BMW officially drops “i” suffix from petrol cars: next 330i to be badged 330, 520i to 520, M340i to M350It’s official – BMW has dropped the “i” suffix from its petrol-powered models with the introduction of the new. This comes just over a year after it was first reported, bringing an end to 55 years of Munich using the letter to denote cars fitted with fuel injection.
By that logic, the next petrol 3 Series – the G50, rumoured to arrive in 2027 – will have model names like 330 and M350 , while the facelift of the still-newComplicating things is the suggestion that SUV models will retain the “X” prefix but drop the xDrive identifier at the end, so what is currently called the X3 xDrive30i could end up being the X330, which sounds insane as is.