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Originally Posted by Remonster
I'm hugely impressed by this little engine and I can't wait to see what the new inline six will be like. It seems reasonable to me that it could have double this engine's power and torque so a 3 liter with somewhere around 350hp and up to 400lb/ft in the 335i replacement is possible.
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'New' inline six? The N55 will most likely run for quite some time and the M135i is a good indication of what is now available, with 320 HP stock (and probably more when actually strapped to a dyno). The M3 might run a newer iteration altogether but that is some ways down the line.
As to the article, and 500cm3 being optimal, it's ironic in my case insofar as recent cars owned:
Golf 5 GTI: 2 litre / 4 cylinder
BMW 135i: 3 litre / 6 cylinder
Ford Focus ST: 2.5 litre / 5 cylinder
... all 500cm3
