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      10-22-2013, 04:38 PM   #221
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Originally Posted by CanAutM3 View Post
Agreed, compared to today's engines they are not that extraordinary. Just shows how much engine technology has evolved in the last decades. However, I still think they were pretty exciting engines at the time they came out in the mid/late nineties .
Important point, it's how special the car is when it's launched that counts. I don't think an IBM AT is very impressive now but when it was launched it was the tits. Is the S55 as special in today's market? Maybe not taken it's two predecessors.
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