01-21-2015, 09:12 AM | #1 |
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Maybe an M35 for the X1
With the BMW F48 X1 BMW enters new uncharted territories: The second X1 generation will not only be the first SUV from Munich offered and based on a front-wheel drive architecture, it is also the base for the first BMW X1 M35i.
The BMW M Performance model based on the new X1 is rumored to appear in 2016 and aims at high-performance compact SUVs, like Mercedes GLA 45 AMG and Audi Q3 RS. Despite the generally name associated usually with six-cylinder engines, 2016 BMW X1 M35i will be powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The strongest expansion stage of the BMW B48 2.0 liter will produce around 350 hp and thus at par with the competition from Stuttgart and Ingolstadt. |
01-21-2015, 12:16 PM | #2 |
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They can call it M all they want, but a 4-cyl FWD-based car will never be an M in my heart.
The M brand has now been so diluted that it's worthless. |
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01-21-2015, 11:51 PM | #3 |
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First thing I did when I got my X1 was take the ///M badges off the outside.
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01-22-2015, 09:56 AM | #4 |
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I've heard that there will be an M version of the i3 .
J/k but yeah it has been diluted for some time now.
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And if Mercedes can do that, imagine what BMW can do with an X1 M car. |
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01-24-2015, 11:23 AM | #7 |
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A45AMG, CLA45AMG and GLA45AMG are AWD
(FWD but if needed the power is partly directed to the rear wheels, that happens a lot of the time.) Look at other, example is the new generation Cayman/Boxster, they will get 4c (bi?) turbo engines with similar output as the 6c NA now has. Still RWD, the mid engine is know to handle the output pretty well so I doubt then will introduce AWD in them but you never know. You even will have a 1600cc Porsche so..... |
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