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Engine speculation
I am not convinced that BMW will go the V6 route. The X3 and F30 have been designed with long hoods - that is part of the design vocabulary of BMW. There is no reason to put an inherently inferior engineering as a V6 in an X3 or F30. The only rational reasons for a V6 are;
(a) limited hood length
(b) a transversely mounted engine - as in the X1 and Mini
(c) cost savings where shared engines with a non-prestige marque dictate the use of shared engines
The thought of triple turbos or even turbos and a supercharger (with its sonorous whine) is very appealing.
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