Looking at sales ads. Is there a difference between a Super E and a E model?

[charheep]

I see planes of the same years or close that are sometimes labeled Super E and some are just titled E.  TAP even has different sections for each.  Is there a difference?

[David Lloyd]

The Model C was initially named the Mark 21, later Ranger. It has the 180 horsepower engine.

 The Model E was named the Super 21 when it was introduced years after the Mark 21. It was later renamed Chaparral. It has the 200 horsepower engine.

[Fly Boomer]

6 hours ago, charheep said:

I see planes of the same years or close that are sometimes labeled Super E and some are just titled E.  TAP even has different sections for each.  Is there a difference?

Marketing names:  Mark 21, Ranger, Master, Super 21, Executive, Statesman, 201, 231, 252, Encore, TLS, Bravo, Eagle, Ovation, Acclaim, Ultra

Models:  M20, M20A, M20B, M20C, M20D, M20E, M20F, M20G, M20J, M20K, M20L, M20M, M20R, M20S, M20TN, M20U, M20V

Almost certainly an incomplete accounting.

[Jim Peace]

Mine is a special edition model C. It’s a 1964 M20$$.

 

 

[SoccerCA]

There is no "Super E" but the M20E was marketed as "Super 21" from 1964-67.

[carusoam]

Some of the marketing names have meaning….

But, by the time you know what the marketing name is for your plane…. You probably owned her for about two years…

1) 1965 Ranger… M20C…

2) 1994 Standing Ovation… 310hp M20R…
 

Know the names because you want to… otherwise they are marketing trivia…

Marketing back in the day was used to make up things when data wasn’t available….

They didn’T expect 60s Mooneys to become forever-planes… they didn’t imagine an internet or MS….

But now, here we are, half a century later…. Discussing all the things marketing could have done better….

 

So…

Technically, the M20E is a short body with an IO360….

They put a fuel injection system on it, and an engine to match… and it became a different airframe than the M20C…

Brilliant!  Let’s call it a Super 21!  It isn’T really supercharged…. Or an M21….
 

Go Mooney Marketing!

Best regards,

-a-

[charheep]

Thanks everyone