Got this info from a very reliable source (aka some know it all salesman).
Can we discuss how ridiculous a claim that this is. Me and Eddie have put in our tuppenceworth.
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Got this info from a very reliable source (aka some know it all salesman).
Can we discuss how ridiculous a claim that this is. Me and Eddie have put in our tuppenceworth.
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You just never know,WLTP and all that goes with it
The cars in front are New MINI Scotland
Suppose small Turbocharged engines are the way forward..... Did the salesman discuss power figures??
Davy
Small engines have been proven to make little to no difference in real world driving hence why a lot of manufacturers scrapped their under 1 litre cars and Mazda proved that bigger engines can be low on emissions and economic on fuel hence why they stuck with their 1.5L, 2.2L and 2.5L.
I just find it a ridiculous claim when the fact he said they are still going to produce a 280bhp 4wd clubman in the same paragraph.
I find it incredibly hard to believe that BMW cant make a 2L engine that can return decent fuel economy and make relatively low power compared to most 2L turbos on the market. If Hyundai, VAG and Renault can all make a 270bhp+ engine capable of passing the new emissions laws. There is no way BMW would have to create a brand new 1.6L just for emissions. The salesman also said that the cooper S would remain a 2L which further discredited the 1.6 imo
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MINI F55 Cooper S 210
Blazing Red II, 17" Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2s with Eagle F1s 225/45r17, JCW 210 Tuning Kit, Black Door Handles, Team HEKO Wind Deflectors, Black Grille and Grille Strip, Black Front and Rear Light Surrounds, Retrofitted Driving Modes, JB4 Tune
I think BMW are sticking to the 500cc/cylinder across the board for a number of reasons, so I suspect it will remain a 2.0 and the salesman is talking nonsense
Feet were made to fit car pedals. If we were meant to walk, we'd have pogo sticks for legs
So true my Daily/family car Skoda Fabia Estate is a 1.0 and not a tsi but a MPI from the Citigo and I was sceptical to think how it would lug say a original Octavia sized car with 74hp, well got to say I am impressed up until I got the mini which is my daily now which is a 1.4 with 94hp it was returning about 42-45bhp combined, now the Skoda just doing short hops taking the kids to nursery is returning about 36mpg about the same as the Mini..... I think if you buy a smaller petrol engine it pays off if you do longer stints of driving.
Davy
My 2016 TTS was a 2ltr with an out the factory 310bhp, easily turned to 350bhp + with a stage 1 map
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After reading the comments regarding this engine change I’m not too sure if it’s all true, that folk will bite to a 1.6 JCW engine in any form. After looking at the issues of one of the 1.6 turbo lump over the years it’s not been the best so why would you go back? There’s been reliability issues before and after tuning in the past so why risk it all again?
There again what do we all know ... we just buy them.
I certainly put off by high emission readings and I’m not too sure that anyone that had a VAG car with the issues went back to the dealer and complained about it.
Sometimes if it ain’t broke don’t fix it (yes I know ... lol)
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You only need two tools in life WD40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should use WD40 and if it moves and shouldn't use Duct Tape.
I have no idea what planet that salesman was on. He seems to think he knows some secret but had absolutely no evidence whatsoever to back it up.
The thing is I honestly can't see it at all, not with a GP in development. I'm sure we all know how little some of them know.