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Originally Posted by bimmerjph
Its interesting that BMW keeps hinting that it revs over 7500 when everything we have seen thus far indicates a 7500 redline.
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Agreed. The quote clearly states that 7500 RPM was "left behind a while ago", and most pictures we've seen shows that it's a hair above 7500. To me, the deciding factor will be the redline. I'm coming from an E46 M3 that screamed its pants off to 8k, I don't think it's possible to settle for anything less than that (I'm spoiled
) but if BMW can get close to that number while maintaining engine reliability then I'm sold.
And the whole hydraulic vs. electric steering debate will go on forever. We all know the main reason for BMW going for electric is because of petrol consumption, but there's absolutely no way we can knock it until we've driven it for ourselves. Porsche seems to have done it really well with the 991 GT3, whose to say that BMW can't do it with, arguably, one of their most special cars?