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I have driven the 911 (996 Carrera and 997 Carrera S) E46 M3 (I'm in the market for one) and the Cayenne (Turbo and GTS) before you ask. |
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I hate the car but love the wide fenders, I wish they would have done the same for the new m3
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I will literally throw up and commit suicide the day this happens, or I guess I can also go buy an e63 instead right?
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02-01-2009, 06:02 AM | #28 |
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nice move bmw.....I like it...how many horses again?...around 550 I hope , I hate those those tailpipes...they look small and dark...anyway I think this X5 will be a monster! though Im still not sure will it compete with the 6.3....
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it is necessary for me to have an SUV, if BMW can create one that gives me a better drive experience than my current car (which isnt that great at all), im all for it and could care less if it has an M badge. i still fail to see why people are taking it to heart |
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02-02-2009, 12:16 AM | #32 | |
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Objectively: The Cayenne Turbo PDCC outhandles the E46 M3 Subjectively: Well thats open to interpretation... I have also driven all of the above listed cars...Doesnt change my view on anything Yea feel for the road, bmw is one of the best, but thats not the only aspect of a cars handling...
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To cater to the masses my friend...baby boomers, men whos wives will not let them buy an M3/6, people who want the practicality of an SUV and not a true sports car. Its all about marketing and it sucks but what are we going to do. BMW had to give in with the state of the economy. Yes, an M version of the 1 would be awesome. Now every Joe Smo will go out and buy wanna be "M" Not for me.
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02-03-2009, 02:08 PM | #35 | |
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You are saying that it would be great to have the 1 as an M but since BMW now decided to make an M version of the X5/X6 that every Joe Smo would be able to buy one... Well IF the M division decided to make an M version of the 1 series, wouldn't that fall within the reach of every Joe Smo????
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Looking at the figures of the 135, it already is a fast little bugger! Just imagine what M could do with it... However I don't think it will ever happen (at least not in the near future anyway)! I think some people (namely the M5 and M6 crowd) would be pretty peeved if M would bring out a 1 series M version. This is purely looking at the performance vs. price tag issue between those models. Now the X5M and X6M talk to a different crowd compared to the M3/M5/M6 and whatever else M versions out there. I'm sure that the M division had a LONG hard look at the sales figures of Mercedes and Porsche when it comes to high performance SUVs and figured that this is money they are letting the competition have. I can understand the point of the 'M purists' out there, however, the M division is after all a business and if your bottom line shrinks (especially in the current economic climate we are in), then you have to look at what you need to do to change this or possibly even to survive.
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I've said it a few times lately , the world economy has changed and that means the auto world as well. It's not just a downturn but a fundamental shift, folks will have to live within their means. Cheap credit is gone, this will have big impact on everyone from VC's who relied on cheap credit to fund startups to folks that relied on cheap leases to drive cars they could not really afford. All of which effects the auto world. It's not likely to go back to what it was, BMW will do what it needs to do in order to survive. Bottom line if BMW doesn't sell a lot of what the "purists" don't like they will not be spending money developing niche cars like M3/M5/M6/MX5/X6/MX6. |
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It's 2009 who says that a sport car must be small and impractical? BTW...Please read what the guys that did build your M3 call the X6... SAC...
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02-04-2009, 07:05 PM | #42 | |
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"Sports activity"-fine-but not an ///M version which is supposed to represent something more pure in the sense of a sports vehicle. Never have been an x6 fan either. The x5, however, does serve it's purpose. Guess I should "think outside the box" more. Oh, well. To each his own |
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This is going to be a supremely capable vehicle but I agree with many others that historically BMW has no business building M vehicles that are turbocharged or that are SUV's.
They should create two distinct lines, tii and M. Plaster tii on every model for all I care but reserve M for the cars that are developed in the motorsports program. Last time I checked there was no track based racing class of any kind for SUV's. The reason this would never work is that M is too recognizeable and tii to obscure. But if they put a half assed effort into marketing tii it would work. They are using AMG as their target but the M Division and AMG come from two completely different places. M was created out of BMW's desire to be in Motorsports, AMG was an aftermarket tuner of Mercedes that did such a good job AMG brought them in house. If the concept was the same AMG would be running MB's F1 team not McLaren. I believe currently AMG are allowed to place a couple decals on the McLaren F1 car but thats about it. I am proud to likely have the last normally aspirated V8 M3. Now if they wanted to slap a couple turbos on my X5 and call it a tii I'd be all over it - but its not an M car. I think they sold out and M now stands for Marketing. Guess they have to do what they do to make a buck. Rant complete...
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