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Originally Posted by Tag
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Originally Posted by BMWGirlFL
Too soon to know for sure. Further information & clarification definitely necessary!!
From EPA link above:
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That's really odd. Why would the base M2 get the higher output S58 variant that the M3/4C get? That's a head scratcher.  |
Maybe to give it some push in the marketplace amongst the
competition..
It certainly swayed me towards the plus column for the G87..
However, it's kind of odd or just the BS coming to light but I remember BMW said they couldn't add any more torque to the current power margins for the manual gearbox they are using, max around 400lbs.
So it's either now they're pushing the margins and give the manual M2 more power on the manual box for the top output S58 or it was all simply marketing talk before..
But then there is this from the technical manual, it's seems a specific S58 version and power variation is fitted to either/or the manual or automatic gearbox:
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