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Originally Posted by MTHX
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Ah, I see the 447 kW number on my VIN as well. Is there a European M5 VIN I can look up? (I found one prototype car VIN -- G499957 which had a 441 kW hp rating, but that car was also built in late 2016 and had a different model code as well (JF01 rather than JF0C))
It seems like the
global press release mentions 441 kW / 600 hp in the specifications, and the
BMW USA press release mentions 600 hp.
I wonder if someone who was converting units converted 600 US/imperial hp to kW when entering specifications for the US model into the BMW vehicle information database, but they should have converted 600 PS to kW instead (which would result in 441 kW).
That seems more likely than a higher tune for the US market, especially since AKI 93 gas is equivalent to RON 98 gas, which is widely available in Europe as well, so I assume the recommendation in Europe will be RON 95 minimum and RON 98 recommended? Unless of course, there are other difference in fuel quality that will cause BMW to tune the engines differently.