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Williams BMW
06-15-2004, 04:22 PM
Hi,

Does anybody actually know what the 'Ti' in 318Ti
actually stands for?? I've been trying to find out for
a very long time!!

Thanks :)
ChadS
06-15-2004, 04:29 PM
"T" for touring and "i" is the same as the rest of the model lineup; fuel injection.
HW
06-15-2004, 04:32 PM
"T" for touring and "i" is the same as the rest of the model lineup; fuel injection.

wrong touring. it's a 318"Ti" not 325"iT" :dunno:
ChadS
06-15-2004, 04:47 PM
wrong touring. it's a 318"Ti" not 325"iT" :dunno:Still uses the same letter. Just like the current 3 series compact although the T is in a different position . . . 325 compact = 325Ti, 325 wagon = 325iT. Also the badging on the compacts actually has the T on the car (i.e. 325Ti) while the wagons just have the regular sedan badging (i.e. 325i).
CP400M
06-15-2004, 04:59 PM
wrong touring. it's a 318"Ti" not 325"iT" :dunno:
"Wrong" that was harsh :cry:
bmw325
06-15-2004, 05:37 PM
THe ti stood for Turismo Internationale in the case of the 1600ti and 2002ti. I think the ti moniker in the 318ti name was meant to evoke this designation. The more logical deduction might be "touring injected", but I don't think that's what was meant in the ase of the e36 and e46 ti. In the case of the 2002tii, the extra i was added to denote "injected" or "injection".
http://www.bmwcca.org/Roundel/1997/0897oth.htm