Thread: 530 vs 330?
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      07-01-2009, 11:18 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by skh View Post
According to Wikipedia the E60 530i has 272 HP -- about 20 more than the E90 330i.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_E60
Wikipedia is wrong -- or, more accurately, you're reading it wrong. The E60 530i and E90 330i had the exact same 255 HP (SAE) engines in 2006 when the E90 330i was imported into North America.

The higher HP number for the 2007 and later 130i, 330i, and 530i is due to adding direct injection beginning in the 2007 models. Also, that is metric HP (equals 268 HP SAE), so it's actually exactly 13 more HP than the non-DI engine.
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