#Bimmer or beamer driver#
#Bimmer or beamer full#
#Bimmer or beamer pro#

Models starting with a lowercase i are electric or hybrid models models can also have the suffixes sDrive (two-wheel-drive) or xDrive (all-wheel-drive) - although not all RWD Bimmers are marked with an sDrive badge. (Note that series names are not hyphenated like Mercedes-Benz classes: 3 Series versus E-Class.) X models are SUVs. Even-numbered series tend to be body style variants of the previous series. Larger odd-numbered series mean a bigger car. BMW models comes in numbered series ranging from 1 to 8. How BMW Names its CarsīMW, like Mercedes-Benz and Audi, uses an alphanumeric naming system. Cars like the 2002 and its successor, the 3 Series, laid the foundation for BMW to become a luxury and performance powerhouse from the 1980s onward. Only after WWII did building cars become the primary enterprise. BMW began as a WWI airplane engine manufacturer. The company, formally BMW AG, was founded in Munich in 1916. 1.BMW's New 7 Series Is Stunning in Almost Every Way BMW HistoryīMW stands for Bavarian Motor Works ( Bayerische Motoren Werke in German). BEAMER Beamer is American slang for a BMW car.

#Bimmer or beamer driver#

Unleash a Chevette - Car and Driver Greene, The Cassell Dictionary of Slang beamer/bimmer n. A BMW Chapman, Dictionary of American Slang Bimmer n 1980s A BMW car: Bum out a Bimmer driver. BEEMER/ 1986 Eble Campus Slang (Mar.)1: Bimmer - a BMW car' 'John got a new bimmer for Christmas' 1990 P Dickson Slang! 23: Bimmer.

#Bimmer or beamer full#

Roberts Full Cleveland 39: Baby boomers.in.late-model Beemers. 13) V 4: I'd much rather drive my Beemer than a truck 1989 L. Black Totally Awesome 83: BMW ('Beemer'). Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang beamer see Beemer Beemer n. Anyway, to get back to the original point: Even if the jury is still out on that side issue, there seems no reason to delay adding beemer/beamer = BMW(-Wagen), which is not seriously disputed as far as I can tell. Once again, I think we serve LEO users best if we guide them to the most useful practical translation(s), rather than to terms that may exist but that are not widely used or recognized. I have no opinion except that any of those is likely to be more recognizable than 'beamer,' which seems to be BE/EuroE at best and not particularly common even there.

And even Brother #1 (if I have birth order mixed up I apologize) conceded that most other people he spoke to used 'LCD projector' instead and did not recognize 'beamer.' Ghol, is there any chance B#1's usage could have been affected by German? Or that the term is used narrowly in certain technical circles (perhaps those with ties to German) but has not crossed over to the language as a whole? Maybe we could get a few more comments on the alternate choices offered so far: LCD etc./PC/multimedia/digital/data/portable video/etc.

#Bimmer or beamer pro#

And what struck me was that of all the speakers who chimed in (hein mück, Red Red Robin, Tete, and Ghol's other brother for BE, plus Elke for AusE, plus a unanimous bunch of AE and German bystanders), only Ghol's first brother had apparently even heard of 'beamer' in the sense of 'projector.' Neil now brings the total to two pro votes, but that's still a rather small minority. I did read the previous discussion, as I imagine many of us did.