and "858".
because 4 doors instead of 5.

 

I think a rename for the 800 series is appropriate. This is the only car that has a numbered name. It should be called [any letter] series and have trim naming schemes like the I series. For 2.0 diesel in k series it should be 2000Dk and for the new naming scheme for the 800 series. German manufacturers are very organised with their name so why should etk be an exception.

 

I thought it had a 3.4 I6! I mean, yeah, BMW made small multicylinder engines back then (2.0 I6, 3.0 V8, 3.6 V8) but the naming scheme was a bit weird since we also had 3.0 and 3.4 I6s and these two were the ones most of us knew best!
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The first Range Rover had the Buick/Rover 315/3.5l V8 (it evolved into the 3.9 in the 90s, with 182hp) and BMW made 3.0 and 3.6 V8 engines, with the "30i" and "35i" name tags (530i/535i E34, 730i/735i E32 and E38, even the E65 had the 3.6 V8). So yes, such a configuration was popular back then in family cars.

Matt Watson showed an E65 735i with the 3.6 V8 in his "Cheap Luxury Cars" video.

 

Or rename the I-Series. That would leave the performance cars lettered and volume cars numbered. Or don't rename anything and say their nomenclature changed sometime in that 20 year gap.

 

It was a V8 but 3.5L
https://www.auto-data.net/de/bmw-5-series-e39-535i-v8-245hp-9641

 

Better yet, a hardtop-convertible K-series, something like 2010s SL-class.

 

Tbh, I saw the I-Series having a rear-hinged hood in the teaser and I got a tiny bit disappointed. I believe it would be cooler if the hood was to be a front-hinged clamshell design, with the interior switch bringing it slightly upwards and forwards at the beginning of the opening process.
At least I hope the Wendover has a front-hinged clamshell hood, since it's already got the hinges modelled.

 

The K-Series is from the same time period as the 800 Series though

 

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convertibles in this game are very scarce, it would be cool to convert 3 or 4 of the actual cars to cabrio configs

 

Yes.

If we rename the I-Series to a numbered series then all the performance offerings are lettered and all the volume offerings are numbered.

If we say that their nomenclature changed after the I-Series but before 2010 then we have the above situation for the modern cars and don't care about the I-Series.

Either option fixes the issue of the I-Series having a lettered name like the K-Series but being a volume car like the 800-Series

 

I do think that is likely the best way forward, at least for lore’s sake. I wonder what they’d name it however…

 

Oh now i see what you meant, i had just finished my shift at work and i didn't read properly. I agree, IMO the I-Series name doesn't really work together with the trim names, but at the same time i think it would be a bit confusing to just change a car's name all of a sudden

 

Maybe the 800 name could work is if it refers to the entire platform like the Cherrier FCV. Since the “t” stands for touring wagon, maybe there could be an official sedan variant called the 846s or a midsized suv called the 856x etc.

That way the individual cars could be referred to as the ETK T,S or X series, while the platform is called the 800. Although “T-series” might conflict with Gavril, so….I don’t know, maybe we can all agree that ETK names make no sense.

 

I hope the teaser showing lots of cars means lighter weight. .

 

I'd say the ETK naming structure is pretty much all fine, just a little convoluted, much like IRL german marques.

I presume that ETK's earlier lineup would worked mostly off displacement, much like 1960s BMW.
for example, "1600" for the D-seg. sedan, "2400" for the E-Seg. sedan, "K3000i" for the GT car, and perhaps S4500i for the luxury sedan.
Also, models with fuel-injection get "i" tacked on the end, but by the late 80s everything has fuel injection, so in typical German naming fashion the "i" is now meaningless, instead arbitrarily referring to the trim level, as we see on the I-series.

Then when they diversify their lineup in the 90s, the naming scheme is reworked, engines are simplified to just their cylinder count, the bodystyle is denoted either by the number of doors (when relevant), alongside a model-specific number or letter, like 8 or K.



In my opinion, the only inconsistency is what "T" means. On the i-series and K-series it's "turbo", but on the 800-series it's supposedly "touring", despite the "5" in the name already denoting it as a wagon.
even ttSport would presumably stand for "turbo touring Sport" but in that instance, "touring" just refers to the spec of the car, not it being a wagon.
the obvious remedy here is to just remove the "t" from the non-turbo and diesel 800 versions.
this would also allow them to make the "858 ttSport", and lower the current 856 ttSport version to be just the "856t".

I might as well also mention I'm confused about the "c" suffix.
on the 800 it denotes the "comfort" models, but on the K it's listed on all current configs.
I presumed it meant "coupe", hinting at a planned "kabriolett" version, but it's possible all of the "small engine" versions we currently have are meant to be "comfort" spec versions, instead of proper performance versions.

 

Or it could be "ETK 800-Series S", "ETK 800-Series T" and "ETK 800-Series X". Although that scheme conflicts with the XBOX nomenclature. So the "846s"/"856t"/"856x" codes may be making more sense in that respect.

 

ETK-800 Pro Max