Firsts and Lasts Scavenger Hunt

[Earl]

E39 for the first one, e30 for the last?

[YoungCR]

Made a list of my guesses.

-HID lighting late e39

-LED brake lamps late e39/e46

-EFI (electronic) e3

-VANOS e39/e36

-Dual VANOS late e39/e46

-DOHC e26

-ITB e9 3.0csi

-Traction Control e32

-Stability Control e32

-ABS e23

-GPS e38

-Alloy engine block e34

-Hoffmeister kink pre-new class coupe?

-Valvetronic (throttle controlled by valvetrain) e38

-Drive by wire e62

-Direct Injection e62

-AWD e30

-Airbags e24/e32/e30

-LSD e12

-18" wheels e62

What year/model was the LAST BMW to have some of the opposite items:

-Traditional headlight bulbs e30

-Traditional tail light bulbs e83

-Carburetor e30 316i

-Non VANOS e30

-SOHC e30

-Cable throttle e30

-Cassette player e83

-15" wheels e46

[m42b32]

CYoung said:

Made a list of my guesses.

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What year/model was the LAST BMW to have some of the opposite items:

-Traditional headlight bulbs e30

-Traditional tail light bulbs e83

-Carburetor e30 316i

-Non VANOS e30

-SOHC e30

-Cable throttle e30

-Cassette player e83

-15" wheels e46

Didn't the '92 E36 have a non-VANOS m50?

[YoungCR]

m42b18 said:

Didn't the '92 E36 have a non-VANOS m50?

Yes sir! But I wrote down the wrong answer

[Earl]

I went at this all wrong.....I for some reason was under the assumption that the model had to have all of the listed items instead of the items being individual.......stupid me

[rampelsauce]

First BMW

[B C]

My initial guesses are:

-projector headlamps    E24

-HID lighting  E38

-LED brake lamps E38

-EFI (electronic) E9

-VANOS E36

-Dual VANOS E46

-DOHC E28

-ITB E28

-Traction Control E32

-Stability Control E32

-ABS E28

-GPS E32

-Alloy engine block E34 540i?

-Hoffmeister kink   something 1960s

-Valvetronic (throttle controlled by valvetrain) Bangle butt 7-series

-Drive by wire E46 M3

-Direct Injection E46 330d?

-AWD E30

-Airbags E28

-LSD E12

-18" wheels E38

What year/model was the LAST BMW to have some of the opposite items:

-Traditional headlight bulbs E46

-Traditional tail light bulbs  E46

-Carburetor E30

-Non VANOS  Z3

-SOHC  Z3

-Cable throttle  E46

-Cassette player E46

-15" wheels Z3

-Steel wheels E36

[rampelsauce]

Snap said:

-Steel wheels E36

I don't know if factory winter wheel packages count.  E46's had em.

[YoungCR]

Good call on direct injection diesels! Pretty sure the e38 740d was the first though.

[B C]

Right, my bmw deezul knowledge is non-existent.

[B C]

Original post updated with a few answers