Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
Right but then you get back to the point I already made about the "low tech" 3.0 liter having more torque than the "high tech" 2.5 liter, and the American market tends to like torquey motors.
This still reminds me of the 2.5-liter I-6
Eta engine from the middle 1980's, like I said earlier. Does anyone know what the maximum torque of the 2.5-liter "high-tech" I-6 engine? Is it less than 185 foot-pound of torque of the new 325i engine?