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Never knew this model.
But, I also had an M3 that was not an M3 back in 1987. When I was in Italy for college in 1987, the E30 M3 was the car to have but since there were absurdly high taxes on engines over 2 liter capacity, they did not import them to Italy. So, BMW decided to manufacture the 320is to circumvent the tax issue using the S14 engine with a slightly shorter stroke so that the displacement was just under 2000cc. It had 141 kW or192 BHP/6900RPM with a red line of 7300 RPM. It had a wider and flatter torque (despite lower torque) curve and a better 0-60 time than the M3 due to the lower weight.
Ah, memories...
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2022 BMW X5 m50i
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'18 X5 50i / '16 BMW F10 550xi / '13 BMW F10 535i / '07 BMW E64 630i / '03 BMW E65 745i / '95 BMW E34 540i / '89 BMW E30 M3
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