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Originally Posted by CP911
GI thought to myself, "Why would they do this with the brand new S engine?" I was curious how it would translate to the real world, but based on your feedback it seems as bad as it appeared on paper. I get that M cars are "track cars for the road," but engineering them to only perform properly in the higher rev ranges on the track and leaving nothing for real world street performance seems like a failure to meet the end-goal. I just don't get BMW's desire to use an overly-complicated and heavy twin-turbo setup for their motorsport-inspired offerings, providing mega lag in the name of high peak output, while we have Porsche on the other hand who gives us a masterpiece of a 4.0 NA engine in their GT cars that can provide both snappy torque and throttle response across the entire rev range, while still providing a high peak output and much higher redline.
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Purely speculation on my part, but I think BMW is taking a more aggressive approach with the S58 because the M340 is that good. I think it was a move to give the car a more motorsports/performance character. It's a turbo version of the S65. No doubt the car will be a monster above 3k rpms, but it's really for those interested in high performance driving.