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Originally Posted by Dr Stig 2
If Australia is any indication, it will continue.
They discontinued the 35i here and now you can only buy the 20i, 28i or the full blown N54 35iS. It is now a big price jump to get from the 28i to the 35iS. I doubt they would do that only months before they make the 35iS unavailable or more expensive (by reinventing it as a M35i which would be sure to cost even more)
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Interesting. I strongly doubt that is a good predictor of what will happen in the US though. I just cannot see them discontinuing the 35i model here.
For the 35is I wasn't just questioning whether it will stay, but also if it will continue with the N54 or switch to the N55. Sounds like the former for now.
It will still be interesting to see what they do with the 35is once the 335is coupe/convertible exit the lineup next year. At that time the Z4 35is will become the only N54-powered model left on the market (assuming the 35i switches to the N55). It seems unlikely that it will continue with that engine through the end of it's run which will go until 2015 or so.