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      01-09-2012, 05:56 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by aajami View Post
The US model doesn't get fog lights in order to enhance cooling? So is the European model going to suffer from overheating problems? What makes the European model able to withstand the heat better than the US model? Why is the US model more sensitive to overheating? Is the average ambient temperature in the US hotter than Europe?

Or is BMW just looking for cost-cutting measures?
Could be that most US Spec M Sport's will be N55 while many more Euro Spec cars will have smaller, cooler-running engines. For simplicities sake (read: cost cutting) it probably made sense to just eliminate them for the US.
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