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      07-20-2018, 06:40 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by SoManyBlueCars View Post
The V10 is bespoke. The 8 is just a derivative of it, not a clean sheet design by any means. Did that make BMW lazy when developing the S65?
You still don't get it.
They're both bespoke, being M GmbH-specific conceptions and not derived from or related to any of the regular series engines.
The V10 is the only clean sheet design of the two, yes, but both S85 and S65 are bespoke M engines.
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