User talk:Laipii

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Thank You Mr. Lai
I figure this is the Pinky Lai himself? I apologize for the E36 article, that credited Boyke Boyer and that of Joji Nagashima. From what I remember, you left BMW in January 1989, which was roughly 1 1/2 years before the E36 saloon went on sale in Germany? Was Joji Nagashima credited for the E36, because after you left in 1989 he finished up some minor details? I thought the design was frozen in 1988, which was the year he joined BMW. Why is Boyke Boyer listed on the 1990 design patent? Wolfgang Reitzle said that it took 42 months from approval of your design to production start-up, so I had assumed that would be early 1987. Am I correct in that regard? Some of the sketches on your website for the E36 are from 1985 and 1986, so unless 42 months referred to the period between pilot production (instead of Job #1) and styling approval, again your E36 design was chosen in early 1987 or late 1986?

Also, in regards to Porsche, I had believed that although you worked on the 986 in 1992, the 996 design was decided on in 1993 and then frozen in 1994? The 996 Turbo was frozen in 1997 I assume, which I think you said that on your website. Please help me with this if you can and are willing to. It would be very helpful to have a good timeline of the E36 and 996, especially now that we are 20-30 years out from their development and hopefully no non-disclosure agreements apply to providing dates. Thank you very much for contributions to the automotive industry and taking time out to stop by Wikipedia.--Carmaker1 (talk) 11:19, 29 November 2016 (UTC)