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Originally Posted by Uli_HH
Thanks for bring it on the point, why the F8x gets an V6 !!! 
The lighter you make the car with lightweight components, the harder it is to balance a long i6 with weight measures in the tail.
A compact and short V6 would be the logical solution for a balanced and perfect 50:50 weight distribution in an lightweight M3/M4, even if the V6 will also be heavier than the S65.
Just my 2 cents. 
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Interestingly, Kazutoshi Mizuno - the now retired chief engineer of the GT-R - stated in a presentation that once he designed the car, he calculated that the driving dynamics are optimized with a V6. He joked that when engineers design cars they first pick the engine they will drop in the bay
Also noteworthy that he broke the tradition of inline 6 engines in prior generations of the Skyline.