Thread: B58 or N55?
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      01-16-2021, 10:35 PM   #14
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One of the major reasons to sunset the last iteration of the N55 in the M2 and replace with S55, was due to new emission regs in EU.
The N55 was not going to meet the new rules, which forced BMW to consider the S55 and also forced a redesign of the front end.
If I'm being honest, this is one of my favorite things about the M2 Competition. It's not every day that emission regulations force a company to add 40 horsepower and another 600 rpms to a cars redline. Generally, it's the opposite.

Every good hero (car) needs a good origin story and the M2 comp definitely has one. Even if it will always sound worse than the OG....
Both came out my2016. This decision still baffles me. B58 with dct would have been a sick car.
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