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Message: <blockquote data-quote="E46Fanatic" data-source="post: 484193" data-attributes="member: 81">Such a welcome engine to BMW's stable, and about darn time too.  Specs for the new X1 with this engine is a whopping 6.1 seconds 0-100km/h for the manual and a 6.5 secs with the 8 speed auto.  Pretty darn quick and enough to have the 2 ltr 4 pot X1 outdrag an Audi A4 2.0 Quattro!<a href="http://paultan.org/2011/01/21/2011-bmw-x1-xdrive28i-gets-turbo-4-cylinder-engine/" target="_blank">http://paultan.org/2011/01/21/2011-bmw-x1-xdrive28i-gets-turbo-4-cylinder-engine/</a>I hope that they will mate this lovely engine with the 7 speed DCT for the upcoming 3 series.My view is that performance comes before soul.  Best if to have both of course, but if given the choice between raw performance vs. soul, the choice is obvious for me.</blockquote>