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Originally Posted by stressdoc
I'm betting one heck of an arm's race is going to heat up between the Z4 coupe and the Cayman. Not sure why BMW initially opted for the old M3 engine, but imagine the Z4 335 bi-turbo, not to mention the upcoming M3 V8. I was pretty disappointed with the message that the release of the coupe with the old M3 engine sent in regard to the slow pace of the release of the bi-turbo, and the decision as to whether it would be available in the US market. I am pessimistic about the whole 328/335 rumour for sept 06.
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I don´t think there´ll be a hp race with the Cayman. Porsche has it´s hands tied here. The Cayman has an excellent chassis. Give it equal power to the 911 and it´ll outrun it. But Porsche makes at least 10000$ more on any 911 than on any Cayman. So they´ll make damn sure the Cayman doesn´t get too much grunt.
They´ve even stated allready, that htey plan for lesser hp variants of the Cayman but definitely no RS.
Í wonder when the first modder will put a serious motor in the Cayman and what it´ll do with when lined up against the 911s.