How does the generations with bmw cars work? Like for example “E30” or “F80”, i’ve noticed the closer to the beginning of the alphabet the older the model is but can someone explain it thoroughly to me.

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How does the generations with bmw cars work? Like for example “E30” or “F80”, i’ve noticed the closer to the beginning of the alphabet the older the model is but can someone explain it thoroughly to me.

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Those are the chassis numbers.
E stands for entwicklung, development in German.
F was used when all short E codes were used up. Same for G and F.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/industry-news/bmw/all-the-bmw-e-and-f-codenames-explained/ has some listed up to 2018