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Originally Posted by chillmeow
Yeah it is Macan. Macon is a typo. Macan is a kind of tiger?
I just read that it is based on Q5. Hope BMW put the 8 speed on 35i next year.
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Thank you for the tiger note, ten seconds of googling left me wondering.
I think the X1 35i is an afterthought for BMW, as it's a North America only thing, and likely being used to just dump the remaining ZF 6 speeds. I'd be a little surprised if it gets the new transmission before the E84 gets replaced.
However with the F30 3er, F25 X3 and the Audi Q5 with both the 4 and 6 cylinder getting the 8 speed, it is a little surprising that BMW is still using the old transmission on the E84 with the 6, but the new transmission with the 4.