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      02-19-2020, 10:45 PM   #186
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Originally Posted by SeanWRT View Post
Think about this -

It's against BMW's cost cutting approach to ship the S58 from Germany to Mexico just for one model (M2).

Therefore, very likely, the G87 M2 will get a beefed up B58 (B58B30TO) 410ps rated from factory, as the legitimate F87 M2 OG successor. Let's welcome.
It has been done once before when BMW shipped S54 engines to South Carolina for Z4M assembly. Actually, I guess it was done for all the X M SUVs too and the Z3M.

The car may well end up with B58, but I don't know if it makes much difference to ship an S58 vs a B58 on a boat.
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