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      02-01-2010, 09:04 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Mark M View Post
Guys......think reality here.

Would you invest huge sums of capital to develop a rare and unique 4 cylinder turbo for the 1 series? Especially knowing it will only have a 1 or 2 year sales lifecycle tops?

Reality is that BMW is using off the shelf parts with tweaks to build the M1. It will not have a special 4 cylinder. It will have an uprated N55. Not trying to be a downer here...but sometimes these speculations are way up in the clouds and not considering reality here.
These speculations are rather close to reality...for the next gen 1 series.


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