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      06-08-2010, 09:41 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by hector View Post
scott 27 has written that the next-gen M1 will have a turbo 4 which i'm guessing will have 2ltrs. displacement; if that's true i don't see how a lesser model(135?) could have a 3ltr. turbo! granted, the M would be lighter and revvier etc., but it seems inconceivable to me that the M would have such a "grunt" deficit relative to a lesser model. so that leads to the conclusion that all 1ers will have 4(or fewer) cylinders.
I would say definently only if BMW hadn't done exactly what you mentioned up there with the E30 M3. It was a 4 banger even tho there was a 2.5 L I6 available.

I remember hearing that all F2x will be for bangers tho
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