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Watch and Hear the BMW 1.5 Liter Turbo 3 Cylinder Engine Accelerate
| 09-14-2012, 05:02 PM | #25 |
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That actually doesn't sound bad at all. At idle it sounds less than golden, but under acceleration it sounds remarkably like an I6. Actually I would go so far to say that it sounds like a throatier M54. Good job BMW!
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| 09-14-2012, 07:01 PM | #31 | |
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Really surprised with this sounding way better than a 4 cyl though, what gives?!  Never thought i'd say this but i may want to downgrade to 3 cylinders lol |
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| 09-14-2012, 07:43 PM | #33 | |
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| 09-14-2012, 07:45 PM | #34 |
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This sounds just awesome and more classic inline BMW motor than does the N20. Looks like it'll be a runner as well. I hope they put it in a solid rear drive platform as well whatever else they might choose to do with it notwithstanding.
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| 09-14-2012, 07:57 PM | #35 |
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This is cool. I'd imagine with a tune these cars are going to be in the 240hp area with incredible mpgs
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| 09-14-2012, 09:47 PM | #36 |
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Sounds better than the new V6 m3!
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| 09-14-2012, 09:51 PM | #37 |
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SOOOOO the question now becomes, will BMW release a 325i turbo 3 for the US market to compete with the lower end competitors at a lower price- something with like 200-215 hp, maybe accompanied by a 328i bump to 250-260? that would make a lot of sense to me.
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| 09-14-2012, 10:14 PM | #40 |
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Wasn't their rumours that this would go into the base MINI (or an engine other than the current I4) and the S and JCW would retain the I4?
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| 09-14-2012, 11:29 PM | #42 |
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This does indeed sound better than most 4-cylinder engines, the only notable exception I can think of being the Fiat 500 Abarth, which has a great exhaust note by any standard, but absolutely incredible by 4-cylinder standards. The R56 Mini Cooper S's engine isn't bad either, but that's less of a sporty aggressive note and more of a spunky, bubbly note that's entirely in character with the rest of the car and is kinda fun to go bombing around with.
In any case, I was highly skeptical when I clicked Play on the video, and I came away very impressed. 
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| 09-15-2012, 12:23 AM | #43 | |
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