Where does the 3'er, 4'er, 2'er come from?

G30 B58 · 07-04-2015, 07:52 AM

Is the 'er a German thing? Thanks in advance.

bobblehead · 07-04-2015, 07:55 AM

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/01/201...ap-for-us.html

G30 B58 · 07-04-2015, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bobblehead

http://www.carscoops.com/2015/01/201...ap-for-us.html

Not sure how that answers my question......

Is the 'er a German substitute for the word series?

Maybe the question worded differently would help.

bobblehead · 07-04-2015, 08:15 AM

I thought you want to know what plant are those cars come from. Sorry.

Ganxxta · 07-04-2015, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by F32 N55

Not sure how that answers my question......

Is the 'er a German substitute for the word series?

Maybe the question worded differently would help.

Basically yes, not really a substitute, but constraint of the language if said with "series".
Comes from zweier (2), dreier (3), vierer (4) etc.

Series is in this case "(Bau-)reihe" in german, so its comes from 'BMW 3er Reihe', as you can't say just "Drei Reihe" in german, 'er' has to be put behind the number.
Nowadays its just 'Dreier BMW' and its clear for everyone whats meant

G30 B58 · 07-04-2015, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ganxxta

Basically yes, not really a substitute, but constraint of the language if said with "series".
Comes from zweier (2), dreier (3), vierer (4) etc.

Series is in this case "(Bau-)reihe" in german, so its comes from 'BMW 3er Reihe', as you can't say just "Drei Reihe" in german, 'er' has to be put behind the number.
Nowadays its just 'Dreier BMW' and its clear for everyone whats meant

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DarrenL_007 · 07-06-2015, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Ganxxta

Basically yes, not really a substitute, but constraint of the language if said with "series".
Comes from zweier (2), dreier (3), vierer (4) etc.

Series is in this case "(Bau-)reihe" in german, so its comes from 'BMW 3er Reihe', as you can't say just "Drei Reihe" in german, 'er' has to be put behind the number.
Nowadays its just 'Dreier BMW' and its clear for everyone whats meant

Thank you, very well explained!

Efthreeoh · 07-06-2015, 10:25 PM

Er, I don't know!

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Efthreeoh General 20011 Rep 19,311 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Verginny iTrader: (0)	Er, I don't know! __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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