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Originally Posted by jnm
Sacrilege!  .
I do know what you mean by it having little M badges everywhere already but to those that know you will look like a fool that is "trying too hard".
And it takes more than just an engine tune to make a real "M car", you can boost an N55 so it can out-drag a stock M3 for a block or two but comes the first corner it will be a very different story.
The X1 is a great handling car and it will leave almost all others SUV/CUV behind in the corners but its still nowhere even a "lowly" 1M (trust me on this one, I have first hand knowledge ) |
Generally this is true, but the M sport also has an M suspension, M-specific DTC and stability control programming that route more power to the rear wheels, M-specific rims with pirelli P-zeros, etc. The difference between the M sport X1 35i and a theoretical X1 M is virtually nothing. Maybe bigger brakes?