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      05-20-2012, 09:58 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by seanwillnotreturn View Post
It's kinda strange or is it just human nature that people always find something they call lineage (as if it truly was) to prove how better they know subjects?

I seldom see complaints on switch from I6 to V8 when E9X made debute. Where was the I-complex at that moment?
Because BMW has marketed the I6's advantage. We love the I6. We have driven V-6's and we still want an I6. BMW has never made a V-6 engine. They have only made an I4, I6, V8, V10, V-12, and they did a one off V-16. So yes there is tradition in the brand. The I6 is one of the traits that separates BMW from the competition.

There was some bitching about the E90 M3 if I recall. But it was still a high-revving NA engine derived from motorsports. The new F80 M3 will not be high revving NA engine, and it isn't derived from a race car. And I don't know if it will ever be used to race. DTM isn't turbo (I think), and LMS/ALMS are only turbo for diesels.


I am curious. How long have you had a BMW?

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