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      02-12-2012, 12:04 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by gatoman39 View Post
I can certainly concede that this my be the way it's supposed to be but I don't think it looks correct. I would suggest to those who haven't seen the car in person to go to their dealer and take a look at it. There are two pieces of unequal metal exposed down there and it looks quite unfinished and lacks symmetry. I think some type of grate should have been used to allow for airflow but conceal the oil cooler.
Its a BMW USA thing

The euro models have a cover with round holes to "hide" the cooler, but just like on the M Sport where they deleted the foglights BMW USA wanted more cooling potential because USA cars are far more likely to be used on a track and in the rest of the world where insurance doesnt allow it.


This picture shows the cover with the holes that was also tested in the USA during development
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