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07-02-2009, 07:10 PM
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Enlisted Member 
Drives: 2006 325i - SpG
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Bay Area, CA
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Originally Posted by BK
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.  |
Good to know.
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