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Originally Posted by Kirbbz
The 3.0l i6 has always been BMWs goldilocks engine, it's arguably the best engine BMWs produced, and to this day they always market the big brother of a series as the X35i/X40i with the 3.0l. Including the new X3 M40i comes with it. Why would I be wrong to assume the 3.0l would be in order for this car aswell.
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Because BMW said from day one that engine was incompatible with transverse mounting. The old X1 drove well but was too small inside to be competitive today. The new X1 is pretty universally regarded as being the best vehicle in its class. If people don't like FWD based vehicles with transversely mounted engines, that's ok, those people are just going to dislike every car in this class, and should get something not in this class.