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      02-09-2024, 05:23 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by Neusser View Post
Nonsense. Aside from the engine, it is the same car if the 330 is equipped with the M-Sport pack.
This has always been an intriguing take, to me. At what point would the car classify as a deserved upgrade to new badging?

Going from a B48 single-turbo i4 to a B50 single-turbo i6, going from 302/332 to 382/369 hp/tq, bigger oil cooler and bigger brake rotors with the ZTK M340i that isn't given by the ZMP M-Sport on the 330i, the 2T4 "M Sport Diff" that isn't offered on the 330i, and any other software changes that I'm almost certain are reserved the the M340i.

Sure the 704 M Sport Suspension or 2VF Adaptive are offered on both. But the whole idea that the M Sport package makes a 330i anything even remotely close to an M340i is asinine, imo.
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