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Voltigeur · 08-16-2009, 12:47 AM

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Call me clueless but why 'bin' the V10 for the M5 and put it into the next gen 5er?

OK, all the development costs on tbe V10 are now 'sunk', but to move the V10 into the mainstream would defeat BMW AG's new strategic 'green' direction - no?

08-16-2009, 12:47 AM	#20
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