No question. They invested a lot of for finding beautiful engineering solutions.

No question. The engine does its job.

But I will never, ever understand why they stopped improving the I-6 to start with a V 6 with 90° angle. And why the engineers accepted that angle just because it could be made on the same machines as the V 8.

Many people in Germany who had to buy this engineering marvel didn't like it at all. It didn't even save fuel.

Road test at most of the german magazines didn't like the engine compared to the M 110, M 103 or M 104.

No matter, how much engineering you put into that engine, it was the wrong start from the beginning.

It would be like building passanger cars with three axles just to be able to assamble them in the truck plant.

V 6 with 90° and counterbalance shafts is wrong. Period.

Kind regards
Eberhard