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Originally Posted by bcredliner
The X5is is the illegitimate child of the m division. Kinda like Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible. So if you have to ask, the proper channel will disavow all knowledge.
That said, you are right since none of the parts that makes up an IS has ever been certified as part of a M vehicle. But that doesn't mean it wasn't worked or tweaked by the M division. Heck even the Alpina folks were involved in the engine design.
I guess it's safe to say the design of the vehicle was graced by the M people?
Or you like to challenge that as well?
We all mod our X5s the way we like, let's leave it at that.
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I am not challenging what you are doing.
I am challenging what you are saying. There is nothing from BMW that confirms the M division had anything to do with the 4.6 or graced the vehicle. Only thing I have found is the M division didn't want anything to do with a SUV. At the time they thought an X5 M would be detrimental to their strategy. Alpina was not involved in the engine design though the BMW design was based on the engine in the B10 Alpina.