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      01-17-2014, 06:28 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by IEDEI View Post
if anything the E9X deviated the most with that muscle car V8. the return to an inline 6 is a welcome back to BMW roots. Don't ever think that turbos are not a part of BMW history......remember that the BMW 2002 Turbo was one of the first mass produced turbo'd cars in the world and arguably the prototype to all m cars.
Exactly.

The 1972(?) BMW Turbo prototype was M1's father so to speak (They're more or less lookalikes, except for the engine part)

Way before //M(otorsport) GmbH even existed.

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