Why are 90's E30 shorter than 89's?

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Post Wed May 20, 2015 9:58 pm

BMW E30 body length from Wikipedia:

1988-89 Sedan & Wagon: 4,450 mm
1990-91 Sedan & Wagon: 4,326 mm

I have always liked 4 door E30s more than 2 doors because 4 doors somehow looks longer even if they have the same length. Maybe I have always compared a 4 door 1989 with a 2 door 1990, hence the visual length difference.

From 1990 and forward, E30s are 12 cm shorter than the previous models, what's the reason for this?
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Post Wed May 20, 2015 10:05 pm

Must be a mistake, I could understand it if it was between pre-facelift and facelift cars as the bumpers are different
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Post Wed May 20, 2015 10:28 pm

Are you in the USA ??
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Post Wed May 20, 2015 10:30 pm

Kos wrote:Are you in the USA ??


THIS !
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Post Wed May 20, 2015 11:20 pm

Kos wrote:Are you in the USA ??
No, I am in Europe.
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Post Wed May 20, 2015 11:27 pm

sick bumper tuck is "not" dope :D

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Post Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:54 pm

The wiki was written by a septic tank and their pre-facelifts had diving board bumpers.

Everyone else had unmolested pre-facelift cars.
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Post Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:10 pm

Earliest E36s were 1990 I think, could they be referring to that?
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