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Originally Posted by zoppp
I may know some people at bmw that let me know about this  The x3m will be a monster powered by the new modular platform. |
Sounds great. Hopefully it does indeed come to fruition and we get more official confirmation of this soon.
When a new S58 arrives, it will be very interesting to see what they do to increase output from the existing S55, including whether they can match or exceed power figures of the version in the M4 GTS. This, especially if they do not go the water-injection route.
The direct competitors to the X3M and X4M will be the GLC63 and GLC63 coupe, and we know those will be using the 4.0L M177 V8 with no less than 500hp in "S" trim. So, as with the M3/M4, they will be down one liter of displacement and will need to get creative - perhaps even more so in this case since performance SUVs tend to be more about brute strength than performance passenger cars - to provide compelling competition.