well ladies and gentlemen it's over 35 years of building Race engines for the street has come to an end.....Our normally aspirated engines will now get forced induction. along the lines of MB and Audi. I have always praised BMW M division for never straying away from the DNA of a M motor, but times are changing and so must BMW M
So you don't think BMW's new M engines will get "induction" into the M brand's Hall of Fame?
After driving one of those new 135's with those smooth turbos, I'm very much looking forward to seeing what the M division can do. Maybe with fuel prices being as high as they are, it might not be a bad thing to consider a little bit more efficiency and power from a smaller displacement motor. On the other hand, my understanding is that turbos are generally not as reliable long term as a normally aspirated engine. Should be interesting to see what may come out of the M division for the new F10 M5.
well if bmw does drop down to V8s again, all you V10 owners will probably see the price of your cars come back up. personally I'd like to see smaller displacement and lighter cars, sure 4000lbs sounds about right for a four door car, but getting the weight down is always more attractive than high displacement and/or forced induction
five liters is already a hell of a lot of displacement even if gas was still $2.50/gallon -remember those days lol-
Last edited by Koenigsegg; 13th July 2008 at 21:05.
well ladies and gentlemen it's over 35 years of building Race engines for the street has come to an end.....Our normally aspirated engines will now get forced induction. along the lines of MB and Audi. I have always praised BMW M division for never straying away from the DNA of a M motor, but times are changing and so must BMW M
Party poopers! Not only they abandoned the beloved classic design, now they're moving away from their original M-engine concept. Well... original meant in-line 6-cylinders, but 8-cylinder S62 is a peice of art as well. Fuel economy issue?
Not only they abandoned the beloved classic design, now they're moving away from their original M-engine concept. Well... original meant in-line 6-cylinders, but 8-cylinder S62 is a peice of art as well. Fuel economy issue?
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