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Originally Posted by Uli_HH
Again I can totally agree ... and the badest thing is that BMW decides not only for an cheaper engine than the great S65, but it must be "the cheapest" alternative that fullfil the hp-needs from around 450hp ... from more than one source from inside the M-GmbH you could hear that, the technican are willing to fullfil the demand about an turbo-engine as engine of choise for the F8x, but developed an unique and great 3.3ltr.V6 BiTurbo based on the S63Tü to fullfil the demands about power and better mpg for an F8x engine. And this sources all says all technicans prefer the V6 as the much better engine on M3/M4 demands ... but were overtrown by the cost reduction and profit maximation fraction that prefer the cheaper N55 based I6 for the new car - and the only advantage that the I6 has over the V6 was that it would be cheaper to produce than the V6 - development costs are not the problem, because thats are one time cost ... what counts are only the lifetime productions costs - the sources quote about <~1.000€ more per engine for the V6 ... an low disatvantage for an ~75K€ car, but too much if only the highest profit solution counts !!!
Greets Uli_HH
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I don't understand.....why would you want to waste money on a V6 turbo if you already have an I6 base engine. I turn it around, what advantage does a V6 have over the I6?