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Originally Posted by ///M1
Good find! But I doubt the 451hp will be slated for the 1 ///M, US-variant or not. BMW is creaping into the issues that Porsche has with its Cayman/911 run-in, and we all know how they handle that (de-tune/de-gear/slow the Cayman platform on purpose to not risk cannibalization of their 911 car). There is no way BMW will make the 1 //M an M3 eater, and the 451hp engine would probably outrun the next gen M3 (considering 1- is 400lbs less).
As others have stated, I recon that is this as the basis of the next gen M3.
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100% agree. porsche does so much to keep the cayman down. it will be exciting to see how bmw handles this issue
