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badboyzbadboyz · Oct 29th, 2004, 04:34 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Nev

Yes, but plenty of the design will be done by BMW. Peugeot should be more than capable of making the engine. Component sharing, manufacturers making things for others happens all the time. I might be badly mistaken, but I am sure quite a few Porsche body panels are stamped out by BMW. Porsche did the design work though.

Nev.

But the engine itself is going to be designed and built by Peugeot. If BMW were making it then I think there would be some very happy MINI owners, because of the great engines they have already produced, but that isn't the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Peugeot will do a good job and BMW will have some input on the engine but maybe we should be looking at what Peugeot have designed already to give us a good idea what to expect rather than looking at BMW powerplants.

Oct 29th, 2004, 04:34 PM	#96
badboyzbadboyz MINI2 Jedi Master Join Date: May 2003 Local Time: 02:14 PM Posts: 1,257 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Nev Yes, but plenty of the design will be done by BMW. Peugeot should be more than capable of making the engine. Component sharing, manufacturers making things for others happens all the time. I might be badly mistaken, but I am sure quite a few Porsche body panels are stamped out by BMW. Porsche did the design work though. Nev. But the engine itself is going to be designed and built by Peugeot. If BMW were making it then I think there would be some very happy MINI owners, because of the great engines they have already produced, but that isn't the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Peugeot will do a good job and BMW will have some input on the engine but maybe we should be looking at what Peugeot have designed already to give us a good idea what to expect rather than looking at BMW powerplants.