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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ALBundy" data-source="post: 221349" data-attributes="member: 15">Manamohan, you are absolutely right in presenting the historical facts. However, as you correctly mentioned, cars have evolved ever since. Similarly in automobile technology. One reason for the success of the 335i engine is the HPI technology adopted from the diesel engine. Perhaps with the HPI, BMW feels its feasible to produce a turbo engine which meets their standards and requirement, not forgetting the advances in electronics and in turbo technology which have virtually eliminated the dreaded turbo lag and reliability issues.  Similarly, a M60 V8 in the 90s will be too heavy for e36 M3 series and would be impossible for the engineers to strive for 50:50 weight distribution, but with advances in metallurgy, the new V8 is lighter than the previous inline six in the E46 M3.  Cheers.:burnout:</blockquote>