I heard that both the 325 & 330 will have 3.0l engines but one will be more tuned thus higher hp and torque numbers. I guess this makes sense from a marketing point of view but if I were to buy a 325, I'd prefer a 2.5l that was fully maxed out than a 3.0l knowing it's got gobs of hp hidden in it.
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And the low-power one supposedly still required premium gas. What's the point? The engines can't cost any different to make, either, unless BMW's finding some way to 'bin' them the way they do PC CPUs. Build a bunch. Test em. The ones that test well get the highest rating. Ones that don't get lower ratings.
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Quote: | And the low-power one supposedly still required premium gas. What's the point? The engines can't cost any different to make, either, unless BMW's finding some way to 'bin' them the way they do PC CPUs. Build a bunch. Test em. The ones that test well get the highest rating. Ones that don't get lower ratings. |
I think its pure marketing. Maybe it costs a bit more to produce the "3.0" since it has more complicated intake and a beefier manual transmission. But, if there is a production cost difference its probably less than $100. Anyway, the current M54 2.5 and 3.0 are sort of similar. Yes, there are differences, but they're so similar that the m54 3.0 likely costs very little more to produce.
They should probably just produce 1 higher output engine version for the US, and have the base price be in between what they'd charge for the 2.5 and 3.0 versions. But, I'm sure BMW has done exhaustive analysis on exactly how to eke out every last penny of profit and having 2 different engine versions is part of that strategy 
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Quote: | I heard that both the 325 & 330 will have 3.0l engines but one will be more tuned thus higher hp and torque numbers. I guess this makes sense from a marketing point of view but if I were to buy a 325, I'd prefer a 2.5l that was fully maxed out than a 3.0l knowing it's got gobs of hp hidden in it. |  Gobs of hidden hp? Lots of tuners (like Dinan) can barely squeeze out an extra 15 or 20 hp out of the E46 325 and even less out of the 330. What makes you think this new arrangement will be any different?
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Quote: | Gobs of hidden hp? Lots of tuners (like Dinan) can barely squeeze out an extra 15 or 20 hp out of the E46 325 and even less out of the 330. What makes you think this new arrangement will be any different? | There's lots of power left... It's just a question of how much you want to do, how much you can spend, and how pleasant you want the driving experience to be. There are 325 engines putting down more power than my M3, for example. NATURALLY ASPIRATED 325 engines.
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Quote: | Gobs of hidden hp? Lots of tuners (like Dinan) can barely squeeze out an extra 15 or 20 hp out of the E46 325 and even less out of the 330. What makes you think this new arrangement will be any different? | I think the difference is this 325 will be a 3.0L.
James.
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