It seems like a great car, but I'm hoping it becomes a great platform for modifications. Twin turbo inline 6 putting out 300hp/300tq. I'm praying it becomes the next Supra, though I highly doubt it .

 

I think it may hurt the sales of the new M3

 

This and the new Mini Cooper S (200hp turbo) should be pretty fun for the aftermarket tuning industry.

 

Still a Mangle product. Such a shame ... the engineering under the ugly skin is awesome.

 

looks cool

 

I agree. Although the v8 m3 should be an interesting car. I dont want to speculate...but I am guessing that BMW will want to beat the RS4 with the M3.... thus making it a very very fast car indeed.

A turbo v6 car is screaming for mods though. To reduce turbo lag it...the turbo will not be cranked up.... I am guessing with some minor ECU mods you will be able to give this car quite a bit more oomph... not even going to mention what a FMIC, exhaust, and a few other toys will do for it

 

I think it will be easy to get good power out of it. It's just a bit to heavy for my taste, it's pretty close to 3500lbs. They will probably make the M3 lighter. Anyone know anything about the M3 CSL, are they making one?

 

I like it.. does that have the variable-geometry turbo , like in the euro 330d?

 

Gotta wait until they make the regular one first. I WISH they would make the M3 lighter for the next generation, but I doubt that's going to happen, especially with the new V8.

 

Why? 300hp is run of the mill for that market bracket now. Most buyers looking for an M3 aren't thinking I will just buy a 3er and mod it up to M status.

 

Yes it does. Small one spools up at lower revs while the bigger one takes over rather seamlessly.

 

Twin turbo I6. I wrote a bit about it in the above post. This is a bit more evolved than the typical Audi 4 cylinder turbo setup.

 

awesome , thanks for the info

 

A small turbo and a large turbo isn't a variable geometry turbo. That is a sequential turbo system. I'm not sure if the 335 is a sequential or a twin system or if it has variable geometry turbos (the turbo actually changes it's properties as it spools.

Here is some info on a variable geom. turbo.

http://www.motorage.com/motorage/art....jsp?id=156208

 

sequential turbos are great... The BMW diesel v6s have them ...so maybe they ported the tech to gasoline engines.

when I think sequential turbos I always think 959