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Originally Posted by deemo319
BMW didn't miss out on an opportunity. BMW M GmbH couldn't muster a business case to support a low volume car for production.
The BMW E85 M Roadster (06-08) only had 3,041 cars built for the North American market.
The BMW E86 M Coupe (06-08) only had 1,815 cars built for the North American market.
North America absorbed the most of the production for these cars and the previous generations numbers don't support it.
As I previously wrote an E89 with the S65 V8 (475hp) with limited options, equipment and choices of transmissions (manual or M-DCT) with a Street (Roadster) or Track FR (Coupe Fixed Roof) would have been stupendously awesome.
Supersprint would have developed 200 cell cats and some gorgeous headers that would have sounded like automotive heaven on the S65 V8!
If it started at $79,995 how many could have BMW sold in the US? 1,000 units? 2,000 units? Would have awesome to find out huh?
S85 V10 would have been great but would have been an even harder sell.
The new car will have an M version. And the world will be right again!
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In place of an Z4M you got the 1er M Coupe.