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Originally Posted by aus
A lot of that price was because of the limited production. If BMW had made another 1,000 units, I'm sure the price would have been a lot lower. BMW keeps saying it's too expensive to Federalize the cars here, but why is it Porsche can do it with all the niche models they come out with? How many Black Series does MB sell here? Why is it only BMW who can't seem to import these niche vehicles?? 
Does that include turbos/intercoolers? Or is it more of BMW playing with the numbers??
BMW could have used the 4.4 block/crank it already had, and added Direct Injection. Porsche's new engines are BEASTS with DI. This would also improved CO2 emissions by around 15% for most cars with DI. They could have made the internals lighter and increased the redline, or just gone all out and made a flat plane crank V8 and just WIN BIG!!! 
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Let's hope Porsche keep driving NA progress in both mpg, power and redline. If not the NA engine is very likely gone forever outside exotics and small engines supporting hybrids or powering tiny city type cars like SMART. I'm ok to switch it up with a fan this time around but would love the option for an M designed NA screamer next time around even if it's something like a small 3 liter V8
