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Agree that an I6 is the right choice. In fact, if the i8 had an S55 in place of the B38, it would probably be readily accepted as a performance vehicle. Or looking at it from another angle, taking the new "45e" drivetrain coming to the X5 and 7 Series, swapping in an S55 (or rather its replacement, the upcoming S58) for the (bewilderingly crippled in this application) B58 would get them to 600hp already.
The whole bit about keeping BMW i and BMW M separate never made much sense to me. Hybrid powered performance vehicles are set to become the norm over the next decade. No doubt that M division engineers have already begun collaborating with their i counterparts.
Regardless of what it is called, a follow-up to the i8 that makes use of the investment into the platform and related tech seems like a no-brainer.
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