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If BMW was going to keep the iS engine as-is, which is EXACTLY what they did, they absolutely intentionally hamstrung the 1M by excluding the DCT, since CLEARLY it was already tuned for this exact engine and similar weight in the Z4.
355hp + DCT would make this a GREAT car. A standard BMW engine + stick = fail on the powertrain.
I LOVE that they lifted the M3 suspension/diff, except they again screwed the pooch by putting the 3.15 diff vs. the higher numerical diff in the 1M.
This car could have been INCREDIBLE instead of sufficient. THAT's what stinks.
Add another 15-20hp, DCT and the higher rear gears and this thing is a ROCKET. It wouldn't just surpass the M3, it would CRUSH it, along with 911 and scare the crap out of 997.2S.
Damn.
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... a glorious V8 that screamed and hollered as the revs rose and then howled in an orgy of what sounded like BDSM ecstasy as it neared the red line.
Well, you can forget all that. The new car is fitted with a turbocharged straight six. Turbocharging? In an M car? That’s like putting gravy on an ice cream. - Jeremy Clarkson, discussing the S65 and then S55 M3 engines.
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