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Originally Posted by Sir Loin
I wonder how the M35i engine would be mounted on the X1/X2 chassis...
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Just like any other engine is mounted in a UKL vehicle - transversely.
This is a new high output B48, not a B58. As you are no doubt aware, the 35i nameplate is in the process of being vacated in favor of the 40i nameplate for six cylinder applications. It will be handed down for use on ~300hp four cylinder models instead.
This is very similar to what has happened recently to the 28i and now 30i monikers as well. As four cylinder engines become more powerful, they take over where six cylinder engines would previously have been necessary. Same phenomena occurs for sixes replacing eights too.