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Originally Posted by Uli_HH
Simply because there is an possibility that BMW could test two different engines in the F80 testmules ... there are strange rumor in german forums that they are doing so. It could be the case that the shown I6 is simply the all new B58 engine.
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There is absolutely no reason to test a non-M engine in an M car. It makes no sense at all. But if you do believe they would do that for some reason, then that could just as easily mean that this V6 you think you are hearing could be a future generation series engine as well.
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Another really simple question ... could someone explain me please, how this perfect I6 engine pics could "leak" without knowledge from bmw or minimum of the driver of the car ... and how much righthand driven F80M3 mules exist ... one? Do you really think this (easy to find out who he was) driver would be even longer employed by bmw, if that was an really leaked pic?
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Well maybe he did get fired.
Or, more likely, the picture was simply taken by a clever spy while the test crew was in the middle of inspecting something under the hood but had stepped away for a moment. And BMW probably would not particularly care since, assuming the engine is an I6 as most everyone is convinced of by now, it is no big secret to keep anyway.