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      11-23-2011, 12:13 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by felixcat View Post
Agree!

If BMW really put N55 in the F2x 1er and 2er, then the M2 will be forced to also have a N55, since in US market, people will not buy a turbo I4 M2, knowing there is a turbo I6 135i/235i available, no matter how BMW claim the I4 will save how many weight. No need to mention all people know the turbo I6 will have much better tuning potential than the I4.

But now the N55 M2 will cause trouble for the F3x M3/M4, since they are all N55 based, it can be very easy to tune the M2 to have equal or higher hp output than the stock M3/M4; or we can say after tuning, both M2 and M3/M4 will have similar output. If this really happens, the M2 will not have sufficient gap with the M3/M4 to justify its existence. In this case, who will buy a much expensive and heavier M3/M4?

This is very simple and straight forward logic, I just can't believe BMW will make such I6 135/235 decision.
Maybe for the same reason people buy the heavier 335coupe over the 135....
Not trying to be condescending.... just trying to find similar real examples...
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