Re: 320HP M Roadster?

["Bill Matthews" <bmatthws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW a salesman who will go unnamed (so now you know what its worth) at
Otto's BMW in West Chester PA. Told me the 320HP engine would be available
in 2001 in the M coupe in the US. This is the same salesman who told me they
would have their first M5 (for floor display only) in June 1999 and expected
to be receiving about 2/month sometime after that.

Bill Matthews
Hockessin DE
waiting.....
>
>Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 17:38:07 EST
>From: E36MPwrd@domain.elided
>Subject: Re: 320HP M Roadster?
>
>>  With all the talk of a 'world' E46 M3 complete with 320HP engine, can a
>>  320HP M Roadster and Coupe be far behind?  Surely they will use the same
>>  motor for all 3 series M cars, no?
>
>They exist, I've seen them, and they're sweet.  And no, they won't be sold
in
>the US anytime soon (ever).  The M Roadster and M Coupe in Europe have the
>Evolution M3's 321 double Vanos motor, and go for about 41,000 pounds here
in
>the UK.
>
>As for whether or not the NEW, E46 M3 motor will ever find it's way into
these
>cars, who knows?  That's a long way off (2000 maybe), and from what the
guys
>at M day said will most likely be 3.4 liter engine with about 350
horsepower,
>not 320 to start.
>
>And then we'll have the similar issue of the first cars being OBDII, and
the
>later cars being OBDIII.  I'll take the type II variety please!
>

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