[Brookside]

Originally Posted by spinzero

Ok. Fine. I hated that hatch front end and I hated the fact that we won't get the fully tuned N53.

But now I am in love with this car. Despite all its shortcomings, I know there won't be anything close to this car in that price range. And above all, seeing it in motion with so little disguise just did it for me. Now I want it. Damn you BMW!

Spin, what's your feeling we'll get with the base N53? How detuned...to what degree before they totally lose potential customers...in other words, why detune?
One other thing, alledgedly it was the BOD's BMW who recc. the switch in base engines...assuming we stepped from N52 2.8 to the N53....why, then would it be dumbed down if the move was to increase sport factor?
I'm not trying to put you on the spot...I've heard the same N53 substitution and it doesn't make sense to me to replace a detuned engine with another
detuned engine...what's that?