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I'm tired of people comparing HP/liter.. Sure, the BMW V8 is 'only' a 4.8 liter motor whereas the GM motor is a monsterous 6.0 liter, and they are making the same horsepower.. I believe we should look at HP/engine-weight . I believe the GM 6.0 is lighter than the BMW 4.8... It has less moving parts and is thus a simpler than the BMW motor. Plus, there is SO much tuning potential in these small block motors. Finally, it runs fine on 87 pump gas..
I am a BMW fanatic, and I love their inline-6 engines.. However, I think that their V8 engines are overly complicated. They put all of this engineering into their V8 yet it still gets worse mileage than the CSB motor (chevy small block). If I ever got a 5-series, it'd be a 535i..
I'm still pretty tempted to pick up one of these G8's, but only if they come out with a manual transmission.
My point is that if I were to get a v8 powered car, it'd be a G8.. If I want another silky smooth, growling BMW engine, I'll be picking up a 535i..
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