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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OSFlanker" data-source="post: 65108" data-attributes="member: 12">I read somewhere that the new 5 series project was started before the 7 series hence the new 5 series was designated E60 and the 7 the E65/66 even though the 7 series was launched to the public first.BMW has the E series coding and Mercedes the W series coding, which is definitely less confusing than Porshche's code :My 911 is a 996, your 911 is a 993 though mine is now old because the 997 has just been launched.  But the 944 is not a 911 at all, nor is the 924, 928 and 951, and the 956 and 962 is a race car.What happens to the 911 after the next 3 generations?  998 will replace 997, then 999, then do we get the 1000 911????? :beaten:</blockquote>