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Originally Posted by aaaaah
As I said last time. BMW kept the genre alive (only just now). MB saved it from dying for the next few years.
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The Mercedes M256 is a very trick engine no doubt, but there was absolutely no danger of BMW's B58/S58 going extinct any time soon. They will be with us for another decade plus, and maybe considerably longer.
Like Mercedes, BMW will add 48V soon, although it is acknowledged that there is no belt-less, ISG variant visible on the horizon. Still, we can be assured that BMW plans to add those types of features if and when it is necessary to keep the engine competitive.
As long as the six cylinder ICE is still viable in the industry, BMW will be in the game. Nothing any single other automaker does or does not do will change that fact. But yes, as it has always been, one automaker's innovations will sometimes prompt the competition to step up their game a level.