325ix AWD Touring

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:38 pm

If anybody is is interested in a 325ix Touring imported to the UK from Germany, check out the Cars for Sale forum....

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:44 pm

It says saloon on the 'for sale' page!?

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:48 pm

i was just apart to point that out too

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:34 pm

Isn't a touring a saloon? Sorry, still trying to figure out the correct terms in the UK. It's a friggin' station wagon!

325ix Touring is the official name for it.

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:36 pm

Saloon = 4 doors and a boot
Touring = 4 doors and an estate car
Coupe = 2 door saloon (ok theres a lot more to it than that, but in e30 terms its correct enuff)

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:40 pm

heres a touring model

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:57 pm

Chaos wrote: Coupe = 2 door saloon (ok theres a lot more to it than that, but in e30 terms its correct enuff)

Deffo more to it :lol:

2 door E30 is a saloon too.

Post Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:58 pm

Simon wrote:
Chaos wrote: Coupe = 2 door saloon (ok theres a lot more to it than that, but in e30 terms its correct enuff)
Deffo more to it

2 door E30 is a saloon too.

i know that and u know that
however lots of ppl seem to refer to them as a coupe

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:41 am

2 door saloon is a bit of a how do i say, 2 different things? get me?
is saloon the body shape then?

I thought coupe's were saloon size with 2 doors OR are they purpose built 2 door cars?!

Me confused a little

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:21 am

Simon13 wrote:I thought coupe's were saloon size with 2 doors OR are they purpose built 2 door cars?!

coupe

sports car with 2 doors and a fixed sloping roof

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:16 am

I call my own a saloon, i think calling it a Coupe is a bit much, id feel silly telling someone i have a BMW Coupe

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:19 am

325IX Touring is one heavy Mother! I think it weighs more than then my M5 with 5 fat blokes in it!

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:12 am

I just posted pictures in the For Sale Forum.
I really don't see how the ix is much heavier than a regular Touring. Yeah, you have another diff. up front and different suspension, but that is about it. I'd say 50 kilos max.
It drives real nice and like I said, it launches hard. No wheelspin here! I drove a 325i 2-door before and this one would definetly beat it accelerating.
Are ther any ix models in the UK at all? Were they ever imported by BMW?

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:28 am

An iX is 65kg heavier than a non iX.
There are a few in the UK, but not many, we don't really need them, and they tend to be pretty cheap due to the extra weight, fuel consumption, and parts availability.

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:06 am

65kg is not much......

Post Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:45 pm

Thought coupes had to be pillarless (B pillars not A or C?

) or is it the frameless windows.

Whichever or both ... the E30 definitely ain't a real coupe.