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I like the idea of a 4 seater car for practicality and keeping the S63Tu or a similar very powerful engine. The current M6 needs to lose a bit of weight, we all agree with that but it also has about 52% of weight over the front wheels due to having the V8 up front and the gearbox directly behind it. This means that they struggle for traction at the rear and push too much at the front
The Ferrari 612 and FF (both 4 seaters) have a transaxle as well as the engine set quite a bit further back, behind the front wheels which contributes to 53-55% of weight on the rear wheels.
I'd love to see the next M6 or M8 have a transaxle layout with more weight at the rear than the front and to have it around the 1750kg mark, while still being a 4 seater. It'd be a shame for it to be a two seater, that is the job of the Z series (maybe give the Z5/Z6 an S55 or S63Tu to create a smaller two seat car)
If the new 8 series is designed to compete against the S class coupe and the 6 series is a two seater, I'm not sure what car a lot of current M6 owners are going to move to?
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