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Originally Posted by bavarian06
not sure if its lighter but more the engine placement. i dont know first hand how big or rather smaller the 1 series engine compartment is compared to the 3, but the cars handling would suffer if the engine rode infront of the axel trying to fit a v8, like crappy audi S4/RS4 did.
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Originally Posted by Jeff_DML
audi are fwd cars, that is why it is in front of the axle. V8 should be shorter then a Inline 6
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The V8 (S65) is significantly shorter than the N54 inline 6 - so it's in fact much easier to place further towards the middle of the car, improving weight distribution.
The engine bay of the M3, 135 etc. look *nothing* at all like Audi's. BMW doesn't hang the engines forward of the front axle, regardless of body style and engine configuration.
Mini might be different, on the other hand.