BMW will drop the 'i' from gas-powered trim names
Gotta love an enthusiast's laser focus. After BMW announced a coming X3 trim called the X3 M50, BMW Blog asked where the expected «i» went, referring to the little dotted letter that stands for «injection» when placed at the end of a trim name on a gasoline-powered vehicle. For example, the X3 M50 will be the top non-M trim, replacing the X3 M40i. The outlet said that Bernd Körber, BMW's SVP of brand and product management, replied, "[We] historically had injection at the end [of the badge]. We said we would like to keep ‘i’ as an asset, and we would like to keep it as a signature to indicate you’re driving an electric car."