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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rpmnut" data-source="post: 26205" data-attributes="member: 20757"><p>Read this bit of depressing news today:<a href="http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552293" target="_blank">http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=552293</a>BMW finally axes its long-running in-line 6 engine. *sigh*It's really kinda sad to see BMW phase out its non-turbo in-line 6. For me, the BMW driving experience has always been synonymous with the sweet sounds of an in-line 6 screaming up front. I grew up with this saying - a REAL BMW has 6 cylinders up front!Now, with this downsizing craze, in order for anyone to enjoy the feeling of driving car with the famed BMW straight-6 under the bonnet, their only option on a 5 series is to cough up 600k for an "official" 535i. That, in my books, is just crazy money for a 5-series!A 4 cylinder may be more efficient. It may be more frugal. But driving and owning a BMW has, for me, always been an emotional choice, not always a practical one. If practicality and economy was prime, I'd be driving a Camry! - lolI've always been looking forward to an upgrade to the 528i M-Sport sometime within its model run. But now that the 528 will be powered by nothing more than a 4-cylinder, I'm not so sure anymore. I reckon I'll hang on to my beloved E39 with its gorgeous-sounding M54 in-line 6 just for the joy of experiencing the six-cylinder howl when it hits 5000rpm. No 4 cylinder, no matter how efficient, will ever replicate that.R.I.P, N52. You will be sorely missed!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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