Originally Posted by xx3

The E70 is getting the higher output model only. I don't know what Sanguru is talking about, because the detuned 3.0 is 215hp... (225hp has to do with the old engines and nothing with the E70 or the new BMW lineup).

Its just so that you can compare the engines across the board. It would be confusing to have an X3 with a 3.0i engine with 215 hp, another X3 with a 3.0si 255 hp engine and then the X5 3.0i with 255 hp (instead it will be X5 3.0si). This is why the badge the X5 like the X3 & Z4 so that its clear to the consumer what engine they are getting.

The is badge will probably return later on the top of the line V8. My guess is that by then the I6's will have reconsolidated (with fuel injection - N53/N54) and there will no more be 2 versions of the same engine...