i guess the i in 750iL stands for fuel injection
We have 750iAL here when A stand for automatic tranny

SE mean s-class with fuel injection
For the E-class they have diesel like 250D and 300D
and in the early model like W123/124/201, when the first model come, they dont have any letter behind the number, you can find W123 230 W124 200/W201 190

Well, maybe except that the German word for fuel injection is einspritzung. The e that they used in the 80's (ex. 325e) stood for ETA, a type of engine that they used that had low revs and was supposed to use less fuel.

I even asked the zone rep for BMW at the time and he didn't know.

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The L on the 740iL is for Long. USA only gets Long versions of the S class and 7 series and A8 series as well. Later this year or next year we in the USA are supposedly getting the Short Wheel Based S class as well. In the S350 form. Not sure if BMW and Audi will do the same. Personally I love the styling of the S class but it is too big for my tastes. Right now it is not an issue since I have no need for anything larger than a C class. But in the future who knows.

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What if you wanted a long wheelbase version of the carburettored 280S? You might end up ordering an 280SL, and get completely the wrong car (a 2-door 2-seat sports car..)! I guess they just never made long wheelbase non-injection models..

Russ

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<< The only thing you can be sure of is D >>

Not always. The D in the 300D of the 1950's was for Diplomatic. It was a gasoline model.

Off topic but the 740I never came to the US? I saw a very sharp black 740I about a week ago, it looked like a short 740IL.

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The W189 is a 300d where the lower case d implies the fourth revision of the original 300, which is actually a W186. The badge on a W186 or W189 reads only 300. There is no d or D suffix. There may have been diplomatic versions of these cars but I'll bet my neighbor's cats that they don't have a D as part of the badge either.

If anything, the 1954 300SL was the first production MB with fuel injection so it should have been a 300SLE The first MB to bear an E for fuel injection is the 1958 220SE.

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

It was not at first but hell it may be now. I have only ever seen the IL. Maybe why MB decided to bring over the shorty S!

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1986 190E 2.3 Black, Auto, Mods to come soon.....

Actually, there was no confusion at all with this topic at the time: All long wheel-base W126 models ("L") had fuel injected engines. The original line up for the W126 at the time of introduction (late 1980) in Germany was:

280 S
280 SE
280 SEL
380 SE
380 SEL
500 SE
500 SEL

Later, the W126 models grew up into:

260 SE
300 SE
300 SEL
420 SE
420 SEL
500 SE
500 SEL
560 SE
560 SEL
and
300 SD
300 SDL
350 SDL

Note: Not all models were sold at all markets.

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There's also a 350SD. And the W126 series includes the SECs.

Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

The 740I had a nice set of wheels and looked like a late body style, Right before the new 745's. (ugh) It also had a Yale sticker in the rear windsheild, I think that says it all. I go to school pretty close to Yale and get buzzed by M3's, LS400/430's ect all of the time with the proper Yale sticker on them.

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In Canada, we have had 740i and 740iL models for as long as I can remember. The i is just a shorter version of exactly the same car. This continued until the new ugly model came out.

The new style is called the 745i and 745Li.

One of my friends has a 745i (new style) and another has a 740i (old style). They're quite common around here.

We also have the new S-class in a short wheelbase, which isn't available in the States. If I recall correctly, all S500 models are long wheelbase but the S430 is available in short or long configurations.

Neal

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