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      01-18-2010, 10:36 PM   #70
Robert
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Originally Posted by ZER0_C00L View Post
i can understand how they don't want the m1 to put out more HP than the m3, but why not make a lightweight performance car, a car which utilizes like weight and small size for performance... in a nutshell, make it like a lotus!
Probably because the E82 design is intrinsically too heavy to achieve such lofty goals. Besides BMW is always building a balance between luxury and performance and luxury comes at expense of weight.
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