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Originally Posted by Eric Tsang
This might be a controversial opinion, but they could have just called the M40i the Z4M.
BMW did very little cosmetically to the X3/4M so the Z4 M40i could have pretty much been z4m.
M40i already does 0-60 in 3.9? They could have just bumped hp to 400 and called it a day. 3.9 is what the current M3 does now. The M cars range from 3.1 to 4.1 seconds 0-60.
The only other thing is handling. They could have also easily changed a few things and let the M team do some tuning. Not too knowledgeable but doesn't seem too difficult.
But all in the M40i is basically the z4m in all but name, which imo they could have just called it that given its specs. Just my 2 cents feel free to tell me how wrong I am LOL.
And yes I know the M cars go through way more development, but BMW is diluting M anyways so it wouldn't bother me to have just named this one z4m
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Its got more power than the M2 non competition, and is faster.
Don't give bmw ideas, they will add 15hp ECU flash, M mirrors, a stiffer suspension from the M2, and a double slat grill and charge another $15k