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Originally Posted by solstice
The 918 is indeed a desirable future, DCT and high cylinder count, high revving NA engine 
Just one problem how do you shrink $1m budget to $100k  . I’m with you all the way but it’s a challenge for sure. The NSX gives a glimmer of hope that something can be done on a shoe string but it seems M is eyeing a 4 banger hybrid for the M3. |
Simple calculation tells me that Porsche did not do 918 project for selling it to the mass, but trickle down its findings to money makers like Panamera and Cayenne (e hybrid model) 1*297=$297m from 2014-2015.
Same sales figure can be achieved with 80K M4s, 3750 units sold. From 2014-2017, M3/M4s sold around 100,000 units=$8B. which is approx $2B sales per year.
I am unsure how much money BMW spends on R&D but if Porsche can do it with less budget, BMW ifinitely not trying hard enough.