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Matthew Sharpe
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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 09:12 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Did anyone else spot the article on the new 3 series coupe in Thursdays Herald where BMW NZ claimed that the new 330 turbo coupe is "The first twin turbo straight six in the world" or some such nonsense? Maybe they only count European cars as "the world"
Hanré Van Rensburg
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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 09:22 am, by:  Hanré Van Rensburg (Silent_knight) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hahaha

Someone should make that into a TUI add!!
David Vaughan
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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:08 pm, by:  David Vaughan (Davidv) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They do not even need to go outside Europe. The Volvo S80 T6 has had an in-line six cylinder twin turbo of 2.8 litres since 1998. Perhaps in that case they are playing with words because the Volvo's engine is mounted across the chassis rather than fore-and-aft.
Darryn Dewar
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Monday, May 15, 2006 - 12:49 pm, by:  Darryn Dewar (Mrphreak) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's the first twin turbo straight six Beemer as far as I know. As usual the media has its own well researched creative view on things.
Matthew Sharpe
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 06:52 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, I thought it might have been a miss-quote, you'd expect a BMW marketing type to be a little more clued up than that.

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