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Originally Posted by Btdew
Then the 135i will be the only 6 cil engine then. Imo they should atleast ut a 6 cil in the M cars, even a future 1 or 2
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Maybe. You could also make reasonable argument that M cars are about performance, not smoothness (which is the argument that people were already starting to make when faced with a possible V6 M3) and that the E30 was an I4.
I think the point is that an I6 is an awkwardly long engine to accomodate, and with the general trend being towards 3 and 4 cylinder engines for cars of that weight class, why sacrifice optimization to a 4 cylinder engine just so that you can fit an I6?