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sDrive40i

Post by Wondermike » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:23 pm

Interesting. Parts reference to winter tyres for the 35i and the 40i :sweetheart:

http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/E89/R ... ke_276_17/

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Re: sDrive40i

Post by pvr » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:27 pm

yes, if only ...
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Post by Wondermike » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:37 pm

But not a V8 though :thumbsdown:

I got the info off the German board and it seems it'll be the same as the 740i which is a 326PS / 330lb ft version of the 3.0TT engine.

So I bet the Z4 sDrive40i M Sport will be the best that can be hoped for, until the facelift anyway. Would you need a faster car :idunno:
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Post by pvr » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:38 am

Last weekend in the Lakes I desperately needed my LSD over the pass so I will wait for the M to arrive again ...
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Post by Andrew D » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:00 pm

Hmmm, interesting one. I can't see them offering a 35i and 40i at the same time if the 40i is only an N54 with the boost turned up by 20PS (or 6.5% as I like to call it), which is what the 740i has.

Maybe it's an up-boosted derivative of the new N55, single-blown, ironically named TwinPower motor from the 5-Series GT. But then where are they going to up it to? North of 350PS and it'll be dealing on the M's patch (assuming it's going to get the S65 V8).
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Merefield » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:33 pm

pvr wrote:Last weekend in the Lakes I desperately needed my LSD over the pass so I will wait for the M to arrive again ...
Doesn't the 35i have some kind of "electronic LSD" using independent braking? Obviously not nearly as good but not a total loss?

But wow, this is a very interesting development!

So there will be a 40i?!

That could be very quick indeed and up with the M in a straight line ... if not faster

/edit: have they taken the page down?!?
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Wondermike » Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:46 pm

Merefield wrote:But wow, this is a very interesting development!
Yes :D
Merefield wrote:So there will be a 40i?!
I read that the 135i will be getting the same engine next year too. Why wouldn't they do it, the engine already exists.
Merefield wrote:/edit: have they taken the page down?!?
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Z4 Beemer » Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:02 pm

Wondermike wrote:
Merefield wrote:So there will be a 40i?!
I read that the 135i will be getting the same engine next year too. Why wouldn't they do it, the engine already exists.
Will they rename it to the 140i :? :)
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Wondermike » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:14 pm

Probably, never though of that. 140i sounds great, and the 340d is coming too :sweetheart:
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Breaker » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:38 pm

I can smell another thread coming on!! :P
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Wondermike » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:52 pm

Oh no :rofl:
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Re: sDrive40i

Post by Breaker » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:00 pm

:wink:
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