RE: BMW M850i xDrive Convertible: Driven

[George Smiley]

corozin said:

2,090kg for a car claiming benefits from "BMW's carbon rich CLAR structure"

As someone else said once, "must be a lot of steel in that Carbon". That kerbweight qualifies it as a small tank, not a 2+2 GT

Technically steel is carbon

[RSchneider]

That massive weight is a function of massive size increase and lots of moving parts and creature comfort underneath. In the 70's a Rolls Royce weighed 2+ metric tons, while the average four-door consumer car weighed 1.300 kg. Now all cars are Rolls Royce. Nobody can actually afford them anymore and almost all cars are "financed" one way or the other but all cars are Rolls Royces ...

[The Vambo]

George Smiley said:

Technically steel contains carbon

FTFY

[E65Ross]

RSchneider said:

That massive weight is a function of massive size increase and lots of moving parts and creature comfort underneath. In the 70's a Rolls Royce weighed 2+ metric tons, while the average four-door consumer car weighed 1.300 kg. Now all cars are Rolls Royce. Nobody can actually afford them anymore and almost all cars are "financed" one way or the other but all cars are Rolls Royces ...

Great, so a Ford Fiesta is the same as a Rolls Royce Phantom then?