Thread: S55 vs. S65
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      06-24-2014, 09:17 AM   #676
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Originally Posted by Kurt_OH View Post
True.

Not as much complaint about lag as I thought. No question it's a step back from the prior two M engines in that regard, as well as sound and thrill, but the reviewers didn't hate it.
Yes, it's called turbo charged. Lag will happen. However, it seems most of the lag seen by reviewers can either be attributed to DCT lag (not being in S3) or not being in Sport +. And there's some discussion when the anti-lag feature is actually enabled in in Sport + since it doesn't sound like Sport + is an on/off switch for it.

Also, more than just a handful of reviewers have labeled this engine has having linear power delivery which is pretty special for an F/I engine.

This article does a very good job of describing the positive and negative attributes of the E92 M3, 1M, and F82: http://www.bimmerfile.com/2014/06/23.../#!prettyPhoto

The S55 will no doubt be a special engine, just like the S65 and S54 before but for different reasons.
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