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Originally Posted by Paul-Bracq-BMW
I don't think that prices will go up because of a law suit. An example is VW. Because car makers care about market share they won't be pricing the car outside of the target market.
Also this shows how wanting to maximise profit can go against engineering integrity. This is not the 1st time BMW has done it: they have used cheap parts in their V10's that simply don't stand the test of time. IMO, they should have used the new B58 engine in the M2. The M2 was launched in October 15 and I believe the B58 was produced at about the same time... The B58 engine has a close deck design and is therefore much sturdier and easier/safer to tune than the M55...
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Lawsuits drive up the cost - period. It's not like the Seinfeld episode where Kramer keeps saying 'it is a write-off Jerry!"
Plenty of the cost of our cars is driven by frivolous suits that cost automakers (and of course us extra money).
The N55 actually has a history, and water jackets next to the cylinder wall are not a bad thing.
I really didn't see BMW saying "Buy the M2, it is ready to be modded".